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FEANEtIK 'COUNTY. 



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FIRST MAP OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, 184S 



Franklin County 



AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 



Historical Record of its Development, Resources, In 
dustries, Institutions, and Inhabitants 



With Illustrations of Public Institutions, Portraits of Pioneers, 
and Well= Known People of To=day. 



INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE COUNTY'S FOREMOST CITIZENS. 



COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY I Ml 

HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 

COLUMBUS, OHIO 
IQOl 



INDEX TO 
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



Andrews, Clifford I". 

Abernethy, T. |. 

Allen, fosiah " . 

Archer", H. II. 

Allebrand, F. \V. 

Anilin, Z. E. 

Ainsworth, Wm. II. 

Abbott, James S. 

Armstrong, Frank and wife 

Auld, Dr. Win. 

Armbruster, Win. 

Blankner, Frederick 

Braun, fac< 4> 

Blackford, Francis W. 

Bauer, ( reorge 

Bauer, Augusl ( i, 

Bauman, Louis 

Baldwin, Judge \\ in. J. 

Bates, fudge 

Barr, fohn T., Portrait 

Barr, John T., Sketch 

Baron, Thomas ( ■. 

Baker's Art Gallery 

Baker, I ^orenzi i M. 

Bay, Wm. F. 

Braun, H. 

Barthman, II. E. 

Brandes, August 

Balz, Louis Emil 

Bell, R. W. 

Beery, L. W. 

I teekman, J.J. 

Beam, Frank L. 

Beall, George S. 

Beem, Chapin B. 

Bright, Geo. W. 

Bridge, M. A. 

Bridge, II. A. 

Bigelow, George Washingb 

Born, Conrad, Si\, 

Born, Conrad, | r. 

Bow-land, Willis (i. 

Bower, |.C. 

Bonebrake.C. E. 

Byrne, Luke G, 

Buckmaster, L. W. 

Burr, Rev. W. L. 

Campbell, E. S 

Carpenter, E. < >. 

Chamberlain, Samuel 

Campbell, Charles 

Clark, Harry (I. 

Creager, Robert X. 

( "lenient, C. R. 



HIS 


Cole, W. C. 


320 


380 


Cockell, I I ar\ -ex- 


389 


388 


Cross, < M-O. D. 


302 


±09 


Converse, < reo. L. 


277 


333 


Coon, fohn C. F. 


354 


239 


Conklin, |. V. 


454 


376 


Connell, Robert I). 


362 


lid 


Columbus State Hospital 


394 


367 


Davis, Win. C. 


324 


1 III 


Davis, W. M. 


433 


301 


Darby, Win. X. 


332 


349 


1 >avie, Oliver 


402 


356 


Davies, Y. |. 


211(1 


368 


Deuschle, Wm. D. 


3111 


369 


Deshler, fohn ( i. 


113 


369 


Decker, W. Y. 


447 


424 


Deuwell, < irahain 


. 366 


35 


Doyle, Patrick 


312 


1 19 


Donovan, >1. |. 


297 


297 


Dnrhain, Eddy J. 


434 


378 


Duncan, Mrs. Frederick, nee McLaii; 


uhlin 422 


451 


Dnvall, Chas. W. 


293 


'_'( 13 


Dubiel, Francis 


34(i 


203 


Edwards, I. C. 


417 


326 


Evans, E. S. 


296 


306 


Evans, | udge 


29 


386 


Everett, Emory A. 


377 


382 


Emminger, A. F. 


32(1 


336 


English, \V. H. 


42 


375 


English, Lorenzo 


41 


352 


Elliott, George K. 


155 


296 


Elliott, B. F. 


459 


291 


Ebinger, D. A. 


392 


:il7 


Frank, Charles H. 


310 


294 


Frank, Charles 


31(1 


306 


Freeman, George D. 


245 


373 


Fleming, Charles B. 


348 


441 i 


Ferson, |ohn |. 


399 


397 


Freese, John M. 


378 


1 15 


Fish, VV. 11. 


383 


71 


Fieser, 1 ,< mis F. 


316 


300 


Fisher, Frank J. 


386 


358 


Finckel & Finckel 


319 


3*2 


Finckel, < Jeorge >l. 


319 


311 


Finckel, 1 'anl 


319 


305 


Fischer, fohn 


292 


366 


Field, Silas X. 


342 


414 


Friesner, fohn S. 


285 


327 


Ford, Perrv M 


351 


381 


Ford, K'olla 


393 


360 


Fuerst e, Wm. 


143 


379 


Fmrst e, 1 lerinan 


I4!l 


344 


Fuerste, Chas. Frederick and family 


149 


352 


Fnrav, W. S. 


2(19 



I NDEX 



Fuson, Kate C. 

Galbreath, C. 15. 

( ray, Norman 

Grate, G. S. 

( ralloway, Tod 

Geiger, Jos. II. 

( rregg, foshua 

Gilkey, Elliot II. 

( rill, John I,. 

( robey, VV. I [arris 

(in. tf. D. W. 

Goldsmith, David 

( rottschall, Fred J. 

Goodall, James < '<. 

( roodale, Lincoln 

( 1 uerin, /.. F. 

Haul!. II. E. 

Hallock, S. \. 

1 [alterman, ( >scar E. 

Hatton, Edgar >l. 

Hall, Frank P. 

Hartman, S. B. 

I [arrison, R. A. 

Hayes, Morton 

1 1 ;il in. Michael and wife 

Hartley, Thomas J. 

1 [arriman, S. F. 

I leer. Fred J. 

I [endrixson, 1 1 ugh 

I leruian, C '< >i i i : n I 

Henigst, Karl J. 

1 [irsch, Leonhard 

Hirsch, Gustav 

Holland, Agnes 

Homan, W. G. 

Hoster, Louis 

Hour. Arthur W. 

Hocking Vallev Ry. Co. 

Hunter, CO. 

I [udson, l>a\ ill 

Huston, foseph |. 

Hughes, Ivor 

Huntington, Webster 

Hysell Nial R. 

Ireland, (.'has. L. 

Innis. \\ in. 11. 

feffrej Mfg. Co. Plant 

Jeffrey, J. A. 

feremias, ( reo. A. 

Joins. L. Ewing 

[ones, General Theodore 

[ones, fohn 

Kauffman, L. B . 1 'ortraif 

Kauffman, L. B., Sketch 

Karb, Geo. J. 

Klamforth, C. F. 

Krause, 1 'eter C. 

Raymond Peter 

Peter C, [r. 

Dorothy M. 

Hilda L. 
Keating, I >avid T. 
Kemmli r, E. A. 
Kilbourne, fames 
Lincoln 



42!> Kilbourne, Col. fames 

309 '• & facobs Mfg. Co's Plant 

1!H Kile, Samuel 

376 Kile, John A. 

29 Kinsman, David N. 

275 Kientz, John 

335 King, W. E. 

428 Kino. F. W., Sr. 

1 l!l Kirk, II. M. 

322 Krim, Chas. D. 

432 Koerner, J. X. 

292 Lauer.C. J. Portrait 
301 " " " Sketch 

307 Kane, Win. Henry 
185 Lentz, Thomas C. 
32(5 Lehman. Solomon 
;54(i Lehman, Isaae 
408 Leibold, Anton 
294 Leigh, Samuel 
322 Lilly, M. C. 

308 " ' fohn W. 
2:5:5 " Walter T. 

2:5 Linton, J. F. 

3151 Link, Louis and wife 

1:57 Longshore, James C. 

294 Logan, fohnW. 

296 Luchtenberg, Wm. H. 

:5i:5 McLaughlin, John and wife 

326 " Sue 

125 •• I oh n R. 

360 '• Mrs. John R. 

458 " Emilie 

:5;5(5 " Robert, Jr. 

;5r).") " James B. 

324 " Mrs. James 

77 " Barbara 

3:5(5 " William 

304 " Robert 

283 McCaffrey, Peter J. 

:574 McLaughlin, Clarence 

443 McLeish, Thos. J. 

289 McDonald, G. M. 

314 McDonald, George Reedie 
435 McGuffey, fohn G. 

416 Maddock, Chas. R. 

31 l Markeson, C. K. 

90 Martens, C. R. 

89 Matthews, Reid C. 

:5ss Mason, Wm. M. 

330 Magley, Peter J. 

430 Martin, W. H. 

376 Mathews, Win. R. 

297 Meyer, Wm. E. 

.5154 Mendel. I.. 

315 Miller, Frank P. 
356 Miller. Orlando, A. 

293 Miles. James A. 

160 Miller, E. f. . . 

160 Mitsch, Anna L. 

160 Miller, Mrs. Harrv C. 

It:" Mone, Haul " . 

279 Mooar.H.L. 

344 Mon-all. W.A. 

17 Morath, F. R. 

53 Moler, George (!. 



59 

48 
360 
358 
322 
332 
3(55 
342 
385 
324 
442 
297 
332 
350 
328 
350 
350 
403 
354 
185 
251 
251 
227 
363 
386 
372 
455 
337 
419 
420 
420 
420 
421 
421 
421 
419 
422 
419 
346 
380 
306 
328 
384 
282 

378 

308 
300 

330 
354 

342 
441 
321 
431 
374 
378 
302 
390 
293 
359 
422 
370 
425 
412 
328 
300 



INDEX 



Monypeny, Win. 

Moore, Opha 

Muth, Jerome C. 

Mntli, Eugene Wm. 

Munshower, Nathan 

Nash, ( reorge K. 

New First National Hank 

Neer, Frank II. 

Neil, Alexander 

Nichols, I'. A. 

Noble, Henry C. 

Otstot, fohn 

O'Shea, Patrick 

Osgood, R. II. 

Ohio State Hospital 

Piatt, Wm. A. 

Parsons, ( reorge 

Pausch, I lenry 

Pratt, L. E. " . 

Pearce, C. A. 

Pfeifer, John 

I 'iters, Joseph A. 

Peters, ( reorge M 

Prentiss, F. W. 

Phelps, I lomer Moore 

I 'riest, Benjamin 

Pocock, < ren. Edgar J. 

I 'oindexter, fames 

Pugh, |ohn"M. 

Pugh, John C. L. 

I 'ulling, fames < 1. 

Kader, Wm. J. 

Ranck, Spencer 

Rauschkolb, Frederick Sr. 

Raymond, Robert S. 

Restieaux, Wm. E. 

Reynolds, Richard 

Resch, Chas. L. 

Resell, | oh 11 

Rockey, I >. R. 

Robinson, fames E. 

Rhoades, Wm. H. 

Rolke, ( rustave 

Robbins, C. O. 

Pose, F. L. . 

Ross, Wm. Z. 

Russell, fohn W. 

Ruhwedel, Tobias 

St. Mary's of the Springs 

Sharp, A brain 

Saner, Win. p. 

Slaek, E, M. 

Slaek, Win. M. 

Saviers, C. I). 

Salt, Enoch J. 

Saas, ( reorge I >. 

Shaw, R. A. 

Sandy, M. F. 

Sawyer, DeWitt C. 

Swart/,, Samuel, Portrait 

Sketch 
Shawan, Jacob A. 
Schneider, John S. 
Sheldon, Robert E. 
Schneider, < reorge M. 



83 
423 
312 
449 
436 

17 
298 
392 
197 
331 > 
185 
318 
342 
437 
394 
185 
113 
392 
330 

29 
329 
111 
263 
302 
343 

156 
336 
364 
215 
330 

318 

340 

41S 

370 

384 

380 

294 

4( M I 

401 

340 

326 

390 

438 

368 

368 

372 

257 

426 

286 

269 

445 

353 

387 

299 

439 

331 

352 

457 

292 

297 

334 

320 

203 

131 

316 



Seibert, Henry 

Shepard.Wm. 

Shepard's Sanitarium 

Sheppard, L. W. 

Sealer, Frederick 

Seufer, foseph 

Sessions, F. C. 

Sheldon, F. B. 

Swepston, R. S. 

Senter, A. M. 

Snider, Samuel 

Smiley, Milton T. ami family 

St rickler, < reorge F. 

Stone, Wm. Garrett 

Shook, |. W. 

Stockton, Joseph P. 

Spohn, Val 

Storck, August 

Straw! I, I. N. 

Sutherland, Margarel W. 

Taylor, fames 

Taylor, A. P. 

Taylor, Col. W. A. 
Traut man, Wm. 
Taft, I). II., Jr. 
Terry Engraving Co. 
Thomas, I tardin 
Thomas, Mary 
Thomas, P. C. 
Thompson, Wm. M. 
Townsend, J. S. 
Thurman, A lien ( i. 
Tussing, Philip 
Tyler, W. P., Portrait 

Tyler, W. P., Sketch 

Yesey, Z. 

Yesy", S. A. 

Yesey, F. N. 

Volk, Wm. P. 

Walz, Wilhelm 

Wallace, W. C. 

Warrick, Edward 11. 

Walker, foseph W. 

Waring, E.J. 

Welch, Thomas S. I). 

Weadon, Fred 

Weber, Charles S. 

Wilder, Daniel S. 

Wittenineier, Fred W. and wife 
John 
Frederick 

Wilhelm, fohn 

Wilson, William T. 

Wilson, John A. 

Wilson, I riah ami wile 

Winchester, Times 

Williams, Neville and family 

Williams, Wm. 

Williams, Judge 

W i it h wein, Phillip 

Wiechers, P. W. C. 

White, Charles P. 

Woodmansee, R. I). 

Zigler, I toward II. 



316 

173 
17!) 
295 
:?72 
390 
113 
308 
287 
Has 
411 
339 
356 
450 
352 
384 
km; 
ii.-> 
:{(•»<; 

357 
310 

22 I 
167 

110 

301 
461 

453 
312 
427 
330 
364 
113 
35S 
2! 17 
332 
107 
lOI 

95 
407 
:!sl' 
293 
314 
303 
366 
405 
334 
356 
348 
325 
323 
:{•_>! 
370 
345 
413 
4 IS 
IMS 
I 111 
362 

21) 
■a:\ 
384 
341 
152 
440 




THE 



History of Franklin County 



CHAPTER I 



PRE-HISTORIC TIMES 



\ Jj^HILE the present volume is intended to give ;i clear, succinct, and com- 
^^ plete history of Franklin county from the time of its earliest settlement 
by the white pioneers of the forest wildernesses, those daring adventurers who 
invaded the unknown Western country then inhabited by wild beasts and the 
savage redmen only, to the present day when, instead of primeval wilds are 
found prosperous cities, towns and villages and vast areas of cultivated farm 
lands, fruitful orchards and smiling gardens, yet, it is interesting, primarily, 
first to make brief mention of those unknown races who, in a remote, pre-his- 
torie period, once peopled the country. While no chapter of history regarding 
these people can be produced yet many traces of them still remain. These are 
in the form of mounds of earth, containing crumbling skeletons, which literally 
turn to dust on being exhumed. These mounds, the production of the Mound 
Builders, are to be found, for the most part, in valley lands from Western New 
York, along the Alleghenies to the far Northwest and from the great lakes to 
the Gulf of Mexico. They occur in great numbers in Ohio, are divided into 
three geograpical divisions, the secorfld division lying mostly within the valley 
of the Ohio and its tributaries, and a great number have been found along the 
Scioto valley, the number of ancient remains of this character found in this 
vicinity being in the neighborhood of 2,000. Allof these constructions are com- 
posed of earth or stone and some times these materials are mixed, though this 
is rarely found. The mounds are of all sizes, ranging from those of a few feet 
in height and a few yards in diameter, to the size of the great mound at 
Miamisburgh, Montgomery county, Ohio, which is IIS feet in perpendicular 
height, 852 feet feet in circumference at the base, and containing over 300,000 
cubic feet of earth. To build some of these mounds would require the labor of 
a thousand men, such as are employed upon our canals, with all of their me- 
chanical aids and the improved implements of their labor, for months. Another 
variety of prehistoric remains are the causeways or roads and the graded de- 
scents to rivers. It is highly worthy of remark that the sites selected by the 
early white settlers here, were the especial favorite locations selected by the 
Mound Builders for the construction of their peculiar works, a fact that shows 
them to have been equal in intelligence to the people of to-day, in some re- 
spects at least. 

13 



THE ABORIGINES 



That race, now fast dying out and approaching extermination, like 
the buffaloes, which used to travel in such mighty hordes, and which were at 
once the Indian's food, clothing, and shelter, was the next to occupy our land 
after the disappearance of the Mound Builders, though their numbers were 
far less. The history of the Indian tribes of this section dates from about the 
middle of the eighteenth century, knowledge regarding them before 1750 being 
exceedingly meagre and obtained merely from tradition. I ndian traders and 
explorers were the first to secure definite knowledge of these savage races. 
The principal tribes in Ohio were the Wyandots, called Hurons by the French, the 
Delawares and the Shawnees, both of the Algonquin group, the Miamis, the 
Mingos, an offshoot from the Iroquois, or a fragment of the Six Nations, 
and the Ottawas and Chippewas. Of these the Wyandots occupied the country 
about the Sandusky river; the Delawares, the valleys of the Tuscarawas and 
Muskingum; the Miamis, the valleys of the Great and Little Miami; the 
( )ttawas, the valleys of the Mamnee and Sandusky ; the Chippewas, the South 
shore of Lake Erie; the Mingos, the Ohio river about Mingo bottom, below 
Steubenville, also on the Scioto river ; while the Shawnees had their greatest 
strength in the valleys of the Scioto and Mad rivers. These different tribes 
commingled, more or less, with each other, and so it came about that in the 
Scioto valley, as elsewhere, at the period when the first definite knowledge of 
the Ohio Indians was secured, numbers of them belonging to the Wyandot, 
Delaware, Mingo, anil Miami divisions were found. The Wyandots were 
among the earliest Indians to dwell in the territory that now forms Ohio, 
the other tribes named coming later. The Shawnees were the most warlike 
and bloodthirsty among the red races, and were known as the "Spartans of the 
race." The noted Tecumseh, one of the most famous red men in history, was 
chief of this tribe, and led them in many sanguinary fights with their enemies. 
The first permanent settlers in Ohio were harassed and persecuted by the 
Shawnees until 17!>4. They were opponents of the Americans in the war for 
independence, also the Indian war which followed, and which was ended in 
1795 by the treaty of Greenville. Some of them, under Tecumseh, fought for 
the English in the war of 1812. The Shawnees upon the Scioto had in 17(>4 
.KM) warriors, and their principal villages were "Old Chillicothe," "Cornstalk's 
Town," and "Grenadier Squaw Town," and a number more, located near or 
upon "Pickaway Plains." On these plains burned the council fires of the 
Indians, at which the affairs of their nation were discussed and war or peace 
decided upon, and here, at the old Indian villages, prisoners of war were put 
to death by the red men's fiendish forms of torture. Yes, here, in the loveliest 
part of the great state of Ohio, have been enacted some of the most thrilling 
and tragic scenes in the annals of time. Here it was that the tribes, bedaubed 
with their war paint, went forth to meet < reneral Lewis; here the famed Indian 
Chief Logan made his eloquent speech, and here the campaign of Lord Dun- 
more concluded with the truce at Cam]) Charlotte. The Shawnees were 
divided into four tribes, the Piqua, Kiskapocke, Mequachuke, and Chillicothe. 
Of these the Kiskapocke tribe was most inclined to war, and its braves were 
among the most fierce and craftyofthe Indian tribes of the Northwest. The 
celebrated prophet, Elsquataway, and Tecumseh, his brother, were members of 
this tribe. Cornstalk was the leading chief of the Scioto Shawnees, and a man 
of large stature and unusual mental development. He, his son, and Red Hawk, 
another chief, were killed in cold blood by American soldiers, an act that 
naturally aroused an intense feeling of hatred against the whites throughout 
the Shawnee division anil was tin- cause of much future bloodshed. 'fhe 
Indians in the territory of what is now Franklin county were, at the time the 
whites came among them, mostly Wyandots, though there was a sprinkling of 
other tribes. On the site of Columbus they had a large village, and they culti- 
vated extensively the plains upon the opposite side of the river, raising corn 

14 



EARLY PIONEERS 

and other crops. At one time they held a war dance upon the site where the 
Ohio Penitentiary now stands. A peculiarly painful incident in the later his- 
tory of Indian affairs in this region was the cruel execution of an old Wyandot 
chief, Leatherlips, on the charge of witchcraft. 1 Ie was a peaceable and harm- 
less old Indian, and for many years a rude pile of stones marked his grave, 
located near the northern boundary line. During the years of the early settle- 
ment along the Seioto, the Indians were in the custom of roaming through the 
county, and some of them lived among or in close proximity to the whites. 
As late as 1813 the Indian boundary was only ."><» miles from Franklinton, and 
the inhabitants of that village and of the other settlements in this part of the 
State were kept in a state of feverish anxiety, and were in constant dread that 
the red men would at any time open hostilities, with the usual harrowing 
results of massacre, rapine, the burning of their homes, and, worse by far than 
all, the tortures of the stake. Great, therefore, was the feeling of relief when, 
on [une 21, 1813, the Indians, at a council held in Franklinton, agreed to 
observe a permanent peace, thus satisfying the spirit of all former treaties. 
The Indians, it may be said greatly to their credit, faithfully observed this 
agreement, and the county was spared a re-enactment of the bloody scenes ol 
its earlier historv. 



EARLY PIONEERS 



The men who first penetrated into the wilderness along the Scioto river, 
as well as all those adventurous earliest settlers of Ohio, from the river to 
the lake, were the pioneers of the grandest civilization the world has known, 
and of a country that is to-day the greatest and most prosperous in the world's 
history. They were the pioneers of an irresistible army of peace and civilization 
that came, not to conquer, an army with blood, carnage and ruin; but to 
subdue with patient toil a wilderness; to make the wild valley lily blossom as 
the rose; to sweep away the forest, till the prairie's pregnant soil, make fertile 
fields, and to construct abodes that were to become the homes of happiness 
and plenty. To the memory of their self-sacrifices, their sufferings, hardships 
and labors in the attainment of this end, no honors or praise too great can be 
accorded them in the pages ol history. 

The first hardy, determined men who navigated tin- Scioto and arrived 
where Franklin county and adjacent country lies, found here a land fertile with 
all that nature could provide in tin- form of forest, stream, plains, glades and 
wild game, wild fruits, and a climate that left nothing to be desired. Hut all 
these, while admirable in themselves, furnished but a suitable working ground 
for the labors of the pioneers, and their labors in breaking ground and 
clearing these wilds and bringing them into a state of cultiva- 
tion were nothing short of heroic. Added to this were the dan- 
gers from the Indians, the wild beasts of the forest s, a nd the liability to sick- 
ness which always exists in a new- country, but more heart-knawing than all 
the sensation of isolation and tin- absence from old-time home scenes and former 
relatives and friends anil the comforts of old settled districts. The first work 
of the pioneer on his arrival was to build a temporary shelter from the rain 
and wild animals; the next to make a small clearing and plant a crop, usually 
corn, to serve as food for the wants of himself and family. While the crop was 
growing the pioneer, assisted by his neighbors, if he were fortunate enough to 
possess any, erected his log cabin. The site of the cabin was usually selected 
with reference to a good water supply, often by a never failing spring of pure 
water, or, if such could not be found, the general rule was to first dig a well, 
'file furniture of the log cabin was as simple and primitive as the structure it- 
self. A forked stick set in the floor and supporting two poles, the otherends of 
which were allowed to rest upon the logs at the end and side of the cabin. 

lo 



EARLY PIONEERS 

formed a bedstead. A common form of table was a split slab, supported by 
four rustic legs set in auger holes. Three-legged stools were made in similar 
simple manner. Pegs driven in auger boles in the logs of the wall supported 
shelves, while others displayed the limited wardrobe of the family, not in use. 
A few other pegs or perhaps a pair of deer horns formed a rack where buna: 
the rifle and powder horn, which no cabin was without. These, and perhaps a 
few other simple articles brought from the "old home," formed the furniture 
and furnishings of the pioneer cabin, while the utensils for cooking and the 
dishes for table were few, the best being of pewter. The hunter kept the 
larder supplied with venison, bear meat, squirrels, wild turkeys and many 
kinds of smaller game, while bread was made from grated or pounded corn. 
In the lofts of the cabins was kept the herb medicines and spices that formed 
the pioneer's materia medica; and there were also stores of nuts, strings of 
dried pumpkins, and bags of berries and fruits. The habits of the pioneers 
were of a simplicity and purity fully conforming to their surroundings. The 
men were daily engaged in cutting away the forest, preparing the soil and 
caring for their domestic animals, while their wives were busied with their 
household duties- providing for the day and for the winter coming on, cooking, 
making clothes, spinning and weaving, and every cabin sounded with the 
softly whirring wheel and the rhythmic thud of the loom, almost every article 
of clothing used being the product of the patient woman-weaver's toil." In the 
cabins of the cultivated pioneers were usually a few books, the Bible and 
hymn book, "Pilgrim's Progress," Baxter's "Saints' Pest," "Harvev's Medita- 
tions," ".Esop's Fables," "Gulliver's Travels," "Robinson Crusoe" and the like. 
The long winter evenings were spent in poring over a few well-thumbed 
volumes by the light of the great blazing log lire, in knitting, mending, curing 
furs, etc., and in paying visits to neighbors. 

During all the early years of the settlement, varied with occasional 
pleasures and excitements, the great work of increasing the tillable ground 
went slowly on. Farm implements and tools were scarce, but the soil, that 
had long held in reserve the accumulated richness of centuries, produced 
splendid crops, handsomely rewarding the pioneer's labor. Only the com- 
monest goods were brought into the country, being floated down the Ohio to 
the mouth of the Scioto, and these sold at extortionate rates. Tea was worth 
two or three dollars a pound long after the Scioto Valley bail been settled as 
far as Columbus ; coffee sold for from 7"> cents to one dollar a pound ; salt, five 
to six dollars a bushel of 50 pounds, and the cheapest kinds of calico brought 
one dollar a yard. 

But all their hardships were cheerfully borne by the first settlers, who 
made the best of what they had. They toiled patiently on, simple in their 
mode of living, but happy in independence, however dearly bought, and looking 
ever hopefully forward to a future of plenty, which should reward them forthe 
toils of their earliest years, and a rest from the struggle amidst the benefits 
gained by it. 



(I. 




GEORGE K1LBON NASH 

GOVERNOR OF OHIO. 



The Hon George Kilbon Nash, Governor of Ohio, was born on August 14th, 1842, 
his parents Deing Asa Nash and Electea Nash, nee Branch, both of whom came from 
M issachusetts, of old New England stock. The family consisted of three sons and two 
daughters all of whom are deceased, with the exception of the subject of this sketch. 
Both his' parents attained to more than three-score-and-ten, his father's death occur- 
ring at the age of 71 his mother's at the age of 73. Mr. Nash's early education was 
given full attention. He took a preparatory course at Hudson, Summit o..O.,and then 
iredOberlin College. At the latter institution he was in the freshman class while 
t he War of the Rebellion was in full sway, and in 1864 he left the halls of learning to 
enlist in the armv in the cause of the Union. In the rigors of the campaign he was 
stricken with typhoid fever, invalided, and returned home. He subsequently recover- 
ed and during the winter of 1864 and spring of 1865 was employed as a school teacher. 
In April he began the reading of law. and in 1867 passed a successful examination 
ancl was admitted as a member of the Bar. His progress in the legal profession was 
marked and many honors were achieved by him. In 1870 Mr. Nash was elected 
prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, by a handsome majority, and filled that 
office for four years. So pronounced were the legal acumen and ability displayed by 
him that in 1880 he was elected Attorney General of the State, a position to which he 
was re-elected, and near the expiration of the second term, he resigned to accept^the 



took 

vember! 1899rne was"elected Governor oT Ohio by a large plurality, which office he u. 

tillma with arace, diqnity, and distinguished ability. 

Gov Nash was married to a most estimable lady in 1882, his wife dying m 
October 1886. As a result of the union a daughter was born, but she did not survive 
childhood, her death occurring in February, 1897, and two step-children now form 
his immediate family. Gov. Nash is active in fraternal circles, being a member of the 
Masons the Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythias, and Benevolent and Protective Ordez o 
Elks, and in both public and private life he commands the confidence and warmest 
.till Ins fellowmen. 



SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

(cpRANKLIN county was first settled in 17!>7, the point selected being the 
T - site upon which Frankliuton was subsequently laid out. The next settle- 
ment was made upon Darby creek, and the third, a scattering of pioneer 
cabins along Alum creek, was made in the summer of I7HS. About the same 
time a number of settlers located al the mouth of B ; g Belly (now Gahanna) 
creek, and the subsequent settlements continued to lollow the banks of this 
stream throughout the territory of what is now Franklin county. With the 
dawn of the nineteenth century the influx of population became steady and 
quite rapid, the country was soon occupied by a large number of people, and 
its natural resources began to be developed in such a manner as to encourage 
increased immigration here. Among the first oi those to settle here were 
|osepb Dixon, George Skidmore, John Brickell, Robert Armstrong, Jeremiah 
Armstrong, William Domigan, James Marshall, the Deardurfs, the McKlvains, 
the Sells, John Lisle and family, William Fleming, Jacob Grubb, Jacob Over- 
dier, Arthur O'Harra, Joseph Foos, John Blair, and John Dill, win. located at 
(now) Frankliuton ; while among the first settlers on Alum creek were 
Messrs. Turner, Nelson, Hamilton, Agler, and Reed. In INIC5 a settlement was 
made by the Scioto Company upon the site of the town of Worthington. The 
company, made up of some forty families from Massachusetts and Con- 
necticut, purchased eight thousand acres of land, or half a township, and 
among the foremost heads of these families, many of whose descendants reside 
here to-day, were fames Allen, David Bristol, Samuel Beach, Alexander 
Morrison, Ebenezer Street, Azariah Pinney, Abner I'. Pinney, Levi Pinney, 
Ezra Griswold, Moses Andrews, John Topping, Josiah Topping, Nathan 
Stewart, John Gould, fames Kilbourne, Jedidiab Norton, Russel Atwater, 
Ichabod Plum, Jeremiah Curtis, Jonas Stanbery, Lemuel (i. Humphrey, 
Ambrose Cox, Joel Mills, Alexander Morrison, Jr., Thomas T. Phelps, Levi 
Buttles, Job Case, K'oswell Wilcox, William Thompson, Samuel Sloper, 
Nathaniel Little, Lemuel Kilbourne, Isaac P. Case, Abner Pinney, and William 
Vining. About a Near after the first settlement of Franklinton, a James Scott 
opened the first small store in the place, which added much to the convenience 
of the settlers, and in 1803 Robert Russell engaged in merchandising. The 
Phelps and Griswold families came from Windsor, Conn., in 1806, and their 
journey hither, made with ox-teams and wagons, occupied two months. 
Among some of the other earlier settlements were Montgomery in 1799, along 
Alum creek ; Pleasant township at a point on Darby creek, near Georgesville ; 
Hamilton, in 1800; Washington, in 1801 or 1S0'_» ; Madison, 1802 '■', ■ Truro, L805 ; 
Plain,1802; Blendon, 1806 ; Mifflin, 1799 ; Jefferson, 1802-3 ; Brown, 1808; Clin- 
ton, previous to 1804. 

ERECTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

In 1803 the county of Franklin was stricken off from Ross county, of 
which it had formed a part, and was erected and organized by act of the 
General Assembly convened at Chillicothe, the then State capital. The act 
creating the new county was passed March 30, to commence and take effect 
from and after the 30th of April, ISI«. The boundaries are described as 
follows: "Beginning on the western boundary of 1he twentieth range of 
townships east of the Scioto river, at the corner of sections Nos. 24, 24 and '_'.""> 
in the 1'th township of the 21st range, surveyed by John Matthews; thence west 
until it intersects the eastern boundary line of Greene county; thence north 
with said line, until it intersects the State line; thence eastwardly with the 
said line to the northwest corner of Fairfield county ; thence with the western 
boundary line of Fairfield to the point of beginning: that is bounded on the 

1!l 



ERECTION OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

east l>v nearly the present line, south by a line near the middle of what is now 
Pickaway county, on the west by Greene county, and on the north by Lake 
Erie. The creation of the county of Delaware in 1808 reduced our northern 
boundary to its present line; the creation of the county of Pickaway in 1810, 
reduced our Southern boundary to its present limits; the creation of Madison in 
INK), and of Union in 1820, reduced our western limits, but, subsequently, by 
an act of legislature passed March 4, 181,"), our western boundary was changed 
by making Darby creek the line from the northwest corner of Drown to the 
north line of Pleasant township; and by an act passed January 27, 1857, entitled 
"an act to annex a part of Licking county to the county of Franklin," there were 
nine half sections taken from the southwest corner of Licking and attached to 
Franklin. Then, at the session of 1850-51, a range of sections, being a strip one 
mile in width and six miles in length, including the town of Winchester, was 
taken from Fairfield county, and attached to the east side of Madison township 
in Franklin county. The county is now in nearly a scpiare form, is twenty-two 
and a half miles in extent north and south, and would probably average a 
trifle over that from east to west. 

There are four several denominations of land in this county. They are 
designated the United .States Military lands, Refugee lands, Virginia Mili- 
tary lands and Congress lands. The townships of Plain, Jefferson, Mifflin, 
Blendon, Sharon, Clinton and Perry are within the United States Military dis- 
trict; the townships of Montgomery and Truro, in the Refugee tract; the town- 
ships of Hamilton and Madison, in the Congress lands, so called; and all the 
other townships, west of the Scioto, are in the Virginia Military district. The 
United States Military lands are so called from the circumstance of their hav- 
ing been appropriated by an act of Congress in 17!)(>, to satisfy certain claims 
cd the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War. The Virginia Military 
district in Ohio comprises the lands between the Scioto and Little Miami 
rivers; and when the state of Virginia, in 17JSI5, ceded to the United States all 
her right of soil and jurisdiction to all the tract of country she then claimed 
northwest of the Ohio river, it was provided that all the "Virginia troops of 
the continental establishment," should be paid their legal bounties from these 
lands. The Refugee tract, of which Montgomery and Truro townships area 
part, is a narrow strip of country four and a half miles broad, from north to 
south, and extending eastward from the Scioto river 48 miles. This tract was 
so called from the circumstance that it was appropriated by Congress for the 
benefit of certain individuals from Canada and Nova Scotia who espoused the 
cause of the American colonies in the Revolutionary War. The Congress lands, 
of which Hamilton and Madison townships are a part, are so called because 
they have not been set apart for any particular purpose, and they were sold to 
purchasers by the immediate officers of the government, pursuant to the laws 
of Congress. 

EARLY MAILS 



For seven or eight years after the first settlement of Franklinton there 
was no postoffice nearer than Chillicothe, and when other opportunities did not 
offer, the people of the village would occasionally raise by contribution the 
means and employ a man to go to the postoffice (45 miles away) to carry let- 
ters to be mailed to their distant friends, and to bring back such letters or 
papers as might be awaiting them at the postoffice. Rather an aggravatingly 
slow process, compared with our magnificent mail system of today. In 1805 
the first regular mail carrier was appointed to convey the mails between 
Franklinton and Chillicothe. He was a 13-year-old boy, named A. McKlvain, 
and he was obliged twice to swim Darby and Deer creeks, carrying the mail 
bag on his shoulders. 

2(1 



POPULATION 



the p 
most 
lowin 
1870 



Frankl 
ist quart 
progress 
g tables 
is given 
;it three 



1 conn 
er ecu 
ive an 
show- 
In- tl 
perioi 



ty h;is had a remarkable increase in its population during 
turv, particularly in Columbus, the capital city, which is a 
d thoroughly cosmopolitan modern community. The fol- 
t lit- population <>f the county every decade from 1820 to 
le United States census, and the population of the town- 
Is of their growth: 



1 82< » . 
1830. 
1840. 



10,300 ]S.~>o <i4,i:V_' 

14,7.")(i 1860 :{(),:{(il 

24,880 1S70 63,524 



The foil 
their growth : 



iwing shows the population of the townships, at three periods of 



1 82< > 



Blendon 

Brown 

Clinton 

Franklin 

Hamilton 

Harrison 

Jackson 

|efferson 

Madison 1 

Mifflin 

Montgomery 1 

Montgomery, including Columbus city. . . 
Norwich .... ■• 



Perry 

Plain 

Pleasant .... 

Prairie 

Sharon 

Truro 

Washington. 



518 

777 
943 
426 
310 
559 
0117 
'.'41 
,631 

'_V>7 
421 i 

37:? 
599 
:?•_>•_' 
983 
693 
137 




FRANKLIN COUNTY NOW A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 

The census of 1900 gives the population of Columbus as being 125,560, an 
increase of 42.44 per cent, over the population of 1N!)<). These figures indicate 
that in the re-districting of the state for congressional districts Franklin coun- 
ty will have sufficient population to entitle it to a full district, thus eliminat- 
ing Fairfield county, which is at present included in the Twelfth congressional 
district. The census returns for the entire county show a marked increase. 



DANGERS OF EARLY SURVEYORS. 



The original survey of the lands comprised in Franklin county was 
attended with great difficulty and danger. When the district was opened, in 
17S7, Messrs. Massie, Sullivant, McArthur and others began the adventurous 
undertaking of surveying. All the locations of laud warrants, prior to 17!>n, 
were made by stealth. Every creek which was explored, every line which was 
run, were at the risk of life from savage Indians, whose courage and persever- 
ance were only equaled by tin- perseverance of the Whites to push forward 

21 



DANGERS OF EARLY SURVEYORS. 

their settlements. Lucas Sullivant, one of the first settlers on the site of 
Columbus, who died August 8, 1823, surveyed most of the Virginia Military 
grant lying in the present limits <>f Franklin county. In some of his first 
attempts he was driven hack by the Indians, but, finally, having formed a large 
party, about twenty men, surveyors, chain hearers, markers, scouts, hunters, 
and pack-horse men with pack horses, he made his way up the Scioto valley, 
through the untracked wilderness to the vicinity of what is now Columbus. 
The party experienced much suffering, sometimes having a short allowance of 
Food, and because of the proximity of Indians, not daring to use their rifles to 
firing down game. Wolves were constant visitors to tfie encampment, and tfie 
panther was more than once found prowling around. Once when the Sullivant 
party were encamped near what the early settlers knew as the Salt-Lick, on the 
west side of the river, three miles below (now) Columbus, a panther was dis- 
covered crouching upon the horizontal limfi of a tree, nearly overhanging tfie 
place wfiere they were sitting around the brightly blazing tire. Tfie tail of tfie 
panther was swaying to and fro, and he seemed about to spring upon them, 
when one of the hunters, seizing his rifle, aimed at the head, between tfie glar- 
ing eye-balls of tfie animal, and, with a steady hand, pulled tfie trigger. Simul- 
taneous witfi tfie crack of tfie gun, tfie fieast gave a spring, and falling in tfieir 
midst, scattered the camp-fire in his death struggles. Later on two memhers 
of tfie party were killed by Indians, so it will fie seen that tfie pioneer veritably 
took his life in his hands in the accomplishment of his duties. 



CHAPTER III 
THE OHIO CANAL 



TT was in 1!S20 that public opinion tirst began to fie stirred upon tfie necessity 
I of a permanent water communication fietween the Ohio river and Lake 
Erie, and on the Fourth of July, 182f>, ground was broken for the fieginning 
of this great work ]^y Governor Clinton of New York, tfie ceremony taking- 
place at Licking Summit amid impressive ceremonies and great enthusiasm. 
This great undertaking was not completed until 1832, and cost over five mil- 
lion dollars. It has a minimum breadth of forty feet at water line and twenty- 
six feet at the bottom, witfi a deptli of four feet of water. The walls of tfie 
locks are of solid masonry, which, as well as tfie culverts, are of fine construc- 
tion and great solidity. Tfie length of the main line is three hundred and 
seven miles. It has a navigable feeder of fourteen miles to Zanesville, one of 
eleven miles to Columbus, one of nine miles to Lancaster, one of fifty miles to 
Atfiens, tfie Waldhonaig branch of twenty-three miles, besides other short 
branches. Although ( rovernor Clinton's predictions as to the profitableness of 
the Ohio canal were not fulfilled, the improvement undoubtedly paid tfie peo- 
ple well for tfieir investment. An effect worthy of mention in connection witfi 
tfiis subject, and, indeed, directly connected witfi it, was tfie change wrought 
in flic policy of tfie State by tfie creation of the public debt. This was caused 
and compelled by the construction of the canals, and a complete revision of 
tfie system of taxation in ( )hio resulted. 

On tfie :i< >tli of April, 1827, occurred the event of greatest interest in the 
history of tfie canal to tfie people of Columbus and Franklin county. On that 
day work upon tfie branch, or feeder, from Lockbourne to Columbus, known as 
tfie "Columbus side-cut," was begun witfi marked ceremony. In tfie after- 
noon of that day tfie people of Columbus assembled at tfie state house. A pro- 
cession was formed, consisting of several military companies and tfie State of- 
ficers, and, marshalled by Colonels McDowell and McKlvain, marched to the 




RICHARD A. HARRISON. 

The above named, who has for many years been a foremost member of the 
Franklin County Bar, was born on April 8, 1824, in Thirsk, Yorkshire county, England, 
--the son of Robert and Mary ( Almgill) Harrison, the former a Methodist minister, and 



also a trade orattsman : but both have long been deceased. He came with his parents 
to Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio, in 1832, and a few years afterward tney re- 
moved to Springfield, Ohio, ---here he was educated in the common schools, and also 
in the High School of Springfield, noted for its efficient management, under the prin- 
cipalship of tne Rev. Chandler Robbins. 

Wnen but twelve years old, Richard A. was compelled to seek work ior his liv- 
ing, and secured employment in the office of the Springfield Republic, where he con- 
tinued up to 1844. At the request of William A. Rodgers he entered the law office of 
that distinguished Springfield attorney, and among those who were fellow-students 
with him in the High School and in Judge Rodger's office was the late eminent Judge 
William White. 

Mr. Harrison entered the Cincinnati Law School and graduated therefrom in 1846: 
on the eighth of April of that year, he was admitted by the Supreme Court a member 
of the Bar, soon after entering upon the practice of law at London, Madison county, 
whei e he quickly acquired an excellent business. 

On December 25, 1847, Mr. Harrison was married to Miss Maria Louisa Warner, a 
daughter of Henry "Warner, one of the pioneers of Madison county, and a few years 
later began to travel "the circuit" in Southern Ohio, securing a large practice. His 
legal abilities became more and more widely known and a foremost position was ac- 
knowledged him by his contemporaries. 

Mr. Harrison was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, from 
Madison county, in 1857, and, in 1859, was elected a member of the State Senate, from 
the district composed of Clark, Champaign, and Madison counties. Mr. Harrison was 
appointed a member of the Committee on Judiciary, and in this position an excellent 
opportunity was afforded him for the exercise of his legal talents, an opening he 
was not backward in taking advantage of. Many important billsthat became enacted 
into laws were introduced by him, and among the more valuable of these were a bill 
to relieve the district courts, a bill concerning the relation of guardian and ward, and 
a bill providing for the semi-annual payment of taxes. 

It was near the close of the second session that Mr. Harrison particularly distin- 
guished himself by his highly eloquent discussion of the report of the commission 
appointed at the preceding session to investigate the State Treasury defalcation. 
By this report it was sought to implicate and besmirch the character cf Salmon P. 
Chase, who was then Governor. In his special message, communicating the report to 
the House, the Governor called attention to its invidious criticisms. To rebuke him. it 
was moved to print the report without the message. On this motion Mr. Harrison ob- 
tained the floor, and by reason of his conclusive argument, the message went forth 
removed of its partisan significance. While delivering this speech Mr. Harrison was 
attacked with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs. He was advised not to persist in the 
continuance of his speech ; but he could not be dissuaded, and after a brief rest he con- 
tinued until he had concluded his argument. 

Among other honors Mr. Harrison was elected President pro-tem. of the Senate, 
and was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. Associated with him in the 
Senate were James A.Garfield, afterward President of the United States; Governor J. D. 
Cox ; Judge Thomas C. Jones ; Judge Thomas A. Key : Prof. James A. Monroe, and many 
other brilliant men. The session of 1861 was one of the most eventful in the history 
of Ohio. Daring that session Mr. Harrison was the author of the joint resolution 
which pledged the resources of Ohio to aid in the maintenance of the authority of the 
United States. 

Shortly after the Legislature adjourned Mr. Harrison was chosen to the seat in 
Congress made vacant by th.3 resignation of ex-governor Corwin in 1861, and took his 
seat in the special session which opened July 4, 1864. In 1870, he ran as nominee for 
Judge of the Supreme Court. In 1875 he was appointed by Governor Hayes, and con- 
firmed by the Senate, as a member of the Supreme Court Commission of Ohio, tut he 
declined the position. 

In 1875 Mr. Harrison, who is better known as Judge Harrison, removed to Colum- 
bus, where he has since resided. He is the senior member of the prominent law firm of 
Harrison, Olds. Henderson & Harrison, who have their office in the Pioneer Block. 



THE OHIO CANAL 

river, where an address was delivered by Judge Joseph R. Swan. General Mc- 
Lene, then Secretary of State, and Nathaniel McLean, keeper <>f the peniten- 
tiary, removed the first shovelfuls of earth, and it was wheeled from the 
ground by R. Osborne, Auditor of State, and H. Brown, State Treasurer, while 
the people loudly applauded. A lunch was afterward served on the brow of 
the hill, a few yards north of the penitentiary square. The heaviest jobs were 
the dam across the Scioto and the Columbus locks, the four-mile locks and the 
locks at Lockbourne. The first mile from the river was excavated by peniten- 
tiary convicts under guard, many of whom received remitments of their sen- 
tences for their faithful labor. That portion of the canal passing through 
Franklin, Pickaway, Ross, Scioto and Pike counties, was of much more value 
to people along its line than some other sections of the < )hio canal. Its useful- 
ness was not so soon superseded by the railroad, and the amount of traffic was 
well kept up until the building of the .Scioto Valley railroad. 



PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF FRANKLIN 

COUNTY 



Franklin county is hounded on the north by Delaware county, on the 
east by Licking and Fairfield, on the south by Pickaway, on the west by Madi- 
son. Union county touches it also at one corner, forming a small portion of 
the northern and western boundary. It occupies a position in the State which 
is almost central. The principal stream is the Scioto river, which divides the 
county into two nearly equal parts, flowing through it from north to south. 
From the north line of the county, almost to the city limits of Columbus, the 
river has worked out its way in heavy Devonian limestone, leaving vertical 
walls, which in some places are forty to fifty feet in height, while the real 
depth of the excavated valley is not less than one hundred and twenty-rive feet. 
Here, and along some of the tributaries of the Scioto, is to be found the most 
picturesque and romantic scenery that the county affords. The bottom lands 
are very narrow anil sometimes entirely wanting. Along the river south of 
Columbus, the banks and the valley are entirely different from those in the 
northern part of the county. The valley is broad but is indistinctly defined. 
Widely eroded regions, now tilled with heavy and irregular drift, attest the 
former course of the river at points several miles removed from its present 
limits. Besides the Scioto river there are several other streams, viz.: Darby 
creek, which forms the western boundary of Brown and Prairie townships, also 
of the county, and flows southeasterly through Pleasant township into Pick- 
away county ; the Olentangy, which flows from the north and empties into 
the Scioto at Columbus, and Gahanna river, which empties into the Scioto 
river near the southern county line, and which is formed in the northwestern 
part of Madison township by the union of the Black Lick, Big Walnut and 
Alum creeks, all three of which flow from the north in nearly parallel courses 
through the eastern half of the county. 

The topography of the county is much more varied than that of any of 
the counties that lie along the same parallel to the west of it. The valleys of 
the Scioto, already spoken of, and its tributary streams, constitute the chief 
features. The several water sheds between the streams are about 925 feet 
above tide water, or 360 feet above Lake Krie. Columbus, the county seat, is 
centrally situated in the county in north latitude 39 degrees ."i7 minutes, west 
longitude (> degrees from Washington. Franklin county has an extended geo- 
logical scale. In this respect it is surpassed by but four counties in the State, 
and is equaled by a scarcely larger number. Highland, Adams and Pike 
counties, to the southward, have a somewhat wider range, the first two men- 
tioned extending from the Lower Silurian to the Sub-carboniferous formation, 



PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES 

inclusive, and the last from the Upper Silurian to the coal measures ; hut none 
of them contains a greater number of geological elements, after all, 
than Franklin county, for the Devonian limestones of Central and Northern 
( >hic> arc excluded from this region by the overlap of the Huron Shales upon 
the Helderberg and Niagara rocks. The adjoining counties of Pickaway and 
Delaware agree with Franklin exactly in both the range and composition 
of their geological column. The following formations, named in descending 
order, are found : 

1. Wavcrlv ( rroup. 

li. I I uron Shale. 

'_'. Corniferous limestone. 

1. Lower Helderberg limestone, or water line. 

These formations represent three main divisions, viz.: The Carbonifer- 
ous, Devonian and Upper Silurian ages. The lower Helderberg limestone, 
or water line, is a late found but important number of the geological series of 
Ohio. Its presence in the State was first recognized at the beginning of the 
survey in 1ST). It has been found to occupy a larger area than any other lime- 
stone. It makes, however, but a small contribution to the surface of Franklin 
county, its outcrops being limited to a few points on Hi o- and battle Darby 
creeks on the extreme western border. The valleys of both these streams now 
lie in this formation for several miles above and below Georgesville, but on ac- 
count of the heavy drift deposits the rock is seen at but few points. The best 
exposures found in the bed and bank of Big Darby are one mile below Georges- 
ville, and in the sections formed by small tributaries of the stream in the same 
vicinity. It is also seen in the banks of the Little Darby, one mile above 
Georgesville. About fifteen feet of this formation is shown in the first men- 
tioned locality; it is immediately overlaid by the heavy and easily recognizable 
ledges of the Corniferous limestone. This point, therefore, possesses the in- 
terest that always attaches to a well marked boundary in a geological series. 
The junction of the two great divisions of geological time is found here, the 
Helderberg limestone, belonging to the Upper Silurian system, and the Cornif- 
erous to the Devonian. This is the only point in this part of the state where 
the line of junction between these limestones is plainly marked. Fossils are, 
as a rule, only to be found after a most careful examination, and in the most 
considerable portion there is no trace of life. The useful applications of the 
Corniferous limestone are two in number and of immense importance. The 
formation furnishes building stone and lime, and the supply in Franklin 
county is indefinitely great. It can be counted by the square mile in areas 
where excellent shipping facilities prevail. The quarries are never less than 
twenty feet deep, and often thirty feet of stone, every foot of which is available 
for some purpose, lies above the river level. The stone is of very superior 
quality. It is a dense, compact limestone, with a specific gravity of more than 
'_'..""> ; is very strong and can bear all the burdens which architecture demands. 
Its color is good and it receives ornamentation to advantage. Much of this 
stone was used in the construction of the State House at Columbus. 



TURNPIKE ROADS 

In the history, development and improvement of Franklin county, the 
turnpike roads have occupied an important part. The great expense of these 
roads made it impossible to Construct them after the repeal of the law by 
which the State became a stockholder of one-half of the whole property, that 
is, subscribing as much as all others combined. 

The Columbus and Sandusky Turnpike was the first joint stock company 
constructed, any part of which was in Franklin county. flic company organ- 
ized for the building of this road received their charter on January ',i\, 1826, 



TURNPIKE ROADS 

from the State Legislature. The capital was $100,000, with power to increase to 
$200,000, and the stock was divided into shares of $100 each, and on March 3, 
1827, Congress gave to the State of Ohio in trust for the use of the said com- 
pany, to aid them in the construction ol the road, 31,840 acres of land. With- 
out unnecessary delay the road was surveyed and located. The work of con- 
struction lasted eight years, and was finished in the fall of 1834. The road is 
one hundred and six miles in length, from Columbus to Sandusky, and cost 
$74,376, being an average of $701 per mile. The charter required that at least 
eighteen feet in width should he made "an artificial road, composed of stone, 
gravel, wood or other suitable materials, well compacted together, in such 
manner as to secure a firm, substantial and even road, rising in the middle 

with a gradual arch," and u] the proper construction of this clause hung all 

the subsequent troubles between the road company and the traveling public. 
The company seem to have supposed that a properly formed clay road would 
meet the requirements of the charter, while the public expected a stone or 
gravel road. When completed, Nathaniel Merriam, who was appointed forthat 
purpose by the governor, made an examination of the road, and reported that, 
in his opinion, it was constructed in accordance with the provisions of the leg- 
islative act. This report, however, did not make the actual condition of the 
road any better, and the people's disapprobation was made manifest bv the toll 
gates being occasionally torn down. Much bitter feeling was engendered and 
the trouble bade fair to be continued indefinitely. Hut in 1843 the legislature 
took hold of the matter, and on the 28th of February of that year an act was 
passed whereby tin- charter of the company was unconditionally repealed. 
Although this act made it unlaw fill to maintain the toll system upon the road, 
the toll gates were kept up and tolls collected until 1845, when an act was 
passed establishing the road to be a public highway, and authorizing a State 
road to be surveyed and located upon the bed of the clay turnpike from Colum- 
bus to Sandusky. 

The Cumberland, or National road, which was built as far as Columbus 
about 1836, was made of stone set upon edge, was perfectly straight, 
thoroughly graded and thi' culverts were all of cut stone. This road cost about 
$15,000 a mile. 

The principal turnpikes in Franklin county, other than the Cum- 
berland or National road, and the Columbus and Portsmouth pike, are 
the Columbus and Sandusky, Columbus and I Iarrisburg, Columbus and 
Johnstown, Columbus and Sunbury, Columbus and Groveport, Cottage Mills 
and Harrisburg, Jackson and Franklin, and the Columbus and Worthington 
plank road or turnpike. The latter was begun in 1849 and completed in 1850. 
The company being authorized to construct a road upon any public highway, 
chose the old bed of the Columbus and Sandusky turnpike. Their capital 
stock was $27,825, with power to increase to $50,000. 

The Columbus and Harrisburg turnpike was constructed in the years 
ISIS 49 by a company with a capital of $20,815, The road cost $35,602, of which 
amount the county donated $1,500 to pay tor the erection of the bridge over the 
Scioto. The company was left largely in debt, to the payment of which a por- 
tion of the receipts of the road was devoted. 

The Columbus and Johnstown turnpike was constructed in 1851 from 
Columbus to Walnut creek, opposite the village of Bridgeport. 

The Columbus and Sunbury turnpike and plank road company was in- 
corporated March 20, 1850, and constructed a road, diverging from the above 
about three miles northwest of Columbus, and extending to Central College. 
Tin- road was built in 1852 and cost nearly $7,<NIO. 

The Columbus and Granville turnpike, or as it is commonly called. 
Brush's plank road, was made in 1852 from Columbus to Walnut creek, a dis- 
tance of seven miles. 



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TURNPIKE ROADS 

The Columbus and Groveport turnpike company was incorporated March 
19, 1849. About $12,500 worth of stock was subscribed, and the road was com- 
pleted in 1850. 

The Cottage Mills and Harrisburg turnpike was built in 1852 and is 
seven and a half miles in length. 

The Franklin and Jackson turnpike was constructed from the Columbus 
and Harrisburg pike down the river to the Cottage Mills and Harrisburg pike, 
a distance of ten miles, at a cost of between seven and eight thousand dollars. 

The Columbus and Lockwin plank road, beginning at the intersection of 
the old Harbor road with the Columbus and Johnstown turnpike, and extend- 
ing seven miles, was built in 1853-54, the cost being $16,500, almost $2,400 per 
mile; but the road was very strongly made of plank eight feet long and three 
inches thick on four-inch stringers. 

The Clinton and Blendon plank road company was organized in 1858 
and the road was finished in 11S54. It runs from a point on the Lockwin road 
about four miles north of Columbus and extends to the county line, a half mile 
north of Westerville, being a little over eight miles long. It cost about 
$16,000, or over $2,000 per mile. 



CHAPTER IV 

CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

The civil roster of the official representatives of Franklin county, from 
the earliest elections to the present is as follows: 

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS 

In 1803, the year following the adoption of the State Constitution, Frank- 
lin county was organized, and from this date until 1812 the entire State was 
entitled to but one representative in Congress. In 1812 the State was divided 
into congressional districts and the following are the names of the gentlemen 
who have represented Franklin county in Congress: — 

In 1803, Jeremiah Morrow, of Warren county; 1812, James Kilbourne, of 
Franklin county; 1S16, Philemon Beecher.of Fairfield county; 1820, Joseph Vance, 
of Champaign county; 1822, William Wilson, of Licking county; 1827, William 
Stanbery, of Licking county; 1832, Jeremiah McLean, of Franklin county; 1836, 
|oseph Ridgeway, of Franklin county; 1S42, Heman A. Moore, of Franklin 
county; 1 S 14, A. P. Stone, of Franklin county; 1S44, Columbus Delano, of Knox 
county; 1846, Daniel Duncan, of Licking County; 1848, Charles Switzer, of Dela- 
ware county; 1852, Edson B. Olds, of Pickaway county; 1.S54, Samuel Gallo- 
way, of Franklin county; 18.16, S. S. Cox, of Franklin county; 1865, James 
R. Hubbell, of Delaware county; 1867, George W. Morgan, of Knox county; 
1ST::, Hugh J. Jewett, of Franklin county; 1875, Ansel T. Walling, of Pickaway 
county; 1*77, Thomas I*;. Ewing, of Fairfield county; 1IS79, George L. Converse 
of Franklin county, -re-elected in 1881, and served up to 1885, — succeeded by 
Joseph H. Outhwaite, who served until 1895; 1895, David K. Watson, of Colum- 
bus; 1897-99 John J. Lentz, of Columbus. 

UNITED STATES SENATORS 

Franklin county has furnished two members to the U. S. Senate — Salmon 
P. Chase and Allen (i. Thurman. 

STATE SENATORS 

In l.so;{, Nathaniel Massie and Abraham Claypool; 1804, Joseph Kerr; 
ISO.", Duncan McArthur; 1806, Abraham Claypool; 1807, Duncan McArthur; 
ISDN, Henry Massie; 1809, Duncan McArthur; 1810, Joseph Foos, of Franklin 

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county; 1812, | < >li n Barr, of Pickaway county; 1814, Joseph Foos, of Franklin 
county; 1816, Thomas fohnston, of Franklin county; 1822, Henry Brown, of 
Franklin county; 1823, James Kooken, of Franklin county; 1824, Joseph Foos, 
of Franklin county; 1828, foseph Olds, of Pickaway county; 1831, William 
Doherty, of Franklin county,; 1833, Ralph Osborn, of Franklin county; 1835, 
Elias Florence, of Pickaway county; 1837, John L.Green, of Pickaway enmity; 
1840, Alexander Waddle, of Clark county; 1844, Alfred Kelley, of Franklin 
county; 1846, f. Stedson, of Madison county; 1848, William Dennison, Jr., of 

Franklin county; 1850, Abraham Thomson, of Delaware c ty; 1851, John 

Cradlebaugh, of Pickaway county; 1853, Samuel Bartlett, of Franklin county; 
1855, Alfred Kelley, of Franklin county; 1857, Augustus L Perrill, of Pickaway 
county; 1864, George L. Converse, of Franklin county; 1866, Ansel 'I*. Walling, 
of Pickaway county; 1868, Robert Hutcheson, of Franklin county; 1870, Adin G. 
Hibbs, of Franklin county; 1872, fohn G. Thompson, of Franklin county; 1876, 
William Miller, of Franklin county; 1878, Charles F. Krimmel, of Pickaway 
county; 1880, A. R. VanCleaf, of Circleville; 1881, Horace Wilson, of Columbus; 
1882, Horace Wilson; 1883, Aaron R. Van Cleaf, of Pickaway county; 1887, 
William T. Wallace; 1889, Aaron R. VanCleaf; 1894, Moses 15. Earnhart, of Col- 
umbus; 1895, Thaddeus I-:. Cromley, of Pickaway county; isiis, John C. L. 
Pugh, of Columbus. 

STATE REPRESENTATIVES 

1803, William Creighton, fohn Evans, James Dunlap, Elias Langham; 
1804, Michael Baldwin, Duncan McArthur, William Patton; 1805, Elias Lang- 
ham, David Shelby, Abraham J. Williams; 1806, Nathaniel Massie; 1SU7, 
Thomas Worthington. Jeremiah MeLene, William Lewis; 1808, John Blair, of 
Franklin county (new district); 1810, John Barr, of Pickaway county; 1812, 
Gustavus Swan, Franklin county; 1813, Thomas Johnston, Franklin county; 
1815, William Ludlow, Franklin county; 1816, Thomas Moore, Franklin 
county; 1817, Gustavus Swan, Franklin county; ISIS, John II. McDowell, 
Franklin county; 1S'_'0. John R. Parish, Franklin county; 1822, David 
Smith, Franklin county; 1823, James Kilbourne, Franklin county; 1S'_>4, 
George S. Williams, Franklin county; 1826, David Smith, Franklin county; 
1827, Thomas C. Flournev, Franklin county; 1828, foseph Ridgway and Daniel 
I'pson, 1829, William Doherty; 1830, foseph Ridgway; 1831, Philo H. Olm- 
stead; 1832, Francis Stewart' and M. B. Wright; 1833, Philo H. Olmstead; 
1834, Adam Reed and fohn Grubb; is:;."), A. lam Reed; 1836, Alfred Kelley; 1837, 
Alfred Kelley and Robert Neil; ISMS, fames Kilbourne and John W, Andrews; 
1839, Buckley Comstock; 1840, James C. Reynolds; 1841, Nathaniel Medbury 
and foseph Chenowith; 1843, Samuel Parsons and Cornelius Crum; 1844, Joseph 
Ridgway, |r.. and Charles McCloud, of Madison; 1845, Joseph Ridgway, Jr., 
and Edward Fitzgerald, of Madison; lS-lfi, fohn Noble and Jeremiah Clark; 
1847, A.F. Perry and George Taylor; 1848, James Dalzell and David (ire-dry, of 
Delaware; 1850, Wray Thomas and Charles L. Eaton; 1851, Edward Cartwright 
and Edward A. Stanley; 1853, Alexander Thompson and Hiram Hendron; 1855, 
George M. Parsons and fames H. Smith; 1857, William R. Rankin and H. L. 
Chaney; 1860, Benjamin L Reese and George L. Converse; 1862, George L. 
Converse and ( )tto Dressel ; 1864, Otto Dressel and fohn G. Edwards; 1866, Adin 
G. Hibbs and f. R. Marshall; 1868, Carl T. Mann and William L. Ross; I -To, 
Llewllyn Baber and Clark White; IS72, William I., k'oss and Clark White; ls74, 
George L. Converse and fohn II. Heitman; 1876, George L. Converse; ls77, 
Henry f. Booth, of Columbus; 1880, Benjamin Rees and W. T. Wallace, both of 
Columbus; 1881, J. I!. Hall and William' Dell, Jr., of Columbus; 1883, Casper 
Lowenstein and Allen < ). Myers, of Columbus; 1885, Henry C. Taylor, William 
Shepard, Hugh L. Chancv; 1887, Dot L. Smith, fohn 15. Tavlor, tin- latter died 
January 16, 1890; 1890, A. "D. Heffner, Dot L. Smith; 1891, Philip II. Bruck, 
David P. Boxer, Benjamin F. Gayman; 1894, William Felton, Charles Merion, 

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CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

Jr., Eugene Lane; 1895, Charles Q. Davis, Benjamin F. Gayman, James R. Kil- 
bourne; 1896, Charles Q. Davis, fames >I. Merryman, Benjamin F. Gayman, 
James R. Kilbourne; 1898, Benjamin F. Gayman, W. M. Payne, E.J.Bracken. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY OFFICERS 

PRESIDENT JUDGES 

In 1803, Wvllis Sillimman; 1804, Levin Belt; 1805, Robert Slaughter; 
1807, Levin Belt; 1810, William Wilson; 1812, John Thompson; 1816, Arris 
Parish , elected for seven years, resigned 1819, and Frederick Grimke appointed; 
1820, John A. McDowell,- died in 1823, and Gustavus Swan appointed; 1830, 
Frederick Grimke; 1834, Joseph R. Swan; 1S48, J. L. Torbet, who served until 
the office was abolished by the new Constitution, February, 1852. In 1851 
James L. Bates was elected under the new organization of the courts for five 
years, beginning the second Monday of February, 1852, he was re-elected in 
ISali, again in 1861, serving until 1>S(>(>. In 1N(>7, fohn L. Green was elected, and 
was twice re-elected thereafter; 1868, Joseph Olds was elected in district 
formed of Franklin, Madison and Pickaway counties; 1N78, E. F. Bingham was 
elected to fill the place until then occupied by fudge < >lds, and was re-elected 
in 1878; 1879, Eli I'. Evans elected for term of five years. 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES 

In 1803, John Dill, David Jamison and Joseph Foos; 1808, William Thomp- 
son; 1809, Isaac Miner; 1810, Robert Shannon, William Reed and Alexander 
Morrison, Jr.; 1N14, Arthur O'Harra; 1815, William Reed; 1817, Samuel G. Flen- 

Lord; 1821, 




PROBATE JUDGES 

This office was created by the new Constitution, and in October, 1851, 
William R. Rankin was elected first Probate fudge of Franklin county for 
three years, beginning in February, 1852. He was succeeded in 1854 by Wil- 
liam Jamison; is,")7, Herman IS. Albery succeeded William famison; January 
26,1858, Herman I!. Albery, commissioned for three years; fune 26, 1861, Mr. 
Albery again commissioned for three years; December l(i, lNiilS, fohn M. Pugh, 
commissioned for three years. Mr. Pugh took the office and was re-elected live 
times, going out of office February It. 1879; succeeded bv |ohn T. Gale, who 
served two terms, retiring February I), 1885. February II, 1SN,">, Charles G. Saf- 
fin came into the office and served two terms, going out February 9, 1891. 
February 9, 1891, Lorenzo D. Hagerty took the office and served two terms. 
February 9, 1897, Tod B. Galloway took the office i he was commissioned No- 
vember 'Jli, 1896) for the term of three years, his term expiring February 9, 1900, 
when he was again elected. 

CLERKS OF THE COURT 

In 1803, Lucas Sullivant; INK), Lyne Starling; 1815, Abram I. McDowell 
was appointed, and served until ISIili, when he was succeeded l>\ Elijah 
Backus; March 1.1, 1838, Lyne Starling, Jr., and resigned February, 1846, Louis 
Heyle succeeding. In October, 1851, Kendall Thomas was elected under the 
new Constitution for the term id" three years, commencing the second Monday 
in February, 1852; October, 1854, Alfred Buttles, elected; October, 1857, James 
Bryan, elected; February 7, 1859, fames II. Smith, died in office, and in 1862, 

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CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

David \Y. Brooks was appointed; October '_'■_', 1862, commission issued to 
Thomas S. Shepard; I >ecember I I, 1865, Thomas S. Shepard; November '_'. 1868, 
Casper Lowenstein; < >ctober 20, 1871, fames S. Abbott ; < >ctober 1H. is? -1, James 
S. Abbott; November 6, 1 s77, Harvey Cashatt; November I, lsso, Harvey 
Cashatt, lie died in 1883, and [ohn |. Joyce was appointed; October 20, 1883, 
John J. Joyce, elected; December 3, 1886, John J. Joyce; November 13, 1889, 
Theodore Beck, died May, 1890, and William 11. Simonton was appointed to 
fill the vacancy. In November, 1890, he was elected to the office for three 
years, serving up to November 17, IS!)::, when he was appointed to serve until 
the first Monday in August, 1894. In 1893, Charles F. < talloway was elected and 
commissioned for three years, taking the office on August 6, 1894. lie was re- 
elected in November, 1896, and again commissioned for three years, the second 
term commencing August 6, 1897, and expiring Augusl 5, 1900. The present 
incumbent is John W. McCafferty, who assumed office in August, 1900. 

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS 

This office was appointive until 1833. The holders of the position were: 
Iso.T Reuben Bonam; 1810, [ohn S, Wills; 1813, David Scott; 1819, John A. Mc- 
Dowell; 1820, Thomas Hack us. From this date (1821 ) until 1830, the names oc- 
cur of John R. Parish, lames K. Carey, Gustavus Swan, Orris I'arrish and 
William Dohertv. In 1830 Joseph R. Swan was appointed, and elected in 
October, 1833; iS34, P. B. Wilcox; 1836, Moses II. Kirby; 1838, William W. 
Backus; 1842, Lewis ilevl; 1846, L. H. Webster; 1848, Thomas Sparrow; 1850, B. 
F. Martin; 1854, George L. Converse; 1856, Milton II. Mann; 1868, E. T. DeLany; 
1870, George K. Nash; 1876, Joseph II. Outhwaite; 1878, W. J. Clark; 1880, W. 
J. Clark; 1882, R. B. Montgomery; 1884, Cyrus Huling, who was re-elected in 
1886; 1891, Curtis Williams; 1894, Joseph H. Dyer; 1H97, Charles W. Voorhees. 
Mr. Voorhees died in December, 189S, and his assistants, Florizel Smith and 
William B. Ford, conducted the office until Let- Allen Thurinan was appointed 
to iill the vacancy. 

SHERIFFS 

Benjamin White, 1803; was the first Sheriff of Franklin county, and in 
the same year Adam Hosack was elected. Following are their successors in 
office: 1807, I-:. N. Delashmut; 1811, Samuel Shannon; 1815, Francis Stewart; 
1819, John McElvain; 1829, Robert Brotherton; is:!:;, Andrew McElvain; ls;}7, 
James Oraham; 1841, William Domigan; 1845, John Graham; 1849, John Green- 
leaf; 1853, Thomas Miller; 1855, William Miner; lSaT, Silas W. Dark; 1859, 
George W. Huffman: 1863, William Domigan; 1867, George W. Earhart, who 
died November 27, 1868; 1869, Samuel Thompson; 1873, William E. Horn; 1877, 
Josiah Kinnear; 1879, John N. Richenbacher; 1881, Louis Heinmiller; 1885, 
William II. Barbee; 1887, Brice W.Custer; 1891, James Ross; 1895, Wheeler J. 
Young; 1897, Wheeler J. Young; 1900, Charles A. Pearce. 

COUNTY AUDITORS 

This office was created by the Legislature at its session in 1 S'_'< ) 21. The 
Auditor was elected annually until 1824, and since that year biennially. In 
March, 1821, Joseph (irate was appointed by the Commissioners to serve until 
the next election, and in October of the same year, Xechariah Mills was 
elected, serving until his decease, in lS'_'(i, when John C. Brodrick was ap- 
pointed his successor. He was succeeded in 1839 hv Frederick Cole; 1S4.~>, 
Smithson E. Wright; 1849, Holdemond Crarv; 1853, John M. Pugh; 1857, John 
Phillips; 1862, Matthias Martin; 1866, Dennis B. Straight; 1868, S. I-:. Kile; 1874, 
Levi T. Strader; 1S78, land Kiesewetter was commissioned for three years; 
again commissioned October 29, 1881, and served until February hi. 1884. He 
was succeeded by Frank J. Reinhard, who was elected for two years, and in 
November, 1887, was re-elected for three vears. In November, 1890, Henry J. 



CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

Carew was elected for three years, taking the office in ( )ctober 1891, and serv- 
ing one term. The present Auditor, William II. Halliday, took the office 
October 15, 1894, for a term of three years, and again October 1.1, 1897, for a 
second term of three vears, expiring October 1.1, 1900. 

COUNTY TREASURERS 

This office was first filled by appointment by the Associate Judges, and 
next by the County Commissioners. On January 24, 1827, an act was passed 
l>v the Legislature providing for the biennial election of a treasurer. In 1803 
Jacob Grubb was appointed treasurer, and held the office until 1827; June, 
1827, Christian Heyl was appointed, and served until 1833, when George Mc- 
Cormick was elected, and following is the succession up to the present time: — 
1841, Joseph NcElvain; 1845, Joseph Leiby; 1851, (). P. Hines; 1855, James H. 
Stauring; 1859, John G. Thompson; 1N<>3, Joseph Falkenbach; 18(i7. Aaron C. 
Hadlev, who resigned, James E. Wright being appointed to fill the vacancy; 
INTO, Lorenzo English; 1872, lames' E. Wright; 1877, P. W. Corzilius; 1881, 
George Beck; 1885, Albert D. Heffner; 1889, Henry Pausch; 1893, Samuel A. 
Kinnear; 1895, Ossian E. I>. Barron; September, 1899, Nelson A. Sims. 

COUNTY RECORDERS 

Since 1831 the recorders of Franklin county have been elected biennial- 
ly by the people. Prior to that time the office was tilled by appointment, by 
the judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Lucas Sullivant was appointed to 
the office in 1801, serving until 1807, when Adam Hosack succeeded him, hold- 
ing office up to 1813, when Lincoln Goodale was appointed. The latter gave 
place to Abram J. McDowell in 1817, who continued in office up to 1831, when 
the position was made elective. The first recorder elected was William T. 
Martin, who continued in office until October 20, 1846, when Nathan Cole suc- 
ceeded him, and served continuously for 33 years, or up to 1879. On October 
24, 1879, F. M. Senter was commissioned, and served two terms; October 26, 
1885, Michael A. Li 1 ley was commissioned and served one term; November 10, 
1888, Robert Thompson was commissioned, and served two terms; November 13, 
1894, |. W. Peters was commissioned ami served one term; in November, 
1897, Neville Williams was elected, and went into the office in September, 1898, 
for the term of three years. 

COUNTY COLLECTORS 

This office existed from the organization of the county until 1827, when 
it was abolished, and the treasurer required to collect the taxes. For about 
the first three years of the existence of Franklin county the chattel tax was 
received by township collectors, while the county collector attended to the 
land tax. From 1806 to 1820 the State was divided into four districts, and a 
collector in each district appointed by the Legislature, for non-resident land 
tax, while the collection of the chattel and resident land tax devolved upon the 
county collectors, and from 1820 until 1827 all taxes were collected by the 
county collectors. The several incumbents of this office were as follows:— 
1803, Benjamin White; 1804, Adam Hosack; 1808, Elias X. Delashmut; 1811, 
John M. White; 1812, Samuel Shannon; 1815, Francis Stewart; 1818, Jacob Kel- 
lar; 1822, Andrew Dill; 1823, Aurora Buttles; 1824, Peter Sells; 1826, Robert 
Brotherton, who continued until the office was abolished. 

COUNTY ASSESSORS 

This office was created by act of Legislature, February 3, 1825, prior to 
which each township elected an assessor at the annual spring election. Jan- 
uary 16, 1827, an act was passed requiring the county commissioners to ap- 
point an assessor, who was to serve until the October election, when the office 

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JUDGE WILLIAM J BALDWIN 

In the history of the Bar oi Franklin county many prominent names have 
appeared, among them some of the most distinguished legal luminaries in the annals 
ot the State of Ohio. . 

Aqentleman who for half a century was active in the practice of the legal pro- 
fession, was the late Judge William J. Baldwin, whose career was an exemplification 
oi the highest morale of professional life, whose integrity was unimpeachable, and 
who ever sought to elevate the standard of the honorable calling which he had 
chosen for his life vocation. He was an authority on all questions connected with 
decisions and the general practice of law, and his ability was fully recognized and 
freely recognized by all his contemporaries. 

William J. Baldwin was born on April 30, 1822. and, after attending the public 
hools entered Yale College, at New Haven, Conn., and, although graduated from 
that institution in August. 1842. he still continued to attend the law school con- 
nected with that college, until September, 1843, when he came to Columbus. Here 
he read law in the offices of, and under the direction of Samuel Brush and Matthew 
J. Gilbert, prominent attorneys of the Capital City. 

At the September term of the Supreme Court of Ohio, held in "Wayne county 
in 1844. Mr. Baldwin was admitted a member of the Bar, and at once began the 
practice of his profession, and continued "in the reins - ' up to the end of his lengthy 
and most useful career, with the exception of a short period in which he served as 
Judge of the Superior Court of Franklin county. The appointment was made by 
Governor Brough to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Matthews, 
and during the time Judge Baldwin sat on the bench all cases coming before him 
were adjudicated in a fair, impartial and dignified manner. 

On August 13. 1846. Judge Baldwin was married to Miss Margaret Hoge, 
daughter of the venerable Dr. James Hoge, the pioneer minister of Presbyterianism 
in Central Ohio. They had but one child, a daughter -Clara- who in 1870, was mar- 
ried to William J. McComb. the well known real estate operator of Columbus, whose 
office is at No. Ill 1-2 South High street, while his residence is at No. 207 East State 
street. His wife, Mrs. Clara McComb, nee Baldwin, still continues his most estimable 
spouse, and both are most favorably known in the community 

Judge Baldwin died on September 29, 1889. and his death was a distinct loss 
to the community. He was survived by his widow: but that lady, too. has also 
deceased and gone to her reward, her de itt an ing two and a half years later. 



CIVIL LIST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 

was filled by election, and on March 'Jo, 1841, the office was abolished. Those 
who had held the office were: James Kilbourne, 1N'_'.~> 27; John Swisher, 1827 35; 
[anies Graham, 1835-37; William Domigan, 1837-39. 

COUNTY SURVEYORS 

This office was filled by appointment by the Court of C turn Pleas 

until March :i. 1831, when an act was passed providing for (he election of Sur- 
veyor. The first surveyor was foseph Vance, appointed in 1803 and in service 
until his death in 1824. Those who have since held (lie office are as follows; 
Richard Howe; 1827, General McLene; 1832, Lynn Starling, |r. ; April, is;;;!, 
Moses Smith; October, is;i:{, Frederick Cole; 1836, William [ohnston; 1848, [esse 
Cartwright; 1854, \V. W. Pollard; 1857, Daniel Hess; 1860, C. C. Walcutt; 1862, 
L'riah Lathrop; 1865, \V. P. Brown; 1871, [oseph Kinnear; 1874, Benjamin F. 
Bowen, who served up to 1883; 1883, Josiah Kinnear; 1889, [ohn |. Dun; 1895, 
Henry Maetzel, who is still in office. 

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 

The first hoard ol commissioners of Franklin county was elected in 
[une, 1804, and (he term of service tilled by the members was determined h\ 
lot, Following are those who have acted as members of (his hoard: [ohn 
Blair, until October, 1804, clerk of the hoard; Benjamin Sells, until October, 
1805; Arthur O'Harra, until October, 1806; 1S04, Michael Fisher, clerk nihil 
1809; 1805, Ezekiel Brown; 1806, Arthur O'Harra; ISO?, Michael Fisher- 1808, 
lames Marshall; 1809, Arthur O'Harra; 1810, Robert Armstrong (< >'Harra, clerk); 
1811, lames Marshall (Adam Hosack, clerk); 1812, William Shaw (Adam 
Hosack, clerk) ; 1813, Robert Armstrong (G. Swan, clerk); 1814, [ames Marshall 
(Joseph Grate, clerk); 1815, William McElvain (J. A. McDowell, clerk until 
1817); 1816, Robert Armstrong, Samuel G. Flenniken; 1817, [oseph (irate, [ames 
Marshall; IMS, David Jamison (Joseph (irate, clerk until 1820); 1819, George \V. 
Williams; 1820, Joseph (irate. In I S'J 1 the office of County Auditor was created, 
am! [oseph Grate appointed to that office; 1821, Robert Armstrong and Horace 
Walcutt, commissioners; 1822, fames Marshall;. 1823, Andrew Dill; 1824, Robert 
Armstrong; 1825, William Stewart; 1826, [ohn M. Walcutt; 1827, William Mc- 
Klvain; 1828, William Stewart; 1829, Horace Walcutt and William Miller; 1830, 
Matthew Matthews; 1831, William Stewart: 1832, Horace Walcutt (died 1833); 
1833, John W. White and Matthew Matthews (Timothy Dee was appointed in 
place of White, deceased ); 1834, Horace Andrews, in place of Stewart; 1835, 
Robert Lisle: 1836, [ames Bryden; 1837, R. W. Cowles, in place of Andrews; 
1838, [ohn Tipton, in place of Lisle; 1839, [ames Bryden, re-elected; 1840, Wil- 
liam W. Kyle, in place of Cowles; 1841, Samuel S.Davis; 1842, [ohn Green- 
wood, in place of Bryden; 1843, William W. Kyle, re-elected; 1844, Samuel 

Davis, re-elected; 1845, [ohn Clark, in place of Greenw I; 1846, Adam Stewart, 

in place of Kyle; 1847, Thomas |. Moorman, in place of Davis; 1848, O. I'. 
Ilines, in place of Clark ; 1849, Jacob Slyh, in place of Stewart; 1850, Eli F. Jen- 
nings, in place of Moorman; 1851, Jesse Baughman, in place of Bines; 1S,">'_', C. 
W. Speaks, in place of Slyh; 1853, Edward Livingston, in place of Jennings; 
1854, Willis Mattoon, in place of Baughman; 1855, Theodore Comstock, in 
place of Speaks; 1856, Edward Livingston, re-elected; 1857, Willis Mattoon, 
died, and < >. I'. Hines appointed; 1S57, Isaac White, elected in place of Ilines; 
1858, David L. Holton; 1859, John Snyder; 1860, Thomas Sparrow; 1861, [acob 
Slyh; 1862, [ames W. Barbee; 1S(»;5, \>] B. Strait; 1864, John M. Koerner; 1865, 
fames W. Barbee; 1866, John G. Edwards; 1867, William Gulick; 1868, Eli >l. 
Lisle; lS(ii), |. (). B. Renick, William Cooper; 1870, William Cooper, Fred- 
erick Deck; 1871, John I'. Bruck; 1872, Adiu (i. Ilihhs; is?;;, Francis Riley; 
1874, Isaac S. Beekey; 1ST."), Daniel Mathenev; LS76, Dennis 1! Strait; 1877, 
Isaac S. Beekey; 1878, Daniel Mathenev; 1879, Thomas Robinson; 1880, Joseph 

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M. Briggs; 1881, Josiah C. Lunn; 1882, William Wall; 1883, Joseph M. Briggs; 
1884, Richard Z. Dawson; 1885, William Wall; 1886, Louis Morehead; 1887, 
Richard C. Dawson; 1888, Thomas D. Cassady, William Wall; 1889, Louis 
Morehead; 1890, J. B. McDonald; 1391, Thomas D. Cassaday; 1893, |. B. Mc- 
Donald; 1894, George Bellows; 1895, George Bellows; 1895^ John R. Brown; 
1896, William Pinney; 1897, J. B. McDonald; 1897, J. Nick Ackerman; 1898, 
Zeloria E. Amlin; 1899, William Pinney; 1900, William Pinney. The present 
hoard is composed of William Pinney, J. Nick Ackerman and Zeloria E. Amlin. 
The office of County Commissioner is quite an important one to the taxpayer. 
This board makes the tax levy for county general expenses, poor, bridge, chil- 
dren's home, elections and county debt, and allows bills, all footing up many 
thousands of dollars each year. 

INFIRMARY DIRECTORS 

The first infirmary directors were Jacob Grubb, Ralph Osborn and P. B. 
Wilcox, appointed by the commissioners of Franklin County in 1832. Direc- 
tors were lirst elected at the annual State election in 1842, those chosen being 
George Erankenberg, Augustus S. Decker and Robert Riorden. Those sub- 
sequently elected to the office were as follows: — 184s, [olm Walton; 1849, S. I). 
Preston and Arthur O'Harra; 1852, Amos S. Ramsey; 1853, Rufus Main; 1854, 
Orin Backus; 1855, L.J. Moeller; 1856, John Lisle; 1857, William Aston; 1859, 
James Legg; 1860, Newton Gibbons; 1861, Philemon Hess; 1862, Frederick Beck; 
1863, Newton Gibbons; 1864, Philemon Hess; 1865, Frederick Beck; 1806, New- 
ton Gibbons; 1867, Jacob Grau; 1808, Frederick Fornoff; 18(59, Henry L. Siebert; 
1870, William H. Gaver; 1871, John Schneider; 1872, John H. Earhart; 1873, 
William II. Caver; 1874, John Schneider; 1875, John H. 'Earhart; 1876, William 
H. Gaver; 1877, lames Burns; 1878, John H. Earhart; 1879, Christian Engroff; 
1880, James Burns; 1881, Jacob Reed; 1882, Christian Engroff; 1883, James C. 
Cleary; 1884, Harvey Lisle; 1885, Emery McDermith; 1886, James C. Cleary; 
1887, James C. Cleary; 1887, Harvey Lisle; 188S, Stephen Kelley; 1889, John 
Kelley; 1890, Adam Fendrick; 1891, J. Nick Ackerman; 1893, J." F. Medbery; 
1894, Henry Becker; 1895, Charles Frank; 1896, J. F. Medbery; 1897, Wash. S. 
Johnston; 1898, Morton Hayes. The present board of directors: John F. Med- 
bery, Wash. S. Johnston, Morton Hayes and John B. McKinley, the latter hav- 
ing been elected in 1899; his term began the iirst Monday in January, 1900. 

COUNTY CORONERS 

The lirst coroner of Franklin county was Joseph Dixon, 1805, and the fol- 
lowing incumbents of the office were: -1807, William Domigan; 1815, Town- 
send Nichols; 1817, Thomas Kincaid; 1818, Robert Brotherton; 1819, William 
Richardson; 1821, Robert Brotherton; 1825, Jacob Ebey; 1830, Jonathan 
Neereamer; 1835, George Jeffries; 1839, James Walcutt; 1843, A. W. Reader; 
1845, Horton Howard; 1849, A. W. Reader; 1851, James W. Barbee; 1853, A. W. 
Reader; 1855, Elias Caver, who served to 1869; October 18, 1869, Patrick Egan 
was commissioned and served until November, 1894, when Edward llerhst, 
M. 1)., was commissioned. On November 23, 1S9(>, J. W. Birmingham, M. D., 
was commissioned and he still continues in office. 

COMMON PLEAS JUDGES 

Following is a list of those who have been judges of the Common Pleas 
Courts, also the present incumbents, together with their dates of commis- 
sion: James L. Bates, January 10, 1852, January 23, 1857, November 8, 1861; 
John L. Greene, December 12, 1800; Joseph Olds, additional judge, April 17, 
1868; Edward F. Bingham, April 25, 1873; John L. Greene, October 26, 1876; 
Edward F. Bingham, April 23, 1878; Eli P. Evans, April 23, 1878; George 
Lincoln, November 18, 1879; Hawley J. Wylie, December 7, 1881; Edward F. 
Bingham, April 28, 1883; Eli P. Evans, May 2, 1883; Thomas J. Duncan, Decem- 

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ber 3, 1886; Eli P. Evans, |;muarv 14, 1888, additional judge um 
15, 1882; David F. Pugh, April 7, 1888, unexpired term ending 
David F. Pugh, May 14, 1888, additional judge under act of 
Isaac X. Abernathy, November 3, 1889, additional judge, succi 
Thomas |. Duncan, January 14, 1892; Eli I J . Evans, February 2, 
judge, re-elected; David F. Pugh, April 10, 1893, additional judj 
February 1868; Dewitl C. Badger, April 10, 1893, additional jud 
May 15, 1893; Thomas M. Bigger, November IS, 1896; Curtis C 
vember li), 1897, additional judge; Dewitt C. Badger, Novemb 
ditional judge, re-elected; Eli P. Evans, November li), 1897, 
present holders id' the office arc fudges Biersrer, Williams, Bad 



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LEGAL RECORDS 

The records to be found in the Probate Judge's Court are as follows: 
Will records, '_'( i volumes; marriage records, 27 volumes; journals, .">."> volumes; 
complete records, 42 records; record of accounts, 65 volumes; administrator 
records, 55 volumes; administrator dockets, 14 volumes; civil dockets, 12 
volumes; administrator bonds and letters, li) volumes; executors' bonds and 
letters, 11 volumes; guardians' bonds and letters, '_'*> volumes; assignees' 
bonds and letters, 7 volumes; guardians' docket, 11 volumes; assignees' docket, 
10 volumes; record id' births, 7 volumes; record of deaths, .1 volumes. Before 
the year 1880 all papers were dated, but since 1880 all papers have been num- 
bered, and the number is now about 13,000. 



CHAPTER V 

TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES 

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP 

IMMEDIATELY alter the formation of Franklin county in 1803, it wasdivided 
1 into four townships of equal size. The southwest quarter, then nearly double 
the si/A' of tbe present entire county, was designated as Franklin town- 
ship, and it is the only township in the county that bears its original name. 
It was reduced to its present limits by the erection id' Prairie township in 1819. 
Here was begun the sett lenient of this now populous and wealthy count}', for 
here, in August, 17i)7, was laid out tin.' pioneer village <d (lie county Franklin- 
ton now annexed to Columbus. The surface features are generally level, tbe 
only exceptions being along the course of the streams, where it is rolling. 
The principal water course, the Scioto river, is of some importance as furnish- 
ing water power advantages. The Olentangy river is next ill size and, flowing 
from the west, is Scioto Big Run, which, with its tributaries, completes the 
water courses of the township. The Indians in the vicinity were peaceable 
and friendly toward the settlers, and though, when under the influence ol 
whiskey they fought savagely among themselves, rarely did they molest the 
the Wdiites. When the Indians finally left this section, one remained, a harm- 
less old fellow, who lived on game and help from the settlers; but this poor 
red man was finally killed bv a hunter named Daniel Harrington. 

The first hotel here was built in Franklinton in 1803, by Joseph Foos; il 
was of brick, and considered a monster affair at thai time, though it would 
hardly make a respectable kitchen for the hotel of to-day. Mr. Foos was an 
active, progressive cit izen, served for some twenty years as a member of the Leg- 
islature; served in the War of 1812 as brigadier-general and afterward in the 

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militia, rose to rank of major-general. The second hotel, or "tavern", as they 
were then called, was opened by William Domigan, Sr., who came here in 1S(>3. 
John Huffman, one of the first settlers, established a distillery here 
in isol and some years later he purchased four thousand acres of 
land in Plain township, giving in payment therefor ONE gallon OF 
whisky per acre, one debt that may truthfully be said to have been liquidated 
by him. 

Samuel White was prominent in the pioneer settlement of Franklin 
township. He was a soldier in the Revolution and fought nearly seven years 
in the struggle for independence. At the battle of Stoney Point it is said he was 
scalped by the Indians, who left him on the field for dead. He lived, however, 
up to October, 1841, when he was fatally injured by a runaway horse. Captain 
Adin G. Hibbs, who came here from Pennsylvania in 1832, subsequently laid 
out the village of Shadeville and amassed great wealth. The iirst merchan- 
dising was by Robert Russell in lSDIi, and the stock, which consisted of but an 
armful or two of general merchandise, was displayed on shelves placed around 
the sides of a small building designed for a "smoke-house". A small table in 
the center served 1 the double purpose of counter and a seat for the proprietor, 
who could readily reach the goods on the shelves without moving from his seat. 
Several "pack-horse traders" were engaged in business here from time to time. 
The goods were transported on horseback from Pittsburgh and Detroit, and 
consisted mainly of iron utensils, salt and whiskey. A post-office was erected 
in Franklinton in 1805, and discontinued in 1835; the successive post-masters 
were: Adam Hosack, Henry Brown, Joseph Grate, James B. Gardiner, Jacob 
Kellar, Joseph McDowell, William Lusk, W. Risley. The first cemetery in the 
township was that situated on the bank of the Scioto river, north of the village 
of Franklinton, and here were buried a host of those hardy pioneers who 
helped to subdue the wilderness. The first meeting house here was built of 
logs ill the twenties by the Methodists, and on its site was afterward built a 
brick edifice, known as the Union Church. The first school was a little log 
cabin on (lift street, Franklinton, 1805. The teacher was an Irishman of good 
education, but a great consumer of whiskey. When under its influence, which 
was most of the time, he was brutally cruel, his favorite method of punishing 
a scholar being to make him place his hands palms down upon the desk in 
front of the teacher, when he, the fiend, would draw the keen blade 
of his knife across tin- fingers, making deep gashes. This finally com- 
ing to the parents, the teacher was deposed and driven from the com- 
munity. 

I 'iivsriaxs 

The pioneer physician of Franklin township was Dr. Lincoln Goodale, 
who located in Franklinton village in L805, subsequently removing to Colum- 
bus. Dr. Goodale was horn in Worcester county, Mass., February 2."), 1782. ilis 
lather, Nathan Goodale, was an officer in the Revolutionary War. Coming 
west, he settled in Marietta, ( )., in 1788, and afterward at Belpre. There he was 
captured by the Indians in 1794, and died near Sandusky, whither they were 
taking him to hold for ransom. Dr. Goodale studied medicine at Belpre, and 
began practice in ISO,"). In 1812 he enlisted in the war, and was appointed as- 
sistant surgeon in Me. \ it hur's regiment. He was taken prisoner at the time 
of 1 lull's surrender and sent to Maiden with wounded men. Being released 
he returned to Franklinton in October, having been in the service less than a 
year. Removingto Columbus in 1 S 14, he entered upon that successful career 
as a merchant which he followed for over thirty years, acquirimg great wealth 
in that period. Ilis death occurred April 30, 1868, in his 87th year. Several 
years before his death he presented to the city the beautiful park with which 
his name will be for aye associated. The second physician to locate in Frank- 

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HON. LORENZO ENGLISH 

One of the most prominent citizens in the history of Franklin i ounty was the 
Hon. Lorenzo English, long foremost in legal and public circles. 

Lorenzo English was born in Herkimer county, New York State, on May 22, 
1819, upon his father's farm, where he remained up to his I8th year, receiving the 
advantages in education only such as the common schools of that county afforded. 
In 1837 the family removed by wagon, then the usual mode of traveling for those 
seeking homes in the "West, to Ohio, locating in Mt, Vernon, Knox county. In the 
fall of 1839 Mr. English entered Oberlin College as a student, taking a full course, 
and graduating with honor from that institution in August, 1843. In the September 
following he came to Columbus and began the study of law under Edwards Pierre- 
pont, afterward Attorney General of the United States, and one of the foremost 
jurists the country has seen. Completing his law studies in 1845, he was admitted 
a member of the Franklin County Bar, and at once began the practice of law in 
Columbus. Being very industrious and possessed of patience, integrity and great popu- 
larity, his professional career was a success from the outset. In 1850 Mr. English 
was the choice of the Whig party as their candidate for Mayor of Columbus and he was 
elected over theDemocratic nominee by a handsome majority. So able was his admin- 
istration he was renominated in 1852 and for the subsequent terms up to 1861, when 
he refused a further nomination, and his record as mayor for these eleven year^ 
without a blemish, reflecting credit upon himself and the city alike. Later on he 
served most successfully for a term as Treasurer of Franklin county, although, the 
county was largely Democratic. In law he conducted a general civil practice and was 
counsel in many prominent cases. He was one of the charter members of Capitol 
Lodge, No. 334, I. O. O. F., and in 1880 was Republican candidate for Congress in oppo- 
sition to George L. Converse, and although the previous Congressman, a Democrat, had 
received over 3,000 majority, this party vote was reduced by Mr. English to 500. He 
has held many positions of honor and trust, aside from those herein enumerated, and 
has always fulfilledthe duties pertaining to thesame with dignity .fidelity and efficiency. 
His lamented deaih occurred on March 14th. 1888, after a brief illness of two weeks, 
thus closing the career of one of Franklin County's most honored and representative 
citizens. 



WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. 

The legal profession is represented in Columbus by men whose ability will fav- 
orably compare with that possessed by any similar body in any part of the Union. A 
successful member of the Franklin County Bar is Mr. William H. English, wno occupies 
office quarters in tne Haydsn Building on Broad street. Mr. English is the son oi am 
of the most distinguished legal luminaries the Franklin County Bar has ever known 
and who was also actively prominent in public affairs, viz: the Hon. Lorenzo En- 
glish, who practiced law for some 40 years and attained eminence and hign repu- 
tation as a Jurist. He was a leader in the Republican party, of wnose principles he 
was a strong advocate, and he served with ability as Mayor of Columous for eleven 
consecutive years, also as County Treasurer. In his death, which occurred in March, 
1888, Columbus lost one of its foremost, most public spirited citizens. Mr. William H. 
English was born in this city April 20. 1860, being one of a family of four sons and one 
daughter, all of whom are living. His brothers are employed here in banking and com- 
mercial pursuits. Mr. English was educated in the common and high schools of Co- 
lumbus, and also entered upon a University course. He read law in the offices of his 
father and the late Hon. Judge Baldwin, and was admitted to the Bar in 1883. Mr. 
English conducts a general law practice and ably conserves all interests of his clients. 
In politics he is a Republican, in fraternal circles a 32nd degree Mason, and personally 
is most popularly known in the community. In January, 1893, he was united in mar- 
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lintoii was Dr. S. Parsons, 'who came here in fanuarv, 1811, and afterward was 
elected to the State Legislature. 

Axi-c.vr Early Industrial Interests 

The need of flouring mills was one of the earliest wants of the first settler, 
and their absence caused the pioneers much inconvenience. In Franklinton a 
hand-mill was constructed which would grind corn, hut it was far short of 
capacity sufficient to accommodate the whole colony, and many were obliged to 
use the "stump mortar", while others reduced the corn to a proper condition 
for bread making by grating it. About 1800 two small mills were built on the 
Scioto, but both soon fell into disuse and decay. After this mills driven by 
horse power were built, but they were primitive in their const ruction and 
proved unsatisfactory. The first grist mill of importance was erected in 1820 
byLucas Sullivant. Franklin township had numerous saw mills in its early 
history, as the government made donations to anj^ one who would construct a 
mill. As a consequence many persons built mills, sawed lumber enough to 
get a title to the land, when they would let the mill go to decay. 

Tin-: State Qu vr-io 

Embraces lands 50 acres in extent, situated in Franklin township, on the 
banks of the Scioto, and they were the property of William S. Sullivant, from 
whom they were purchased in 1845. The rock is of different formations, of 
different colors and forms, giving to the block an appearance like clouded mar- 
hie. The strata run from five inches to five feet in thickness, and afford the 
finest building stone in Central Ohio. The stone used in the construction of 
the State House came from this quarry, and also that used in the construc- 
tion of the Penitentiary and other State institutions. 

Camp Chase 

This rendezvous was famous in the War of the Rebellion, Goodale 
Park, which had been used lor a military camp from the first mustering of 
troops, began about June to be gradually thinned of soldiers, or recruits, and 
was at length altogether abandoned as a camp. In the meantime a new camp 
on a more extensive scale was organized on the National road, about five 
miles west of the city. This was at first called Camp Jackson, but the name 
was soon afterward changed to Camp Chase, in honor of Salmon P. Chase, ex- 
governor of Ohio, and then Secretary of the Cnited States Treasury. It was 
ultimately turned over to the Cnited States authorities. Camp Chase soon as- 
sumed the appearance of a military city. It was regularly laid out in squares 
and streets, with numerous wooden structures and white canvas tents. Each 
regiment or other organization had ifs special quarters assigned. From a 
camp for the rendezvous, organization and drill of troops it became, as the 
war progressed, the quarters for paroled prisoners of war, and the site of a 
huge prison for the confinement of Rebel prisoners. The camp lasted 1 as long 
as the war lasted, and here thousands of ( )hio's loyal sons learned "the dread 
art of war," and went forth to battle for the Union. Of these many, very 
many, never returned. Their lives were sacrificed in the cause of the Union, 
ami beneath the skies of the Sunny South, where the orange and magnolia 
wave a ceaseless perfume, their graves perhaps unmarked, they sleep the final 
sleep of all. The lands formerly embraced within the enclosure of Camp 
Chase are now divided into lots, and where was once the spacious parade 
ground, now stand the dwellings of the peaceful citizens. To the south of the 
camp is the Rebel graveyard, containing the remains of some thousands of 
Confederate soldiers, who died in prison in the camp of disease or wounds. 
Subsequent to the erection of Camp Chase, Camp Thomas was established 
east of the Wbrthington plank road, about four miles from the city. It was at 

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first used as the rendezvous of Colonel II. B. Carrington's regiment, Eighteenth 
C. S. Infantry, but soon became a camp for general war purposes. Franklin 
township furnished a full share of men and officers, many of whom aehieved 
fame, and to all is due a meed of glory for the attainment of that great result 
"One Flag, One Country!" 

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP 

'Phis township was set off and organized under its present name in ISO!), at 
that time including all of its present territory, as well as that of Perry and 
Norwich and a portion of Brown township. It was composed of parts of the 
original townships of Liberty, Franklin and Darby. In L820itwas established 
with its present boundaries, a large portion on the east being taken in the form- 
ation of Perry. The earlier settlements were made along the Scioto river, the 
first being on the site of the present town of Dublin. The territory, at a little 
distance back from the river, with the exception of that bordering on the runs 
and small brooks, was late in settlement, especially in the northern part of the 
township. The eastern portion of the township, where it borders on the Scioto 
river, has high hills and bluffs, which extend up the valley of Indian run for 
some distanee, and for a short distance up nearly, if not all, the small runs that 
empty into the Scioto. The main road, extending from north to south, follows 
the river bank for a long distance over the out-cropping limestone rock, making 
a solid and permanent road bed, though not always as smooth as could be de- 
sired. The timber was originally beech, maple, hickory, elm, ash, walnut, 
buckeye, oak and other varieties in lesser degree, but most of the valuable tim- 
ber has been felled and utilized. The soil is mostly clay and capable of pro- 
ducing large crops when intelligently cultivated. The streams are: Indian run, 
I Iavden run and numerous small runs or brooks that help to drain the surface of 
the township. At the point where these runs descend the hills and bluffs to reach 
the river, is some very rugged and romantic scenery. In places the water has a 
perpendicular descent of from ten to twenty feet, falling sixty or seventy feet. 

Among the first settlers of Washington were Ludwick Sells and his sons, 
Samuel, Peter, Benjamin and William, from Pennsylvania, and John Sells, 
brother of Ludwick; George Ebey, who, with John Sells, erected a flouring 
mill in 1812; Alexander Bassett, Augustus Miller, James Hoey, John Wyandt, 
James Slosson, Jacob King and Jacob Sladle. Joab Hayden, an eccentric 
genius, settled, very early, in the extreme southern part of the present town- 
ship on a run which still bears the name of Hayden's run. Hayden was a fool- 
hardy man, who would attempt the most dangerous feats, at which he, strange- 
ly enough, always came off safely. He once went to the Kanawha salt works 
for salt, and in a spirit of boasting said he would climb a very high tree and 
stand on his head on a limb, nearly a hundred feet from the ground, for a bar- 
rel ol salt. The offer being accepted he proceeded to execute his proposition. 
Alter reaching the designated limb be was offered a barrel of salt to desist from 
his purpose, but he swore he would stand on his head, and he did, although 
the spectators expected to see him fall to a certain death. He then offered to 
fall into the river for another barrel of salt, but could find no one to make the 
offer. Samuel Sells, a son of Ludwick Sells, settled in Franklinton in 1802, and 
the Sells family has ever been prominent in this section. Sells' circus, a noted 
organization of the kind, was established and is still conducted by Sells 
Brothers, descendants of the original Sells family of settlers here, in 1809 
Samuel Sells moved to Washington township and settled a mile west of the 
village of Dublin on Indian run. A large body of Indians, about 150 in num- 
ber, were encamped on his land, it being a favorite ground for them. .Some of 
them enlisted under General Harrison, among them a noted warrior called 
Captain Turtle, who participated in the battle of Tippecanoe. Washington 
township's first post-office was established in 1820. John Swain bought a mill 
site on the Seioto river in L832. I le built an oil mill and put in a carding' ma- 
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chine, and afterward a cloth-fulling machine, which were run up to 18of>, when 
he sold out to Lorenzo Holcomh, who buill a flouring mill on the same site, 
Holcomb Tuller started an ashery in I > 1 1 1 > I i 1 ■ in INlo, where he made black salts 
some lour <>r five years, when he I >< ^ ; j 1 1 the manufacture of salerat us, carrying 
on a good business ten or twelve years, and selling his goods in Cincinnati, 
Edward Eberly, 1810, was the first blacksmith in Dublin. Joab Hayden, the 
eccentric individual already mentioned, was also a blacksmith, being, in lad, 
apt at anything, lie hunted wild I ><■<■> a great deal, and always had a stock of 
honey on hand. Henry Shout built a saw-mill on Indian run in IMS. Ilis 
mill was run by an overshot wheel and lumber in large quantities was sawed 

and tloated down to Franklinton and Col bus, where it was sold. |ohu Sells 

took the first boat down the Scioto river in the spring of 1821. It was flat- 
bottomed, sixteen feet wide by sixty in length, and had been built during the 
winter. Mr. Sells secured a load of five hundred barrels of Hour and a quan- 
tity of bacon, which he intended to take to New ( hieans. He waited until the 

March freshet to be sure and have e igh water on the rapids. Enoch Evans 

went as pilot, Abraham Sells as cook, (ohu Sells and Moses Davis as deck 
hands. Fletcher Sells also accompanied the expedition. It was prophesied by 
many that the boat would not pass the mill-dams in safety, and Mr. Sells was 
naturally somewhat anxious as to the result. The dam at Marble Cliff Mills 
was a low one and was readily passed, but one, some seven feet in height, near 
Franklinton, was approached with dread. A large crowd , for those days, was 
gathered to see the boat pass over this dam. The pilot sent all hands to tin- 
stern of the boat, and when the bow struck the water below the fall, it recovered 
slowly but safely, while loud cheering from both banks of the river testified to 
the feelings of all on shore. Mr. Sells sold his load at Maysville, Kentucky, 
and returned to Dublin. Similar trips were made by other parties later on. 
The village of Dublin was platted by an Irishman, |ohn Shields, and was 
named by him after the famous city in Ireland, where he was born. 

Members ol the Wyandot tribe often encamped on Indian run, which 
Hows into the Scioto river just north of Dublin. A camp under the chief, Billy 
Wyandot, made their abiding place here a great port ion of the season for sev- 
eral years after the earl}' settlers came from the country, and parties from Up- 
per Sandusky often traveled over the Indian trail to Franklinton, laden in the 
Spring, with furs, the result of the winter's trapping, and with maple sugar, 
which they traded with a Frenchman, who kept a trading post at franklinton, 
and, in return, secured guns, ammunitions anil blankets, besides trinkets for 
their squaws and themselves, for the male Indian is a very vain creature in 
the adornment of his person, though his taste be not of the most aesthetic 
order. Alarms that the Indians were on the warpath and were butchering the 
families ol the settlers sometimes caused the latter to retreat from their homes 
to some common point, where defense could he made, but no Indian massacre 
ever occurred here. About the time id the war of 1812, an alarm was circulated 
that the Indians were coming. It was caused by a young woman, Susan Sells, 
who was staying at Mr. Kings on Indian run. She asked Jacob Ebey to load 
a gun for her, as she wished to learn to shoot. It was near evening and Mrs. 
Samuel Sells, hearing the report of a gun, believed the Indians were murder- 
ing King's people. She sent her stepson, Daniel, to spread the alarm, while 
she hurried her family to a place of safety. The alarm spread rapidly and the 
settlers started toward Franklinton. [acob Ebey soon came from Kings, with 
the team he had been using in plowing, explained the cause ol the alarm, and, 
as soon as possible, dissipated the fears of the settlers ami induced them to 
return home. 

PERRY TOWNSHIP 

This township is composed of two fractionally surveyed townships, and 
is bounded on the west by the Scioto river, on the east by Sharon township. 
It is ten miles in length from north to south, and from one to three miles in 

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width, varying with the course of the river. It was originally a part of Liberty 
township, afterwards a part of Washington, then a portion of it was attached 
to Norwich. It was organized with its present boundaries in 1820, receiving 
the name of Perry. There is no village in the township, and there was no 
post-office until after the completion of the Toledo and Columbus railroad. 
In 1878 a post-office was established at Olentangy station, and called Olen- 
tangy Post-Office. Previous to this time the inhabitants procured their mail 
from the most convenient post-office, some going to Columbus, others to Worth - 
ington, and still others to Dublin. En the northern part of the township are 
what were known as the Kosciusko lands, consisting of 500 acres, which were 
given by the United States Government in 1800 to Thaddeus Kosciusko in 
consideration for his services to the Colonies during the Revolutionary War. 
lie attempted to assign to other parties the patent to the land, but was unable 
to convey a good title, and the lands were claimed some time later by a distant 
heir. At the conclusion of peace in America, Kosciusko returned to his native 
country Poland which shortly after became involved in a war with Russia. 
Kosciusko was appointed commander-in-chief of the Polish army, which was 
organized, lie was defeated and, severely wounded, carried captive to .St. 
Petersburg, but was finally released, lie took up his residence in France, and 
lived in retirement there up to the time of his death, which occurred in Oct- 
ober, 1S17. 

The first section of Perry township was for many years owned by 
parties in Baltimore, >Id.. and hut a small portion was settled until after 1830. 
This section was first run off by Mr. Schenck, who reserved three hundred 
acres in the eastern part of the section, for his services as surveyor. The 
lands owned in Baltimore were surveyed into one hundred acre lots and sold 
to settlers. About 1813 14 Thomas Backus built flouring mills on the Scioto 
river, which proved of great benefit to the inhabitants of the vicinity, and were 
known as the Backus Mills. Passing out of his hands they, tor many years, 
were known as McCoy's Mills and, still later, as Matere's Mills and Marble 
Cliff Mills. The town was named in honor of the naval hero, Commodore 
I 'erry, at the time it was organized as an independent township in 1820. Perry 
is well supplied with district schools, and part of them are used by the youth 
of Sharon township, as, at some seasons, it is impossible for scholars to cross 
the < Uentangy to attend school, and the territory belonging to Sharon, west of 
the river, is not large enough to sustain independent schools. The first to set- 
tle in Perry, prior to 1815, were Ezekiel and Morris Brown, Bela M. Tuller, 
Samuel Boyd, Peter Millington, Paul Dearduff, Samuel S. Shattuc, Harding 
Pearse, Amaziah Hutchinson, William Walcott, and his son, Robert Walcott. 

A brewery was started half a mile below the present Olentangy station, 
about 1830 by John McCoy, who conducted it several years. It was afterward 
litted up as as a dwelling house and finally destroyed by tire. A distillery was 
started near the brewery shortly after 1830 by Simon Shattuc, ill a log cabin, 
hut it was not continued long. The still was removed and the building after- 
ward utilized as a meeting place for a Methodist class. Below Marble Cliff 
Mills is a large stone quarry, which has been worked for many years. The 
cliffs along the river at this point abounded in rattlesnakes at an early day, a 
refuge being found by them in the seams of the rocks. One of their dens was 
closed by the early settlers, and many years later, when the stone was re- 
moved, a large number ol hones of the reptiles were found. The snakes have 
long since been exterminated. About 1850 Simon Shattuc laid off a part of 
his farm into small lots anil broughl a number of families into close proximi- 
ty, (In- place being known as Shattucksburg, though it has never been called a 
town and was not intended as such. In ISTs, when the Columbus & Toledo 
railroad was built through the township, a station was built two miles west 
of Worthington, and called Elmwood. A Methodist class was formed prior to 
1840, meeting in a log cabin until 1840, when the Asbury Church was organ- 
Hi 




JAMES KILBOURNE 



James Kill ,, Columbus, Ohio, Octobei ■ 1841. 

■ i citizenship. His grandfather, 
imes Kilbourne, v est pioneers and the first ti 

in Congress. H Lincoln Kilbourne, was a leading merch;. 

Columbus. James Kilbourne gi. ■ it.h high honors at Kenyon College in 1862, 

two years later received th< >i ee of Master of Arts. The day after he passed his 

on he enlist! n the Eighty -Fourth Ohio Volunteers, was ti 

e Ninety-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with distinc 

ng promoted through the various grades to that 
Major. Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel of tl 
unteers. During a pa: nod Colonel Kilbourne served on Mi- 

ni McArthur. His war record is one of g 
gallantry if the war Colonel Kilbourne entered the Law Scho 

Harvard University, when ; l in 1868. He was admitted to th. 

his hi i , my service, he decided on the 

1,1 '■ take up i mon i tiv< oci nation than law, and entered 
with his , he Kilbourne & Jacobs Mfg. Co 

■ mch he becam- 
mager. He I in 1895 was President of the Boai 

oJ theColumbus Club and foui 

of the Arlington Country Club H 
e Clii ■ ■ ■ . if the Column 

E the Columbus Cincinnati & Midland Railv 

litical and social organizati \ 

■ 

I i 
i lentra] Ohio, A tie Cei 

Club. He 

■ rical Society. His I 

i ilumbus Children's Hospital, of 
which he was pi rs. He is the 

hborhoodG 
ited Charities of O Colonel 



is called upon by Ins party to address the people, and has often been publicly urgi 
serve as a candidate ior Mayor, Governor, Congressman and Senator. He was a dele- 
gate from the Twelfth Ohio Congressional District to the Democratic National conven- 
tions in 1892 and in 1896 and at the Ohio Democratic Convention in 1898 received 237 
votes for nomination for Governor. He was delegate-at-large from Ohio to the Nation- 
al Democratic Convention at Kansas City in 1900 and chairman of the Ohio delega- 
tion. He was appointed by Governor Campbell one of the commissioners from Ohio to 
the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, bat was compelled to decline from the stress ol 
business cares. Besides being a member of the Grand Army, the Society of the Sons of 
the American Revolution, the Union Veteran Legion and the Loyal Legion, Colonel 
Kilbourne, is a Vice-President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. At his home 
also was organized the Columbus Cuban League, which accomplished much in aid cf 
the people of that island. Since its organization he has been President of the League. 
When the Spanish-American War broke out his services were tendered immsdiately 
to the Governor, and the loyalty of his family was further attested hv the offer of three 
of his sons. Of the sons and grandsons of Colonel Kilboume's father, ten offered then- 
services and seven were in the army, all but one seeing active foreign services. Colo- 
nel Kilbourne is one of the largest employers of labor in Ohio, and his relations with 
his employes have always been ideal. 

Neither against him nor the company managed by him has there ever been 
brought a suit of law, and never have the wages of any man employed by him been 
reduced. In 1898 he was appointed a member of the Ohio Centennial Commission 
and, although the majority of the commission were Republicans, he was by a unan- 
imous vote, elected President. He attends the Protestant Episcopal church and is 
a vestryman of St. Paul's. Colonel Kilbourne married October 5. 1869, Anna B. 
Wright, eldest daughter of General George B. Wright, and has four children, three 
sons and one daughter. 




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TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES 

ized by the Rev. Uriah Heath, i a stone edifice was built on the hank of the 

bcioto river. Fletcher church was also organized about the same time and 
by the same clergyman; and that busy divine also organized the Bethel Meth- 
odist church. A Predestinarian Baptist church was organized in Perry south 
of the Olentangy station, in 1827, by Elder Adam Miller. The organization 
was given up inside of ten years, some of the members joining the Methodist 
church. On the banks of the Scioto river, in Perrv, are remains of ancient 
works, whicli have the appearance of fortifications, and were undoubtedly 
used as such by some earlier inhabitants of the country, of whom all trace 
further than these mounds and forts, is lost. On the farm of foseph Ferris, a' 

mile north of Dublin bridge, are to be seen, in a g 1 state of preservation the 

outlines and embankments of three torts. ( Ine of these is about eighty feet in 
diameter inside, with an entrance at the east side. The ditch and embank- 
ment are well defined. A short distance northeast of this spot is a larger fort. 
square in form, and enclosing nearly a hall acre of ground. Although the 
tramping of cattle for years has worn down the embankments, they are sev- 
eral leet high, and the ditch, which is inside the works, is six feet deep When 
Perry was first settled this ditch was tilled with water and was a bed of mire 
a pole thrust into the ground to a depth often feet tin. liny no solid ground be- 
neath, which would tend to show that originally this was a strong fortification 
and the ditch quite deep. The fort is situated on a hill that commands a view 
of the surrounding country for a considerable distance. At a lower point, near 
the river, is a smaller mound. There was also a small mound in the center of 
the larger fort. This was opened many years ago and hum. I to contain the 
bones ol a large man. which crumbled to pieces soon after exposure to the air 
rhere have been several old works of this kind along the bank of the river, 
between these works and Columbus, but thev have been mostly obliterated by 
the cultivation ol the land on which thev stood. 



CHAPTER VI 

TOWNSHIPS ^CONTINUED) 

PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP 
JT^IIIS township is bounded on the north by Brown and Norwich town 
\J ships, south by Pleasant township, east by Franklin an. 1 fackson townships, 
and west by the township of Jefferson, Madison county. Prairie presents few 
distinctive features; its surface is level, its soil varied and generally well adapt- 
ed to thegrowingof wheat and corn. Its streams are: Darby 'creek flow- 
ing along a portion of the western boundary; Darby run, "flowing from 
north to south, about central in the township, and Scioto run, which flows 
eastward into the Scioto river. None of these are now of much importance, so 
far as concerns water power, as they are nearlv or quite dry during the summer 
months, rhis township was organized and set off under its present name in 
1819; its bounds then extended much farther north, including a considerable 
part of what is now Brown township, and it had originally been part of Frank- 
lin. Among the early settlers were Samuel Higgins and family. Shadrick 

Postle and family, William Mam and family, and in 1813 the Clover family. 

who had been living in Ross county .moved into Prairie and formed what is known 
as the Clover settlement. Solomon Clover, one of the sons, had a passion for 
hunting, and killed more wolves, bears, an. I deer, with which the county then 
abounded, than any of his competitors. His brother Samuel was also proficient 
with the gun. The father, mother, brothers and sisters of Daniel Harrington 
who settled in Prairie in IS'.'f. were all massacred by the Indians in their home 
in Kentucky, where Daniel was born. The first post-office was established in 



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is:i(i, John Graham being appointed post-master. About 25 years ago another 
post-office was established at Galloway station, Milton Demorest becoming 
post-master. The first physician was Dr. ( reorge Richey, a skilled practitioner, 
and tin- first hotel was opened in Alton. The first school in Prairie, 1817, was 
taught bv 1 'eter Clover in a little log building standing on his farm, and he had 
about twenty scholars. A large log house was next built, and it was used for 
many years for both school and church purposes. The Revs. John Solomon 
and George Mealy were among the first preachers, and a meeting house was 
erected on the I [arrisburg and Galloway turnpike. 

JACKSON TOWNSHIP 

This township is situated in the extreme southern part of the county, 
adjoining Pickaway county, and is bounded on the north by Franklin town- 
ship, east by Hamilton, west by Pleasant and Prairie, and south by Scioto 
township. Jackson was set off and organized under its present name and bound- 
aries in 1815. It had originally been part of Franklin township. The first set- 
tler was Hugh Grant, a native of Maryland, who removed to Pittsburgh, and 
there married Catherine Barr. In I80i he came with his family, numbering 
five, to Ohio, locating first in Ross county. While there he purchased some 
four hundred and liltv acres of land in Jackson township, and in the spring of 
1805 removed there. Noi knowing the exact location of his purchase he 
squalled on land near the river, where he was killed not long afterwards, and 
his widow eventually located on the land her husband had purchased, where 
she remained until her death on August 17, 1836. Mr. Grant was a noted linn 
ter, and is reputed to have killed eighty-two deer during one fall. The town- 
ship suffered much from the want of direct and good roads to market, hut the 
construction of the Harrisburg, the Franklin and the Cottage Mill turnpikes, 
all passing through Jackson, removed that inconvenience. Among the early 
settlers of Jackson were Jonas Orders, John Curry, Samuel Breckenridge, Per- 
cival Adams, William C. Duff, James Seeds, John Hoover, William Brown, 
Jacob Borer, Henry Baumgartner, John C. Neff, Hawes Bawbee and Valentine 
F. Shover. 

Thetirst white child horn in Jackson was Nancy, daughter of William 
C. and Catherine I >ulT. The first brick house here was I milt by William Brown 
in 1S14. There was no village nor post-office until Grove City was laid out in 
the summer of 1852 by W. F. Breck, when a post-office was established there. 
Mr. Breck was the first post-master, holding the office up to IS.IT, when he was 
succeeded by Ralph Higg}\ Thetirst saw mill was built on Turkey run, over 
fit) years ago, by Robert Seeds. Three years later it was carried away by floods, 
and Mr. Seeds afterward built a mill on Grants' run. About 1850 the tirst 
steam saw mill was built lure, stone for grinding purposes being added later. 
A drain tile factory, wagon factory, blacksmith shops and general stores com- 
plete the business interests here. Grove City is pleasantly situated on the 
Harrisburg pike, and is about seven miles from Columbus. The first church 
in Jackson was Scioto Chapel, erected by the Christian Faith denomination, 
which was organized in 1812. The Methodists built Jackson Chapel in 1859. 
'I'be Methodist Episcopal church was built at Grove City in IS.")!). Concord 
Chapel was also built in 1859. The German Lutheran church was organized at 
Grove City in 1855. The Presbyterian church at Grove City was formed about 
1861. Zion Chapel, composed of members from Scioto Chapel, was built in 

1869. The first si -I I in Jackson was held in 1815. The tirst physician here 

was Dr. Joseph Bullen, who arrived about 1852, and his death occurred in 1878. 
The township is now well supplied with school houses. 

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP 
This township is bounded on the north by Marion township, on the south 
f\ Pickawaj c ty, and on the west by the Scioto river. In the original di- 
vision ol Franklin county into townships, Hamilton was embraced in Liberty 

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and Harrison townships. Hamilton was organized under its present name in 
1807. It then contained within its limits the territory now constituting Madison 
township. In tin- formation of the township ol Marion in 1N7H, the two north- 
ern tiers of sections in Hamilton were detached and included in the new town- 
ship. The lands in Hamilton came into market in 1800, having heen surveyed 
by John Matthews the year previous, and among the first settlers were |ohn 
Dill, Michael Fisher, I 'ercival Adams, Thomas Morris, fames Culbertson, < leorge 
W*. Williams, Robert Shannon and his sons, Samuel, Hugh, lames, fohn, [oseph, 
ami William, the Weatheringtons, the Stewarts, the Stombaughs and the [ohn- 
stons. The township has heen regarded as containing a greater proportion of 
line land than any other in the county. The loeat ion of the < )hio canal through 
it gave advantages in the way of water power. Hartwell's mills, at the four- 
mile locks, were Imilt soon after the completion of tin- canal, and, later the Cot 
tage mills were built by Messrs. Hibband Da'/.ell in ISM. In the fall of 1831 
the town of Lockbourne was laid out and il has long been a prosperous com- 
munity. The principal stream is the Gahanna river, known as Big Walnut 
creek, a large eastern branch of the Scioto river. < )n the west bank of < iahanna 
river, on an elevation, are the rem ai i is of an ancient fort , which has become al- 
most obliterated by the cultivation of the soil. A boat a mile from this are two 
n ion nds; these have been dug into to some extent and implements and human 
b Hies found. There are several other mounds, and they are all that remain of 
the unknown race that formerly inhabited this country. 

All kinds of animals wen' plentiful in tin- early days of Hamilton, al- 
though bears may be said to be an exception, they being few in number. 
About 1818 an old bear was seen by Jacob Hamler preparing to make a feast 
of one of George Ruhr's hogs. I lander notified Mr. k'nlir, and a party was 
made up, armed with gnus ami axes, and accompanied by two dogs, a pursuit 
of the bear was made. For about a mile a running tight was made when the 
bear sought refuge in a large black oak tree. By this time, it being too dark 
to shoot accurately, a bonfire was built and a volley of bullets was showered 
into bruin's retreat. The tret' was cut down, when the bear was found dead, 
lodged in a fork of the tree, with sixteen bullet holes in his carcass. He was 
Carried to the Rohr farm, where he furnished material for a barbecue the fol- 
lowing day. On another occasion a man named Gordon killed three bears in 
Jackson county, just over the river. 

Among other early settlers was Samuel I'ursell, who came to Hamilton 
in 1809, from Pennsylvania. Shortly after his arrival he was married to Nancy 
O'Harra, whose parents were pioneers of the old town of Franklinton. Mr. 
Pursell was a volunteer in the War of 1812, and assisted in building the block- 
houses at Upper Sandusky. He was an expert hunter, and during the early 
years of his settlement killed a great many deer, wild turkeys and smaller 
game, which, as was the custom among the pioneers, he divided with his 
neighbors. Ten children were born to him. Asa Dunn, another earlv arrival, 
settled on the bank of the river, where Shadeville now stands, and where In- 
built a distillery and corn mill. Michael Stimmel with bis wife and two chil- 
dren came from Virginia in 1810, making the journey' on horseback, the par- 
ents each carryu g a child. Mr. Stimmel opened a blacksmith shop in Hamil- 
ton. He died on the farm of his son, fohn Stimmel, in 1859. Alexander Har- 
rison, Sr., who settled here, was a Revolutionary soldier, serving almost 
through the entire war, and was in several important engagements. He was 
a guard at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, when the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was read. The first birth in the township was that of Maximilla 
Fisher, daughter of Michael and Sarah Fisher, born September 'JO, 1800, at 
their home on the Scioto river. She afterward became the wife of Arthur 
O'Harra. There were some very early burials in the Walnut Hill burying 
ground, but most of the graves are unmarked. The oldest inscription is on 
the grave of John Hornbaker, who died in February, 1811. In [uly of the same 



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year, his son Hetin was buried. Tlie firsl road in the township was the < > l« i 
Franklin and Chillicothe road, on which the li rst tavern in Hamilton was kept 
l>\ George W. Williams. The first schools were kepi in private cabins, and 
were supported bv subscription. Among the earliesl teachers were |<>lm 
Lusk, Samuel Clark. Andrew Armstrong, Rllen Toppin and Mr. Goodnough. 
The first physician to settle in the township was l>r. Jeremiah Clark, who 
came Irian Cleveland, ( )hio, in 1825, and practiced here until 1846, when he re- 
tired. His death took place in lSiia. Dr. Holbrook was the firsl physician in 
Lockbourne, settling there in 1846, but he did not remain longer than two or 
three years. Dr. Marshall was a later physician of Lockbourne, and afterward 
a member of the State Legislature. Dr. Davis was the lirst physician to settle 
in Shadeville, in 1850 or 1851. Other doctors to settle in Hamilton were: A. 
\. Boales, I >r. Carl. II. I.. Chenev, Dr. Carnev, R. ( •. McLane, I. X. Robinson, 
H. C. Blake, M. A. Boner. W. J. Scott, < >. P. Drinker, M. M. Stimmel and W. II. 
Blake. I lie Rev. M. Foster, of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination, was 
the lirst minister in Hamilton, lie came here in lSl'J, remained two years, and 
held meetings in different dwelling houses. The second minister was Charles 
Henkel, who arrived in 1819 and remained about seven years. In 1821 a log 
meeting house was built, and an organization effected under the name of the 
"German Lutheran and Reformed Congregation of the To wnship of Hamilton." 
I 're\ inns t«. the settlement id' Mr Foster, Hamilton had been visited in 1804 by 
tlie Rev. fames Quinn, a pioneer circuit rider, who was piloted through the 
wilderness by Ezekiel Hills, and organized the lirst Methodist society here. 
This society built a frame meeting house in 1 s: >: > , the Presbyterians assisting 
in its erection. A brick church was built in 1869, costing $6,400. The Metho- 
dist church at Shadeville was organized in 1856, by the Rev. Mr. Hooper; St. 
Matthew's church i Evangelical Lutheran) at Lockbourne was built in 1ST."), the 
society there being formed about the same time. The United Brethren had 
a church organization lor many years in Lockbourne. In 1843 they built a 
church there. At its start the society met with opposition and even persecu- 
tion from a class of people having no regard tor religious teaching. The 
church at one time had about fifty members, but the society finally disbanded, 
the church being sold to Lockbourne lor a tow n hall. 

Hamilton Grange, No. 136, was organized in 1874, the charter members 
being Eli Shook, Christian Kortzholtz, T. M. Huddle, f. C. Platter, fob Rohr, 
). \. Rohr, Rebecca Shook, (i. I.. Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson. R. M. Wil- 
liams and A. C. Finks. Hamilton Church Grange, No. 557, was organized in 
February, IsTl. with the following officers: Master, ILL. fones; Overseer, 
John Stimmel; Secretary, facob Reab; Lecturer, fohn Helsel; Chaplain, facob 
H. Evans; Steward, John R. Shoal; Assistant Steward. H.G.Clark: Treasurer, 
William Williams; ( late Keeper, F. M. Stimmel; Ceres, Mrs. I.. W. Simpson; Flora, 
Mary Stimmel; Pomona, Mrs. Mary Reab; Lad} Assistant Steward, Mrs. Lizzie 
Stimmel. Shadeville, situated on the Chillicothe pike, two miles north of the 
south line of the township, was laid out by A. ( I. Hibbs in 1853, and called after 
his will', whose maiden name was Shade. The first store in Shadeville was 
kept l>\ Joshua Letts, who started business in 1SI1S. A post -office was estab- 
lished in 1853, the first post-master being A. G. Hibbs, and he was proprietor 
of the lirst tavern, the Shadeville I louse, which was opened in 1850. 

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP 
This township, originally known as Township Number One, in range 
sixteen of the United States Military lands, was established September <i, isiii. 
under it s present name and boundaries. It is just five miles square, and is 
bounded on the north b\ Plain township, east bv Licking county, south by 
Truro and west b\ Mifflin. Its surface is. tor the most part, level, being brok 
en only by the streams Dlackliek and Rockyfork, which flow through it. The 
soil is in some places cla\ , in others sandv. and very rich on the bottoms. The 




LINCOLN KILBOURNE. 



Lincoln Kilbourne, son of the Hon. James Kilbourne, one of Ohio's most distin- 
guished pioneers, and father of Colonel James Kilbourne, was born at Worthington, O., 
October 19th, 1810. His mother was Cynthia Goodale Kilbourne, a sister of Dr. Lin- 
coln Goodale, who gave to the city of Columbus the park kown by his name, and 
daughter of Major Nathan Goodale, a distinguished officer of the Revolutionary War. 
Lincoln Kilbourne was a student at the Worthington Academy, of which his father 
was president, until his 15th year. 

Of the same self-reliant, sturdy nature as his father, young Kilbourne then came 
to Columbus and entered the store of his uncle, Dr. Lincoln Goodale, as clerk. His 
natural ability and attention to business, soon won for him deserved recognition, and 
in 1835. although only twenty-five years old, he was admitted as an equal partner of 
the firm. Upon the retirement of Dr. Goodale from business, Mr. Kilbourne formed a 
partnership with his brother-in-law, Cyrus Fay, under the firm name oi Fay & Kil- 
bourne. They engaged in a general mercantile business, which, largely owing to Mr. 
Kilbourne's efforts, became very extensive. After some years together, the growing 
tendency of specialization in business led the firm to dissolve partnership, Mr. Kilbo 
retaining the hardware department, while Mr. Fay took the dry goods department, re- 
moving to the corner of High and Chapel streets, Mr. Kilbourne remaining at the orig- 
inal location. The firm was reorganized under the name of Kilbourne & Kuhns, and 
so continued until 1868, when the firm of Kilbourne-Jcnes & Co. was formed, of which 
Mr. Kilbourne remained the head until his death. Mr. Kilbourne was actively en | 
in mercantile pursuits in Columbus for a period extending over sixty -six years, hav- 
ing the satisfaction of seeing the small business house which he, a boy of fift 



tered as a clerk, grow to the extensive well-known firm, whose policy he had 
directed and was still actively directing at the time of his death. 

Mr. Kilbourne's attention to his business was proverbial. In all the sixty years 
of his active life he scarcely missed a day from his office, where he— a man eighty 
years of age— was engagea the day befoie his death. The business ability of Mr. Kil- 
bourne is best shown by the fact that neither he nor any firm with which he was 
ever connected, ever failed to meet their obligations when presented. He was one of 
The Kilbourne & Jacobs M'f'g Co., of Columbus, Ohio, and a director of the company 
until his death. He was one of the executors of the Dr. Goodale estate, and for years 
its sole trustee. His name is one of the six on the roll of honorary members of the Co- 
lumbus Board of Trade. 

Mr. Kilbourne was a Whig in politics until the organization of the Republican 
party, and remained an active Republican the rest of his life. He always took an ac- 
tive interest in political matters, but never sought nor held political office; nor, in 
marked distinction to his father who was a famous Mason, did he affiliate with any 
fraternal societies. Mr. Kilbourne's advanced age at the outbreak of the Civil War pre- 
vented an active participation in the field, but few men did more for the Union cause. 
He was always conspicuous in the measures taken by the citizens of Columbus and 
the State for the support of the army and the Government, sending his sons to the 
front and devoting to the assistance of the dependent families of soldiers the greater 
part of the profits derived from his business during the continuance of the -war. 

Mr. Kilbourne married Jane Evans, at Gambier, Ohio, on June 13th, 1837. Hewas 
the father of five children, Alice Grant, -wife of Brigadier-General Joseph Hayden 
Potter, U. S. A. ; Colonel James Kilbourne, of Columbus, Ohio; Charles Evans Kilbourne, 
U. S. A., now stationed in the Philippine Islands; Fay Kilbourne, who died in child- 
hood, and Lincoln Goodale Kilbourne, of Columbus, Ohio. Lincoln Kilbourne was a 
splendid type of the men who have made the great middle west of this country. 

Self-reliant, conservative, yet courageous, he early saw the great possibilities and 
latent resources of the Northwest Territory; and by his honest, industrious life, as well 
as by his broad business policy, he has contributed more than one man's share to the 
making of the State. By those who knew him best, Mi'. Kilbourne was especially loved 
for his never-failing, absolute unselfishness. Called upon constantly to administer 
estates and to advise and counsel the widows and children---not only of his own 
friends, but also of those men, who, knowing his worth and his goodness of heart, left 
their affairs in trust to him; he was always ready to subordinate his own personal in- 
terests to •what he ever considered a sacred obligation upon mm. 

He died full of years and honors on February 13th, 1891; and a magnificent column 
of Italian marble marks his last resting place in Greenlawn Cemetery, in the city to 
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noticeable physical features are sandstone outcroppings, and the presence ofa 
fine sulphur spring, an object of much interest 1i> strangers and residents 
alike, and possessed of valuable medicinal qualities, [efferson was iirst set- 
tled in 1802, a large number of the pioneer settlers being from New [ersey, the 
northeast quarter of the township being patented to General Jonathan Dayton 
of that State, in 1800, who platted it into tots of one hundred acres. A number 
ol these lots were sold to persons in New Jersey who had never seen the land. 
Among the first settlers were Daniel Dague, Moses Ogden, Peter Francisco, 
William Headley, Michael Stagg, Abraham Stagg, Jacob Thorp, Jacob 
and John II. Smith, Jonathan Whitehead and Isaac Baldwin and, a 
little later, came Joseph Edgar, |ohn Kelso, Michael Neiswanger, 
S. Mann, Richard Rhodes, Isaac Painter, John Inks, Joseph Comp- 
ton, John Davenport, William Havens, William Armstrong and others. 
Jefferson was originally a portion of the township id' Liberty and was 
afterward attached lor civil purposes to Plain, together with Blendon and 
Mifflin townships. The township contained at the time of the War of 1812 
about twenty settlers, some of whom, however, remained but a short time. 
Bui lew oi the early pioneers are represented by descendants at present in the 
township. ( )f those who came here prior to 1812, facob Thorp, from New Jer- 
sey, was one of the most active, useful and prominent, lie built the first grist 
mill on the Blacklick, operating it several years, in addition to fulfilling the 
many arduous duties inseparable from the life of a pioneer, lie finally be- 
came a preacher and returned to his native Stale. [oseph Edgar, son of |ohn 
and Esther Edgar, who came here in 1812, was a prominent citizen of Jefferson 
and lor about forty years was township trustee. Jonathan Whitehead, who 
settled herein 1814, was the flrsf tanner in [efferson. The first frame house 
was built by Moses Ogden id' New Jersey. ( irahamsvi lie, or Taylorstown, or 
Taylor's Station, as it was best known, is located on the Baltimore & Ohio 
railroad about two miles west of Blacklick, and south of the center of section 
three. This section was held by the heirs of L. Brien up to 1850, when it was 
Conveyed to David Taylor, at ten dollars per acre. lie laid out the village 
which bears his name; bnilt there a warehouse and saw mill and a number of 
d we! li ngs. 

The village of Smith ville, now called Blacklick Station, is a small cluster 
of houses on the line of the Haiti more >.V Ohio near the southern boundary line 
of the township. It was laid out in 1852 by William A. Smith, and the' first 
post-master was 'Thomas McCollum, who was succeeded in 1856 by C. S. Morris. 
An older post-office was thai known as Ovid Post-Office, established at Head- 
ley's Corners in 1832, Hie first post-master being Dr. Ezekiel Whitehead. Wil- 
liam Headley succeeded him, holding the office lor many years. 'The office 
was discontinued in 1S7.~>. 

Joseph Edgar came from Truro township, Franklin county, in 1816, and 
opened the Iirst school here, teaching at home, and among his pupils were 

children of the Staggs, Ducks and k'iioads. Peter Wills taught scl 1 a little 

later, in a small log school house. Worthy Mitchem, worthy in char- 
acter as well as iii name, was the most valued teacher the township ever know-. 
She served in the capacity of an instructor lor over a quarter of a century, 
from as far back as 1824. A term of three months was taught for two dollars 
per pupil and, the instruct ion being thorough, parents sent their children from 
many miles distance to secure tuition, many coming from Mifflin and Plain 
townships, as wtdl as from tin- small settlements of [efferson. There are still 
living here aged men who recall with pleasure the days they spent at Worthy 
Mitchem's modest school. The benches were huge slabs, supported on pins 
driven into them at each end. while the desks were inclined shelves, which 
rested on stout arms fastened in the chinks of the log walls. 

'The first physician in [efferson was Dr. K/.ekiel Whitehead id' \ew Jer- 
sey. Those who came subsequently were I )octors |. Sch after and David Kemble. 



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A valuable stone quarry was found on lands owned by S. R. Armstrong, east 
of Blacklick Station, who, upon the completion of the Baltimore »x- Ohio rail 
road, conducted a business amounting to three thousand dollars a year. The 
material taken from this quarry is a superior sandstone, which has been large- 
ly used in Columbus and elsewhere. A large quantity was used on the Blind 
Asylum, and it was likewise largely utilized for the foundations of the Union 
Station, the Panhandle round house and numerous other buildings. It is also 
extensively used for window cappings and sills, and there are few streets in 
Columbus where this stone is not to be seen in some form. 

Preaching was begun by the Methodists shortly after Taylor's Station 
was laid out, a class being formed in 1853, led by the Rev. Richard Pitser, 
Michael A. Kbright and Jacob Young. The Christian Union church was built 
at Havens' Corners in 1871, though the society was organized prior to that 



CHAPTER VII 

TOWNSHIPS (CONTINUED! 

CLINTON TOWNSHIP 

J2THIS township consists of just one of the original surveyed townships of 
v2J five miles square, and is designated on the original plats as Township One, 
Range Eighteen, United States Military lands. It was subdivided into four 
quarters, or sections, the original owners of which were the following: 
Jonathan Dayton, lirst and third sections; John Rathbone, second section; 
George Stephenson, fourth section. Their entries to the land were dated March 
12, 1800. The township is level, almost perfectly so on the east side of the 
river. The principal stream is the Olentangy river, formerly known as the 
Whetstone creek, which flows south through the western portion of the town- 
ship, finally uniting its waters with those of the Scioto river at Columbus. 
Clinton was organized as a township in 1811. Among the early settlers were 
Balser Hess, John Lisle and a family named Henderson. Balser Hess came 
from Pennsylvania with his wife and eight children, first stopping in Ross 
county for two years, when he moved to Clinton. This family made the first 
improvement here, for they literally cut their way into the woods of Clinton, 
their son Daniel going ahead of their team and with his axe preparing a pass- 
age for the slowly moving train. The first house, a double log cabin, was built 
by the Hess family and, although not a tavern, travelers were always made 
welcome there. Mr. Hess was a tanner and shoemaker by trade, and the first 
leather and first shoes in the township were made by him. His fame spread 
ami people came from Chillicothe and other places to have their boots and 
shoes made by him, though money seldom proved part of the payments made 
him. Though one of the first pioneers, Mr. Hess was also one of the first to 
die, his demise occurring in 1806, though his wife's death did not occur until 
1855. His son Daniel was one of the first justices of the peace, being elected 
in 1812. Among other early settlers were Hugh and Elijah Fulton, brothers, 
Samuel McKlvain and family, John Hunter, David Beers, John Wilson and 
wife, Denman Coe, Joseph Shrum, Jordan Ingham, Daniel Case, Thomas Hull 
and family, John Smith. Mr. Smith was a zealous Christian and most of his 
lite was passed in religious and reformatory work. He was for a number of 
years a missionary among the Ojibway Indians of Minnesota, and was 
lirst president of the first temperance society and of the first anti- 
slavery society in Franklin county. In 1814 he settled in Clinton 



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and organized the first Sunday school in this township, continuing 
its superintendent for some thirty years. He < I i < -• I in April, 1865, his 
wife anil six children surviving him. Roswell Wilcox and family came to 
Clinton from Connecticut in 1805. The journey was made by wagon, consum- 
ing three weeks, and from < !ranville to Worthington they traveled by "blazed" 
trees, the country being a dense wilderness. Philologus Webster and family, 
ami his sons I 'iter, |oh n and Harvey with their families, came from Connect i 
cut in wagons in 1812, occupying three months on the road. fhe Maynards, 
with some others, came from Massachusetts in 1806. In C< nmect ieut , while on 
their way hither, the party was arrested for traveling on the Sabbath, in viola- 
tion of the olil Blue Laws ol that state. Two men of the party accompanied 
the officers to the magistrate, at whose instance (hex had been arrested, and 
they succeeded in securing their freedom without paying any penalty. It is a 
querv il the spirit of that magistrate is not severely disturbed bv the universal 
travel of today. < )ther early settlers were Edward Stanley, Sr., Ezekiel 'fuller, 
|ohn Buck, Sadosa Bacon, Philip /Jinn, Alexander Shattuck, Henry fnnis, 
Samuel <i. Flenniken, Casper Kiner, Walter Fields, Frederick Weber, Windson 
Atcheson, Joseph Pegg and J. J. Little and wile. David Beers, Sr., one of the 
foremost among Clinton's pioneers, was a resident ol the township from 1804 
to 1850, when his death occurred at the great age of one hundred and four 
years, lie was born in New Jersey, and when seven years ol age, in company 
with a two-year-old sister, was stolen by Indians. They and their mother were 
going on a journey on horseback at the time when captured by the K'edmen. 
fhe children were parted from their mother (whom 1hev never again beheld 
and who was undoubtedly killed) and taken over into Canada. David re- 
mained in captivity seven years, when, through an exchange of prisoners be- 
tween the Indians and Whites, he was released. Meantime bis sister was 
taken to t he region of Upper Sandusky-, and remained among the I nil ia us her 
entire life. She became the wife, successively, of three Indian chiefs, her last 
husband being the noted Wyandot leader, Between-the-Logs. Mr. Beers, some 
years after his settlement in Clinton, heard of a white woman living with the 
Indians ai L T pper Sandusky. He made a visit to the tribe and discovered the 
woman was his sister, hut she was happy and satisfied with her savage life 
and could not he induced to return to civilization. Mr. Leers died in 1809, 
leaving a widow and nine children. 

The county in its original state, and long after its first settlement, 
abounded with game of large variety deer, wild turkeys and smaller game 
being particularly predominant. Hears were not plentiful in Clinton town- 
ship or vicinity, but they would often pass through it. and many were killed 
within its hounds. Leer were more numerous than cattle an- today, and veni- 
son was a leading article of f 1. Il was nothing out of the common for a set- 
tler to bring down a line buck with his rifle, while standing at his cabin door. 
( >ue of the most successful hunters among the pioneers was David Leers, Jr., 

s if David Beers, Sr., already mentioned, lie was horn in Pennsylvania, 

settled in Clinton in 1802, and moved to Mifflin in 1831, settling on 
Alum (reek, where he remained until his death, and for thirty years 
he was a justice of the peace of Mifflin township. David Leers, Jr., 
began to hunt when fourteen years of age, and this was his sole oc- 
cupation for seven years. His freipient boast was that he had hunted 
in every county in the State, and that the first eighty acres purchased by him 
were paid for with the products of his gun. In one day he killed a hear and 
live deer in Clinton, 'file last deer killed in this township were probably those 
shot by W. S. SL in in ami John Flenniken, about the year 1840. They were 
lour in number and were found on the Morse farm, in the eastern part of the 
township. Wolves were plentiful and more dreaded than any other four- 
footed denizen of the forest. So hold were they that they would often ap- 
proach the cabins of the settlers, the doorways of which were, in many cases. 



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protected merely by a blanket or quilt, and here their howls would make night 
hideous. Their ravages among the sheep were particularly ftlt by the settlers. 
Wild turkeys were caught by means of rail pens, which were built over the 
ends of ditches dug in the ground. The birds were decoyed into the enclosure 
with corn scattered in the ditch, and when once within the pen they were safe- 
ly imprisoned, as they would never go down into the ditch to seek freedom, but 
wotdd invariably search for a means of egress above. Squirrels were so num- 
erous and destructive to the crops as to be regarded only as pests, and various 
methods were employed to exterminate them. Large hunting parties were 
organized who destroyed thousands of squirrels. \V. S. Shrum and his brother 
killed thirty-two squirrels before breakfast one morning, and that without the 
use of a gun. The only place in the county today where this feat might be 
duplicated would be among the tame squirrels in the grounds at the Capitol 
Building, Columbus. 

As regards the presence of the Kedmen, we learn that Indians of the 
Wyandot and other tribes remained in Clinton and vicinity for a number of 
years after the white settlers took possession. Intercourse between them and 
the Whites was of a friendly nature, and only during the year of 1812, after the 
surrender of General Hull, by which the whole Northwest was exposed to the 
ravages of the enemy, was danger feared by the inhabitants. One day, short- 
ly after that event, the settlers on the river were greatly alarmed by a report 
that the Indians were over-running the northern part of the State and massa- 
creing the Whites, and settlers fled in terror to Franklinton for protection, 
while some made their way to Zanesville. Andrew Wilson, who was bom in 
Clinton in February, 1806, says the report reached his father's house after 
nightfall and, though but six years of age, Andrew never forgot the excitement 
that ensued. After passing a night of anxiety in Franklinton the refugees re- 
turned to their homes, discovering later on the falsity of their alarm. 

On the west bank of the Olentangy, on the farm of fames Hess, was a 
burying ground of a former race, probably Indians, which "was opened in the 
summer of 1879, and about fifteen skeletons were exhumed. Thev were in two 
parallel trenches about twelve feet apart and three and a half 'feet deep. A 
large number of arrows, tomahawks and other Indian implements of war were 
found here, indicating that a battle had once been fought on the spot. 

In 1S4(i-7 Alonzo Hull laid out a few building lots on the Columbus and 
Worthington road, which were bought and improved by mechanics. Not de- 
signed for a village, Mr. Hull had no plat of his lots recorded, his purpose be- 
ing merely to afford homes for a few mechanics, for the benefit of the neigh- 
borhood. The few houses erected, however, formed the nucleus around which 
grew up a little town which took the name of Clintonville. A post-office was 
established in October, 1847, with James Ferguson as post-master. In 1S4'_' 
Solomon and George W. Beers laid out forty acres into lots on the road about 
a mile south of Clintonville. They recorded the plat and named the place 
North Columbus. The first lots were purchased bv Alexander Shattuck, who 
built the second house, the first having been erected bv William Carroll, while 
the first store was opened by a man named Bender. In 1859 Kinnear's addi- 
tion, embracing fifteen acres, was laid out by Samuel Kinnear, and in 1N70 an 
addition of one hundred and seven acres on the east side of the street, owned 
by George Williams, was laid out. The town is now embraced in the corpora- 
tion limits of Columbus. 

The first school in Clinton was kept bv Miss Griswold, in an old log cabin 
on the Lisle farm, about ISO!). The cabin had only part of a puncheon floor, 
and greased paper for windows. The children who lived east of the river had 
to wade the stream to get to school. An Irishman, named Michael M. Baker, 
opened a log-house school in 1812 on the Maynard farm. Other early school 
teachers were Miss Becky Gordon, Miss Diadamia Cowles, Timothy Sedgwick, 
Miss Rachel Cook, James Ferson, Dr. Hull. The first meetings held by the 

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COLONEL JAMES KILBOURNE. 



Colonel The Hon. James Kilbourne, one of the foremost of the founders of Ohio, 
was born in New Britain, Conn., October 19, 1770. He was of an ancient family long 
settled in New England, and who traced their descent from the fourteenth century in 
Scotland, through long, successful years in England, and through one of the earliest of 
■ mig rants who came to try his fortunes in the new America. At the time of his birth 
his father was a very successful farmer, endowed with intense patriotism and eager to 
grasp for his sons the best the young republic could give them. Himself fired with 
this zeal, and urged thereto by his father, James Kilbourne, at sixteen years of age, 
went to reside at the home of Mr. Griswold. father of Bishop Griswold. of the Protestant 
Episcopal church. Here, while studying Greek. Latin, English, and the o 
academical studies possible to a young man at that time, he became interested in the 
business of the clothier, and. giving his time and attention to it night and day, was 
soon proprietor of four large establishments. He did not, however, allow his business 
to lead him from his love of study and reading, but was busily laying the found. ■ 
of that broad knowledge of men . i in l letters which made his after life so conspicuous. 
At the age of nineteen he fell in love with and married Lucy, daughter of John Fitch, 
the builder of the first steamboat, --a beautiful girl, famous for her wit and gaiety. His 
close attention to business during the next few years, too closely spent in hard work, 
brought on a sickness and weakness which made anything but rest and freedom from 
care impossible. He retired to one of his father's farms, and, interested in the natural 
and practical operations of fanning, his health was gradually restored and he became 
what was at that time held to be a wealthy man. 

But. to a man of his quick, eager nature, the life of a farmer, although peaceful, 
and happy, was not sufficient. At the age of thirty, in 1800. he conceived the plan of 
organizing emigration companies to settle in the fertile regions of the new Northwest 
Territory. He grew intensely interested in the idea, and organized the Scioto Company 
of forty members, and in 1803 led a few families to what is now the town of W 



ington O where the Scioto Company held large tracts of land. The first year's settle- 
ment numbered twelve families, ninety-nine members in all. His own daughter, 
Omen born on the journey, made the number an even hundred. In 1804, Ohio, as a 
state was organized, and Mr. Kilbourne was made captain of all the forces on the 
nortnwest frontier. He was also franklm county's justice of the peace. In 1805 he 
surveyed all the Scioto Company's lands, divided them, and dissolved the association . 
Ttie same year he surveyed the southern snore of Lake Erie from Erie county to tne 
Maumee Rapids, a tract of land which was then practically Indian territory, ana sur- 
veyed and laid out Sandusky, predicting that it would become the great lake port of 
the Northwest. At this time ne was also appointed by the United States Government 
surveyor of public lands, wmcn position he held for nine years. In the meantime his 
interest in colonizing the new State had not lessened, and in 1805 he organized three 
Ohio companies, from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. He also brought out. 
from Granville, Mass., the colony which settled the present town of Granville, O. 
Altogether, he was instrumental in bringing hundreds of Eastern families to try their 
fate in Ohio, at that time the Eldorado of tne nation. Probably no one man did as 
much to encourage emigration and thus to build up the fortunes of the new Statj as 
did Mr. Kilbourne. 

In 1806 the Ohio Legislature made him a trustee of the Ohio University at 
Athens, which had, through Mr. Kilbourne's efforts, been endowed by Congress with 
46,000 acres of land. His prominence in religious and educational matters was recog- 
nized by his election in 1807 to the presidency of St. James' Episcopal Church and 
Worthington Academy, both of Worthington. In 1808 he was one of the commission- 
ers chosen to select a site for Miami University. At the same time his business was 
growing enormously and he was busy erecting mills, houses, shops, and warehouses, 
and found it necessary each year to journey across the mountains to the East for sup- 
plies for his varied enterprises. In 1807 President Madison appointed him one of two 
commissioners to establish the boundary line between the Virginia and the Northwest 
reservation and the United States public lands. A few days after the completion of 
this survey Mr. Kilbourne was elected a member of Congress, and served through four 
sessions. He was a watchful, careful member, and has the honor of having intro- 
duced the first bill for the distribution of public lands to actual settlers. He carefully 
guarded the interests of the New West, and was instrumental in bringing about 
passage of bills looking to the betterment of the lives of the pioneers, the sailors of 
the Great Lakes, the men who had served in the Indian wars, and all who were 
actively engaged in the great work of beginning a new empire in the West. 

Colonel Kilbourne was a famous Mason. He was the first grand master of the 
first Masonic lodge in Ohio, and the first high priest of the first Royal Arch Chamber. 
In 1823-24 he was a member of the Ohio General Assembly. He served on many im- 
portant committees, among them the committee on the revision of Ohio laws, and he 
made the glossary of obsolei^ Greek, Latin and English words and terms found in 
Ohio's legal books. The governor appointed him to select the lands given by the 
Congress to Ohio for canal lands. He surveyed and laid out fourteen towns and 
cities in Ohio and was a favorite and a famous chairman of public meetings and con 
ventions. He presided at the great Whig convention at Columbus on February 22nd 
1840, and on July 4th when the corner-stone of the present Capitol was laid. Mr. Kil- 
bourne, while devoted to Ohio, was more closely interested inthewelfaie of the town 
of Worthington. He felt for it all the love a man feels for his own child and he was 
greatlydisappointed when the Legislature chose Columbus as the capital inplaceoihis 
beloved home. The story of the struggle is a dramatic one. Yet though disappointed 
in the Legislature's choice, Mr. Kilbourne did not grow any less warm in his love for the 
State and his zeal for its good. He had the misfortune when he first came to Ohio of 
losing his beautiful wife, who died shortly after they first came to live in Worthington. 
He married a second time, Cynthia, sister of Dr. Lincoln Goodale. He died at Wor- 
thington April 9th, 1850, at the age of 80, iull of years of honors, leaving a large fam- 
ily. Looking back on the unselfish, broad life of this man, with his love for others, and 
devotion to high ideals and his pride in the welfare of his state.and noting the results of 
his thought and labor, we may well say: "Verily hebuilded better than he knew." 



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Methodists were in 1819 in the house of Eher Wilson; in is: is they built the firs f 
meeting house in the township. The McKendree Methodisl Episcopal Church, 
in the eastern pari of the township, was organized ;it the dwelling of |ohn 
Baker in 1852, and they built a small meeting house in the same year. The 
Baptist el lurch, west of the river, called the Clinton Predestinarian, was organ- 
ized in August, I860. The Cnion church near the west line of the township 
was organized by the Episcopalians of Clinton, and a German Reformed society 
in Perry township, in 1852. The German Reformed society was organized l>v 
the Rev. Jacob Weaver at the Kenny loghouse school in fune, 1851. The 
Protestant Episcopal society was organized in 1852. The Winebrenarians 
(Church ill < rod) had an organization for a number <>l years and erected a brick 
church in 1852; this was afterward made into a dwelling. In the firs! settle- 
ment nf the county, the pioneers were compelled to make extended journeys to 
have their grain ground into tlour. To travel through unbroken forests to 
Chillicothe, where the mill was, a distance of about 35 miles, as the first settlers 
were obliged to do, was quite an undertaking. The grist was ground in the 
order of its reception at the mill, and the facilities of the lew mills in existence 
were so overtaxed, that al times, several daj's would he required to get the 
grist through the mill, As a settler of experience said, "One in going to mill 
could eat his grist while waiting for it". Frequent use was made ol the mortar 
and pestle, a crude device. A cavity burnt into the top id a stump, or block; 
a spring pule, or sapling, with a pestle attached by means of hark these were 
the sum total and parts of the mortar and pestle mill, and with this the}' 
pounded their corn. Frequently they had "jointed" corn, so-called because it 
was corn cut from the cob with a joiner's plane. The first grist mills of any 
considerable advantage to the county were those of Colonel Kilbourne and 
Samuel Dyer, the former near Worthington, the latter on Darby creek, where 
Georgesville now stands, which were built about 1805. The tlrst grist mill in 
the township was erected ill INK) by David Beers, Sr., who, in 1816, sold it to 
his son-in-law, D. P. Wilcox, who operated it until 1839, when he sold it to 
James Mateer. The latter subsequently sold it to John It. Piatt, who 
was succeeded by the Messrs. Hess. A grist mill farther up the river, 
was originally built on the Olentangy, in Sharon township, by Stephen 
Maynard, in 1813, and later was removed to its present location. George 
Whip owned this mill for thirty years, and it was known as Whip's 
mill. The first saw mill was built here in 1810 by Roswell Wilcox, just below 
Beers' grist mill. file two mills were run by the same Hume, which caused 
some trouble and litigation between the owners. Several othersaw mills were 
built later. At one time there were three distilleries in operation in Clinton; in 
later years a prominent industry was the manufact ure of bricks. The first tavern 
in the township was opened by Peter Haroff on the old Columbus road, the 
house consisting of three or four log cabins joined together, and in it theearly 
township elections were held. About 1814 the Wilcox tavern was built by 
Robert Wilcox, and was kept by him until bis death. The pioneer physician 
of Clinton township was Dr. Charles H. Wet more, who moved here from New 
York city in 1819, and died September 10, 1868. Dr. Nathan 'I'. Bull also prac- 
ticed here many years. 

PLAIN TOWNSHIP 

Plain was first known as Township Number Two, in Range Sixteen, and 

was designated so on all correct maps. Plain is part of the I'nited States Mil- 
itary survey, and the fourth, or southeast quarter was laid out in one bundled 
acre lots for the benefit of the Revolutionary soldiers, who held one hundred 

acre warrants, the patents being issued accordingly. 'file north half ol the 
township was laid off in sections, a mile square, and afterward divided into 
quarter sections. Sect ion three, the southwest quarter, was patented to Dudley 
Woodbridgre in 1800, who, two years later, sold to [ohn Huffman of Franklin 



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countv, for a consideration of a gallon of whiskey per acre, or four thousand 
gallons of whiskey, to be delivered at Marietta. When Mr. Huffman died in 
iS'_''_' he divided the laud among his children. I Main township is the northeast 
corner township of Franklin county; is hounded upon the north by Delaware 
county, upon the east by Licking, south by Jefferson township and west by 
Blendon. 

! Main was settled in the first year of the nineteenth century, and had a 
steady growth thereafter, though the soil was not of the best; hut as an offset, 

the water was g I, the locality a healthy one. The credil id' being the first 

settler lies between [oseph Scott and a man named Morrison. Scott settled 
upon what is known as the Caleb Farver farm, near the south line of the town- 
ship. A tract of ground in this locality has always been known as "Scott's 
Plains". Morrison settled near the northern boundary of section three, and 
the broad expanse of level land in this vicinity was named after him, "Morri- 
son's Prairie". 

Among the early settlers in Plain township were: Adam Baughman 
and wife, Henry Hoffman, George Baughman and wife, Thomas B. 
Patterson. Jesse Byington, Loriu Hills. Gilberf and Philip Waters, 
Matthias Hague and son, Daniel and George Hague, Matthew and George 

Campbell, John Robinson, Jacanias Rose, William (I lhart, John Shes- 

ler, Roger and Benoni Hill, David Cook and son Kmyl, |ohn Smith, John 
and |ames Daniels, Christian Horlocker, [acob and Catherine Wagner, |ohn 
Clymer, [acob Bevelheimer, John Alspach and Daniel Triplett. The latter ar- 
rived in the township in February, 1816, when snow two feet deep lav upon the 
ground. He had traded for six hundred acres of land and it was upon this 
that he made his settlement in the northern part of the township. Plain town- 
ship was organized in 1810, and originally included the territory now embraced 
in Blendon and Jefferson. John Scott and Simeon Moore, the latter an early 
settler in what is now Blendon township, were the first justices of the peace. 
The only post-office in the township, named "Hope", is located at New Albany. 
The first post-master was Daniel Landon. The village of New Albany, located 
southeast of the center of the township, was laid out in May, l<s:57, by Daniel 
Landon and William Yantis, each being the owner of one half of the land laid 
out in lots. The village prospered, became incorporated, and in April, 1856, 
was held the first charter election resulting in the choice of the following 
officers: Mayor, S. Ogden; Recorder, C. S. Ogden; Councilmen, F. Johnson, |. 
McCurdy, C. Baughman, A. B. Beem, S. Stinson; Marshal, R. Phelps. The 
village is a special school district. It has first-class schools, several hotels, and 
a number of business houses. 

In 1826 Lorin Hills and Lester Humphrey laid out a village plat on the 
Granville road, near New Albany, and named it Laf ayetteville ; bu1 no improve- 
ments were made, and the land was, a few years later, given back to agricul- 
ture. Francis Clymer laid out a village in 1835, upon his farm, naming it 
Mount Pleasant, but this, too, proved a failure and was abandoned. The first 
marriage of Whites in Plain township was on July 10, 1810, the contracting par- 
ties being George Hague and Mary Baughman. The first death was that of 
Eve, daughter of Adam Baughman. The first barn built in 1807, was owned 
by George Baughman; the first frame house was built by Daniel Triplett in 
1819; the lirst brick house was erected by Henry Smith. The first burial place 
was set apart in 1814, on land given by John Smith, and singularly enough it 

eventuated that he was the lirst person to be buried there. The lirst scl 1 

was taught by Philip Wafers, on the northeast of the Alspach farm, and there 
was bu1 one term in seven years. In 1821 there was a schoolhouse on the 
Triplett farm, taught by Jacob Smith, who was probably the next teacher to 
follow Waters. The church of the United Brethren in Christ was organized 
in Plain township in lS'JIi, among the pioneer members being Daniel and Cath- 
erine Cramer, |acob and Catherine Wagner, Frederic and Christina Henry. 

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KVv. [oh ii ;incl Mary Clymer and ( ieiir^c and Eva Cramer. The Methodists 
erected ['lain chapel in" 183(1, at a cost of $1,200. The first Methodist Episcopal 
church was organized prior to that date. Ahoul lso.~>ihe New Alhany Metho- 
dist Episcopal church oi Plain had its origin in the meetings held by |oshua 
Williams, and 1 re an 1NON tin- Revs, Benjamin La kin and |ohn (J rave visited the 
sett lenient as regidar appointees. The Congregational church was organized 
July 13, 1818, the charter memhers heing fames M. and Sarah Woodruff, Naman 
anil Roxanna Case, Charles I'ettil and wile, Louisa Landon, Louis Hard and 
wile, Matilda Stedman and Susan }. Marvin. The E vangelical association was 
organized early in the history id" the township, and the first memhers were 
Christian Bevelheimer, Peter Cjuinn, Daniel Swickard, Christian Horlocker, 
Daniel Stauffer, Samuel and Sarah Rigel and Conrad Cring. As early as 1820 
there was a temperance agitation in Plain, something very unusual at that 
period. Abraham Adams was the leader of the reform. Meetings were held 
tn tesl the feelings "I the community in the matter of aholishing whiskev at 
log raisings, husking bees, and other social functions. It was found that some 
were in favor ol prohihiting the use el liquor on such occasions, but as the 
people were by no means unanimous in that decision, no definite action was 
taken, and so, at most id the social gatherings, and occasions of united labor. 
whiskev continued to be furnished as before. 

BROWN TOWNSHIP 

This township is hounded on the north hv Canaan township, Madison 
county and Washington, west hy Canaan and fefferson townships, south by 
Prairie, east hy Norwich, Washington and [efferson townships. The surface 
presents the same level plain which characterizes the townships of Franklin 
county, save where, along the extreme western boundary, it is cut by numer- 
ous small ravines. The only stre; 1 water is Dig Darby creek. This flows 

along the entire western line of the township, and was considered id' much im- 
portance when the plaee was first settled. The soil is mainly gravel, though 
in some portions a black loam predominates. In productiveness, however, the 
township is fully up to the average. Brown was first settled along the Darby 
creek in 1808 or 1810. The eastern portion remained a wilderness until 1840. 
The territory in Brown was formerly a part ol the townships of Norwich, 
Prairie and Washington, and it was organized as a separate township in the 
spring of 1830. Among the early settlers were Adam Blount, Joseph Belchey, 
|ohn Patterson, |ohn Hayden, |ames Bovd, fames K'inier, Knowlton Bailey, 
Ohil Beach, Adam Reese" and wife, Thomas Kilgore, fohn Llovd and wile, X. 
B.Ferris, John Helser, John McCoy and wife, Charles A." Holmes. Jacob 
Francis and wife, natives ol Virginia, settled in Athens county, < )hio, early in 
the century. After living there a lew years they moved to Madison county, 
and in 1N'_C> located in Brown township. The land thev located on was covered 
with a dense wood. but. by continued efforts, this has disappeared, and in its 
place are broad acres, whose product yields a rich return to the husbandman, 
Mr. Francis died in 1840, his wife two years later. Another settler, Henry C. 
Alder, was grandson of Jonathan Alder. In March, 1782, the latter, with his 
brother David, wen' in the woods near their home, in what is now West Vir- 
ginia, when they were surprised by a part \ ol Indians. Jonathan, being a mere 
boy, nine years old, was easily captured. Ilis brother tried to escape, but was 
thrust through with a spear, killed and afterwards scalped. Jonathan was 
adopted hv the Shawnee tribe, and lived with Chief Lewis. In fune, subse- 
quent to his capture, occurred the defeat of Crawford. After Wayne's victor}', 
Alder, having in the meantime married an Indian woman, came to live on Big 
Darby creek. He became dissatisfied with his wile, and alter much trouble, 
secured a separation, when he returned to his lamilv in Virginia, where he 
married Mary Blount, with whom he returned to his former home on PL - 
Darbv creek, in Madison countv, where he died about IS.'n. 



TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES 

Along Big Darby creek, in the western part of Brown township, there 
existed, in the early settlement, many evidences of that mysterious people of 
whom so much has been written, and so little is known- the Mound Builders. 
( hi the Henrv Francis farm stood quite an extensive mound, and toward the 
creek were numerous others, which exist n«> longer. These were evidently 
tumuli, or burial places, as many human bones were found during the excava- 
tion of these works. There was also an enclosure, or fort , on the H. C. Alder 
farm, with two circles, enclosing about a half acre of ground. It was situated 
upon the high hank of the creek, toward which was the usual opening found 
iti works of (his kind. It was composed of gravel, which has long since been 
removed for building and other purposes. Human bones were also found, 
and as stone hatchets, arrow points, skinning knives, etc., were discovered in 
great numbers by early settlers, it is surmised that this was a favorite camp- 
ing ground for the Indians. 

The first physician to locate in Brown was John Rathbun, in 1839, and 
he gained an extensive practice. The first frame house was built in 1NI54 by 
Henry Alder, the second in 1N41 by Br. Rathbun; the Hrst brick house by 
Henry Francis. A private post-office was established in July, 1848, and called 
"Darby." The first post-master was Joseph O'Harra, though not commis- 
sioned. This office was, after a few years, abandoned. The first store in the 
township was opened by Sylvester Brown. The first religious organization 
was known as the McCoy Methodist Episcopal Church. The church flourished, 
a comfortable frame meeting house was built, but the society ceased long ago 
to exist, and the meeting house was turned into a barn. The eastern portion 
of the township being largely settled by people of Welsh descent, they early 
formed the Welsh Congregational church, services being held in 1845, in a lit- 
tle log school house, and during the same year an organization was effected, 
among the first members being John E. Rowland and wife, Francis [ones and 
wife, John Bibb and wife. The first school was held in the- winter of 1820, in a 
small log cabin on the farm of Adam Blount, the teacher being Marantha 
Adams. The pioneer school house was built in 1840, and stood near the Welsh 
church. In IS47 a number of colored people formed an association to promote 
education among children of their color. A tract of land was purchased in 
Brown township, buildings erected, and a school formed, hut the venture was 
finally abandoned. 



CHAPTER VIII 

TOWNSHIPS (CONTINUED! 

SHARON TOWNSHIP 
O HAKM )X is designated as Township Two, in Range Eighteen, and is one of 
•J the townships designated in the United States Military district. The orig- 
inal township was known as Liberty, and extended for a considerable dis- 
tance into what is now Delaware county. Franklin county, as first organized, 
comprised bu1 four townships, Sharon being located in flit- northeast, Frank- 
lin in the northwest, Darby in the southwest, Harrison in the southeast. The 
than-,- in name occurred on March 4, 1806, and Sharon was finally established, 
with its present boundaries on March 4, 1816. In area it is just five miles 
square, and it is bounded on the east by Blendon, s«tith by Clinton, west by 
Perry and north by the Delaware and Franklin county line. At the time of its 
first settlement, Sharon, like nearly all portions of Ohio, was covered by a 

dense forest, the w Is here being principally oak, elm beech, maple, ash and 

walnut. When the labors of the pioneers and their successors removed the 

(it 




CONRAD BORN. Senior. 

Cwr,riVRnL hl |!: T„ 0f T l ;t nklmC0U, ! t ' y ' anan, ' i Lhat will ever be prominent is that 
Oonrad Born, Sr., one of the pioneer brewers of Ohio 




ing there about a year when he moved to Utica. N. Y. and 
followedhistrade there fora year. Henext went toCieveland.Ohio where he worked at 
S^tV 1 ^ * 84 °' when * e m °Yfd to Columbus, where he became the owne of 
stall m the High street market, where he conducted a thriving business up to 1856 
fror i Sfi t „i , H ™ n0n , 11Ca ' an , dsa 1 Vmg ' heaccumulated quite an amount of money, and 
l^f ^f to 1859 when Columbus was rapidly growing, he invested largely in real 
e * ym9 an* selling. At this period thereweretwo breweries in the city andMr 
Borndeterrmned to open a brewery, equipped upon modern improved lines He senthis 




was married to Miss Mary Ann Rickley, who came of good 
t * d t f7^ St0 v? k k WaSa la dy of the most estimable personal character, domestic in her 
tastes, and she bore her husband eight, children, live of whom died in infancy The 

bus. 
the „«. 

throughout the community . Mrs B, „ „ was asister of S. S. Rickley. who fsthe only ur 
cial^n^ f mberof . th t eRl ° kle 7femily.and who is prominent! y identified with the tinan 
cial and business interests of Columbus. 



Born, Sr., died in June, 1890. at his residence, opposite the brewery plant. 
and their loss in his death was deeply felt by his iellow citizens. Mr. Born was a man 
.■■ prise, stru-t integrity, honesty, business ability, and high personal 
wot • i was a member oi the Democratic party, but never sought office or 

id for candidacy. But his advice was sought by the party, 
and also by business men, his judgment being held in highest value, and during his Hie 
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forest, the soil brought to view proved unusually rich, particularly in the val- 
leA's oi the < )lentangy and the many runs which help to form that stream. The 
entire surface of the township has an excellent natural drainage, the land be- 
ing of a rolling nature. The Olentangy runs through it from north to south, 
smaller streams emptying into it from either side. Tin- eastern part of Sharon 
is drained by a number of small runs that empty into Alum creek in Blendon 
township. For many years after the first settlement of the county the rivers 
abounded in fish, while the forests contained a great variety of game. Fish 
were captured with nets, or sometimes with a brush seine, which took from 
ten to twenty men to handle. As there was then no obstruction to prevent 
their coming up all tin- streams, lar^r,- quantities of fine fish were caught. 
Hunting was followed for a three-fold reason for the love of tin- sport, for ob- 
taining food supplies and for the protection of crops. One season before the 
county was thickly settled, a grand ri nj_ r or drive-hunt was organized. < )n the 
'lay appointed a line was formed, beginning at Columbus and extending from 
the Olentangy river eastward to Alum creek. Another line was formed near 
the Delaware county line, when the two parties began their march, meeting 
below Worth ington. At the conclusion of the hunt, it was found the game 
captured comprised five hundred wild turkeys, thirty deer and a number of 
bears. The wolves, having made their escape to the swamps, none were -• 
i ured. In early days the squirrels were so numerous as to be a positive an- 
noyance and loss, owing to their devastations in the corn crops. A note was 
accordingly published in the Columbus < razette, Augusl 29, 1 V 1'L'. calling for a 
-rand squirrel hunt of all the people in the vicinity, the hunt to continue two 
or three days. It began on Saturday. August 31, 1822, and when it ended it 
was found that the party had slaughtered 19,660 squirrels. 

Sharon township, that is. the greater part of it. was originally owned by 
General Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey, and Dr. Jonas Stanberry of Xew 
York city. It was comprised in the Military lands appropriated by Congress 
in 1796, to satisfy the claims againsl the Cnited States Government held by 
officers and soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War. The lands were 
surveyed about 1798 into tracts of five miles square, these being divided into 
quarters, each containing four thousand acre-. In December, 1802, a colony 
was formed in Massachusetts and Connecticut to purchase lands and establish 
homes in < )hio. Articles of agreement were signed by the owners of the land. 
embracing four sections, situated upon and near tin- Olentangy river, in the 
Military tract, containing sixteen thousand acres, ami tin- price agreed upon 
was one dollarand twenty-five cents an acre. The purchasers agreed between 
themselves that one lot of one hundred acres be perpetually used for the pur- 
pose of providing a school, and another lo1 of equal size for the benefit of a 
Protestant Episcopal Church; also, that two roads should be laid out. one run- 
ning north and south, one east and west through the tract, and that at the 
crossing of these roads a square plat, consisting of one hundred and sixty 
acres, should be laid out and divided into one hundred and sixty lots, four of 
which, the four tying on the four central corners, should lie given as a public 
square, to remain for a green or parade. One of the town lots was also re- 
served for school purposes and one for a Protestant Episcopal church lot. In 
1804 the entire tract was partitioned off, and divided among the members of 
the company, each of whom received a little less than one hundred acres, with 
a certain number of village lots. 

In 1801-2 an association was organized in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 
under the name of the Scioto Company, the object being to form a community 
near the Scioto river, in the territory of < >hio. A foremost spirit was the Rev. 
James Kilbourne, who was most active in promoting the enterprise, and he 
was appointed as agenl to visit this territory and examine its resources and 
possibilities. He made the trip of exploration in the spring of 1802, and. after 
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the sixteen thousand acres owned by General Dayton and Dr. Stanberry, as al- 
ready stated, and then returned to Connecticut. In 1803 the following persons 
to prepare for the removal of the families who were to become the pioneers in 
this part of the wilderness :- Lemuel Kilhonrne, accompanied by his 
own family, and Levi Pinney, Alexander Morrison, Jr., Abner I'. Kin- 
ney, William Morrison, Adna Bristol, E. C. Drown and Israel I'. Case, 
who came in advance for the purpose of erecting cabins for the use of 
the colony and also to build a mill. On September 15, 1N0U, James Kilhonrne, 
Ezra Griswold, with various others, and their families, turned their faces west- 
ward, and Ezra Griswold and family were the first to complete the journey, ar- 
riving where now stands the village of Worthington (then a wilderness) on the 
tw cntvsixth of October, and the others of the party arrived shortly afterward. 
A well was dug on the south church lot, and was used by the entire colony. 
A school house was immediately built on south college lot and the same win- 
ter the first school was taught by Thomas T. Phelps. The first woman teacher 
was Clarissa Thompson, 1S04. It is a noteworthy fact that the tirst timber cut 
for any kind of building purposes, in the woods where the village now stands, 
was for a school house, and a school house was the first structure erected. 
This worthy example of the first settlers has been emulated by their successors 
down to the present time. Worthington possesses some of the best schools in 
the state, including the Ohio Central Normal school. 

Colonel James Kilhonrne, who was agent of the Scioto Company, was an 
Episcopal minister, and held the first service of that church in this part of the 
country, 1 hiring the first half of the nineteenth century, or up to the time of 
his death in 1850, he was actively prominent in the affairs of the colony. He 
conducted a public bouse forty years or more; served in Congress during 1812 
and 1814, and in the State Legislature in 1S'_':{ and again in 1838, besides holding 
minor offices. He was thrice married, first to Lucy Fitch of Connecticut, who 
died in 1807, after whom he married Cynthia Goodale. His children by his 
firsl wife were: Hector, Lucy, Harriet, Orrel, and Byron. The latter became a 
distinguished civil engineer; had the distinction of being the founder of the 
city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a member of the legislature of that 
state. 

I n 1 SI 1, Colonel James Kilbour ne, with others, organized a stock company, 
which was incorporated under the title of the Worthington Manufacturing 
Company, of which he was elected president and general agent. A tract of 
land, adjoining the village, was cleared, and in less than three years a large 
factory was in operation here. The company manufactured woolen cloth, and 
also conducted a tannery, shoe shop, cabinet shop, hat shop, blacksmith shop, 
and auxiliary interests. They maintained stores in Worthington, Franklinton 
and Columbus, issued their own notes, which came into general circulation, 
and some of their stock was held by people living in the East. Employment 
was given a large force id workingmen, who were mostly paid from the stores 
ol the company. The enterprise failed after having been in operation eight 
years, the stockholders losing heavily. While running, it contributed largely 
to the growth and prosperity of Worthington, and its failure forced many id' 
the workmen to change their vocations or seek employment elsewhere. The 
land on which the factory stood is now included in the village of Worthington. 

Among the early settlers in Sharon township were K'oswell Tuller, Cap- 
lain Abiel Case, Moses Carpenter, James Russell, who was a machinist and a 
mechanical genius; while living here he built an orrery to illustrate the rev- 
olutions of the heavenly bodies, a device he sold to eastern parties; Arias Kil- 
honrne, J udge Recompense Stansberry, Jacob Fairfield, Isaac Case, Samuel 
Wilson, IS, la M. Tuller, Flavel Tuller, son of Bela M., who came here in 1805, 
when Flavel was but ten years old. The latter, in 1812, at the outbreak of the 
war. went as teamster in the quartermaster's department, where he remained 
three months, conveying provisions and supplies from Urbana to the army, 

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under ( reneral Tupper. In 1816 he built two boats on the < )lentangy, loading 
them with produce, cheese, potatoes, butter, pork, etc., and floating them down 
to the Mississippi ri% r er, disposing of his cargo at Natchez, Miss. About three 
years later he buiH another boal and took another stock to Natchez. About 
1 *'_''_' he engaged in business with bis brother Homer, their co-part nership con- 
tinuing up to 1860. Thej T built the first distillery in Perry township, but did 
not obtain much patronage the first year. The second year, however, saw 
them prosper. Thev began before the Christmas holidays and worked, almost 
continuously one hundred days and nights, sleeping in their clothing, and 
they netted a profit of about fifteen hundred dollars. In lN'Jfi Flavel Tuller 
started a pork packinghouse, which he conducted tor about ten years. When 
in business in Worthington, Mr. Tuller procured bis goods by way of Baltimore 
and Wheeling in wagons, afterwards by wagon from Sandusky, until the canal 
was completed, when they were sent to Columbus. Mr. Tuller bad in his 
possession a Bible thai was sunk in Lake Erie in November, 1S:>S, when the 

schooner "Toledo" went down. It was recovered with other g Is during the 

same season. Other settlers were: Josiah fisher, Chapman, Charles 

Thompson, Starr, Jonathan Park, Moses Maynard, Samuel Abbott, Jedi- 

diah Lewis, Klias Lewis, Stephen Maynard, Potter Wright, Deacon Goodrich, 
Isaiah Wallace, Stephen Hoyt, < >range Johnson, Dr. Starr, Deacon Abbott, Mil- 
ton Green, William Page, Joseph Poole, Chester Griswold, James Starr, Berk- 
ley Comstock, Richard Dixon, Mrs. Cynthia Barker, Ira Kellogg, John Snow, 
Demas Adams, Obadiah Benedict, Stephen M. Frothingham, Asa Weaver, Wil 
Ham Thrall, Eliphalet, Peter, Samuel and Brooks Barker, Nathan Mason, 
Ozem < rardner, John Bishop, Ozais Burr, Rev. I'riah Heath. 

Klias Lewis came to Worthington from Connecticut in 1806. He was a 
bricklayer and plasterer and followed that business for thirty years, lie built 
the chimneys and plastered Bishop Chase's house about 1820, Salmon I'. Chase, 
then a boy, carrying the brick and mortar In- used. During the building of the 
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railroad he had charge of a 
gang of men in constructing ten miles of the road bed. < >n the completion of 
the road be ran an omnibus from Worthington to Columbus, and after ten 
years continued the same line from Worthington village to the railroad station. 
Orange Johnson came from Connecticut in 1813. His business there was the 
manufacture of combs, and the expense of his journey was met on the way 
hither by the sale of his goods. On his arrival in Worthington he began the 
manufacture of combs,, which he continued until 1N'_'7, and accumulated con- 
siderable property, although, when he started business bis capital was but six- 
teen dollars. In 1S'_>7 he gave up business and became one of the incorporators 
of the Columbus and Sandusky turnpike road, which was surveyed by Colonel 
Kilbourne. Mr. Johnson was one of the leading commissioners and principal 
agenl of the company from first to last. The load was eighl years in building, 
and while connected with it Mr. |ohnson accumulated a handsome property. 
He. with two others, made the first survey for the railroad from Columbus to 
Xenia. He moved to Columbus in 1862; was for many years a director id the 
Franklin State and National Bank; built the Johnson and Sessions block in 
Columbus, and died in that city in 1 S7< >. His daughter married 1'". C. Sessions 
of Columbus. John Snow came to ( )hio in I SI 4 from Rhode Island, and settled 
in Worthington with his family. Here he engaged in the drug business, at 
which he continued until his death in IS, - ) - .'. Mr. Snow was a very prominent 
Free Mason, and became the first grand master of the Fraternity in Ohio. To 
him and Thomas f. Webb belongs the honor of systematizing the work of the 
craft ill ( >hio and the West. At one time he held" the third office in the (band 
Chapter of the Cnited States, which met in New York, and also held the sec- 
ond office in the Grand Encampmenl of Knights Templar in the Cnited States 
As grand master of tin' State of < )hio his jurisdiction extended throughout the 
West ami South, in which the charters of many lodges bear his signature. 



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Bishop Philander Chase settled in Worthington in 1817, where he purchased 
live lots, besides a farm of one hundred and fifty acres, south of the village. 
Ih> farm had about sixt> acres >'i land ready for cultivation, and cosl two 
thousand and lift\ dollars. Hie year he arrived he was appointed principal of 
the Worthington Academy, and at the same time preached :ii the same 
place, conducting the services of the Episcopal church. He soon had 
(•harm- of live parishes and resigned his principalship of the acad- 
emy. Hie first convention of the Episcopal church was held in Columbus in 

imuary, 181S, of which he was president, i hi fune 3, 1818, the convention 
in assembled a1 Worthington and a1 this meetingthe Rev. Philander Chase 
w .1- elected the first bishop ><l the Episcopal church in i >hio. 1 le was consecra- 
ted to his high office in Philadelphia on Februan 11, 1819, ami on June ii. 1819, 
lie confirmed seventy nine persons. Ilis parochial district comprised Dela 
waii'. Berkshire, Columbus and Worthington. Il<' established a school ai his 
house, where he erected such buildings as he could, in 1818. Tins he con 
tinned under main disadvantages for a number of years. Ilis son, the Rev. 
Philander Chase, Jr., taught with him. He was also a teacher in tin- old col 
lege building. In the spring of 1823 it was proposed that an Episcopal college 
he established in Ohio to educate men for the ministry. Bishop Chase vvenl 
i.' England to raise tun, Is t.< build a college, returning in the fall >>l 1824, In 
June, 182o, the trustees of the Ohio Theological Seminary met at Zanesville. 
and the same month the convention located the seminary at Worthington. 
Bishop Chase continued this school at his own house until 1826, when he made 

rangements to purchase a tract of land in Knox county, where the seminary 
» - eventually, permanently located. At this time he had thirty students at 
his own house, under the instruction of his son 1 Inlander. ( hi September 9, 
1831, he resigned the episcopate of Ohio, and the presidency of the seminary, 
soon after removing to Illinois, where he was again elected bishop, in is;;,". 
He established a college in that State while administering his Episcopal 
duties. The celebrated Salmon 1'. Chase came to Ohio to live with his uncle, 
Bishop Chase, in 18211, when hut twelve years of age. He did chores about the 
farm, drove the cows to pasture and home again, took grain to the mill, and 
u - kept generally busy when not at school. He once received instructions 
from his uncle how to kill and dress a pic. which was to be roasted for dinner. 
He knew how to go to work to kill and scald the diminutive porker, but either 
the water was too hot or he left the pic in too lone. for. when he expected to 
remove the bristles easily, he could hardly pull out one at a time. Fully aware 
that the pig must be ready in time for dinner he bethought himself of his 
sin Phi lander's razor, which he procured, and with which he neatly sh a \ ed 
the pig. The job. excellently done, reflected credil on the barber, but was bad 
tor the keen edge ^( the razor. Salmon was also accustomed to ride a horse 
belonging to 'Squire Charles E. Purr, the same animal being a favorite with 
the college professors and others. He found that b> sticking his heels in the 
the horse it would resent the indignity by kicking. He enjoyed the 

in and continued it until the horse would kiek everything behind him. and 

could not be used for any purpose. Salmon lived with his uncle from June, 

mtil November. 1822. Elias Lewis of Worthington, when a bricklayer, 

d Salmon P. Chase for a mortar earlier, and used to speak with pride in his 
the fact that a man who afterwards became Governor ^<i Ohio, and 
Chief Justice of the Cnited States, once carried mortar for him. 

in Gardner, who came from New York in ISIT. was an original Abol- 
itionist, and his house was an asylum for many fugitive slaves. He assisted 
hail two hundred fugitives on their way "to liberty, in all weathers and 
times of day or night. His house was a station on the "underground 
m slavery t,, freedom. Xo slave huuters ever came to his house. 
- lve once in his care was ever captured. He used to conduct them to 
Delaware county, or to the Quaker settlement, and sometimes up 

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Vlum creek to another friendly station. The Rev. Lriab Heath was assigned 
to Worthington in 1839 10, by conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
and was largely instrumental in founding the Female Seminary of the Metho 
disl church in ( >hio, during these years. He was a man of progressive ideas, 
wished to set- improvements carried on, and the las! work he did in Worth ing- 
ton was to plant the shade trees in the public square, now the pride of the 
tow n. I le died in 1862 in Zanesville. 

The first marriage in Worthington took place Februar}' H>, 1804, the per- 
sons united being . Miner P. Pinney and Polly Morrison, Levi Pinney and 
Charlotte Beach. The firsl justice of the peace was Ezekiel Brown, elected in 
1803, while what is now Sharon was a pari of Liberty township; fames k'il 

I rue was the sec I justice. The firs! militia officers were: La plain, fames 

Kilb ne; Lieutenant, Aaron Strong; Ensign, Aimer C, Pinney. The lirsl 

brick house was buill in 1804 by James Kilbourne; the first frame house bv 
Ezra Griswold, in 1805. The building of the Protestant Episcopal church was 
begun in 1828 and finished in 1829; the Presbyterian church was buill in 1829. 
The first tavern was kept in a log cabin in 1803, by Ezra Griswold. The first 
store was kept by Nathan Stewart, in 1804, in the same log cabin occupied the 

year previous by Ezra < Iriswold, who had moved to i ther location. Nathan 

Stewart Imilt the lirsl distillery, iii 1805, and the liquor trade thus run unmo- 
lested for over a quarter century, the first temperance society no! being formed 
until 1830, The first grist mill of any importance to the early settlers, or, in 
fact, to Franklin county, was Imilt by James Kilbourne, near Worthington, on 
the Olentangy river, about ISO,"); another mill was Imilt near Worthington, in 

1807, by Preserved L< ard. This mill was in operation lor a number of vears. 

The motive power was obtained from Rush brook, by means of a race and 

w len troughs, and was carried a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile, when 

it was allowed to fall on i vershot wheel. Mr. Leonard, after running the 

mill for some years, sold it to Joab Hoyt, who continued it some time, when il 
was allowed to go to decay. At a later date a mill was also Imilt on the ( Men- 
tality by Samuel Maynard. It finally came into the ownership of facob Weis 
enheimer, who manufactured Hour in considerable quantities for the Colum 
bus market. Asahel Benedict had a blacksmith shop in Worthington before 
1812. Jabez Fairfield, employed by him, was very expert in shoeing horses 
and cattle, and when the army marched from Franklinton toward Sandusky, 
in 1812, the teams remained here a week until they were shod. 

Some amusing stories come down to us of the scares caused by false re- 
ports of Indian uprisings. Indians were wont to travel through the country 
from their encampments near Sandusky, and often visited the settlers. They 
were friendly and did no harm to the people, hut many were afraid of them. 
Somet inie before (he War of 1812 a report was started that tin- k'edmen were on 
the warpath, and on their way to slaughter the settlers. This alarm was 
caused at a log-rolling held on the west side of the river. The men were at 
work in the woods, the women gathered in the cabin, and while they were in 
one room eating supper, a girl prepared to sweep the room they had been sit- 
ting in, and while doing so accidentally knocked down a loaded gun that was 
standing behind the door. The fall caused it to explode, and the women, im- 
agining the Indians were aboul to massacre them, raised the alarm, where- 
upon the settlers stampeded lor the village. Messengers were sent out by 
them in every direction to warn the people, and many passed the night at the 
tavern of Ezra Griswold, others in the academy building. A stockade was 
built around the academy the next day, and the place fortified as strongly as 
possible at such short notice, while men armed with guns, scythes, pitchforks 
ami such weapons as they had, stood guard about the town. When, in a few 
days the excitement subsided, and it was ascertained there were no Indians 

within many miles, the settlers returned to their I ies. Another story told 

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camped at I >elaware, and the captain determined to test the mettle his soldiers 
w ere made of. So, one night he posted the entire company on picket, with in- 
structions to be watchful, as the Indians would probably attack them hefore 
morning. About midnight the captain tired a gun, and gave the alarm the In- 
dians were coming. The effect was immediate; the pickets did nol stop to 
form company, hut every one made for his home as speedily as possible. One 
of these brave fellows ran nine miles through brush and briars to his home, 
and when be arrived there, the only article of wearing apparel he had on was 
a shirt collar, the bushes through which he had run having torn off the re- 
mainder of his clothing. X<> one was left in the camp except the captain and 
his officers, who understood the cause of the alarm. 

There was no regular mail to Worthington until ISO,"). Previous to that 
time the mail was brought from Franklinton by a young man employed in a 
Worthington store. In 1805 a post-office was established here, the mail being 
received regularly thereafter. The first post-master was William Robe, who 
was a dwarf, or a man of remarkably small stature, not weighing more than 
from fifty to sixty pounds in ordinary health. He was well proportioned, well 
educated, neai and gentlemanly. He was a teacher in the Worthington Semi- 
nary, and afterward appointed to a clerkship in the office of the Auditor of State, 
lb' died in January, 1823, aged about forty-five years. He was post-master up 
to 1815, when he was succeeded by Aurora Buttles. A money order department 
was established in connection with the office on July I, 1N74. A railroad sta- 
tion was erected on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis rail- 
road, three miles north <>f Worthington in 1868, and called Westerville Station. 
The same season a post-office was established at the depot, and named Flint 
Post-Office, A. J. Willoughby being the first post-master. The first physician 
to practice medicine in Worthington was Dr. Josiah Topping, who came with 
the first members of the Scioto Company in 1803. Dr. Lamb came soon after, 
remaining until 1806. Dr. James H. Hill came about INK), remaining until 
IMS, when he sold his practice to Dr. Daniel I'pson. Dr. Wetmore practiced 
from 1820 to 1850, when he removed to Columbus. 

The first celebration of Independence Day in the new colony took place 
on July 4, 1804. The brush was cleared out from the space now occupied by 
the public square, and rudeseatsof logs arranged for those assembled. An 
address was delivered by Colonel James Kilbourne, and a national salute given 
by felling seventeen large trees, in honor of the seventeen states of the Union, 
instead of firing so many cannon. Worthington was incorporated by act of 
Legislature on March 9, 1835, which ordered "that so much of the township id' 
Sharon, in tin- county of Franklin, as is comprised in the town of Worthington, 
as originally established, with the additional streets anil lots thereunto an- 
nexed, as recorded in said county, be, and the same are hereby erected into a 
town corporate, to be known by the name of Worthington". The second section 
of the act provided that the white male inhabitants of the town should yearly 
elect a mayor, recorder and five trustees. This act of incorporation was signed 
by John M. Creed, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and C. Anthony, 
Speaker of the Senate. The corporation limits were extended February 29, 1856. 
In 1873 the corporation and township, jointly, bought a building from the Worth- 
ington School Board, for use as a town hall at a cost of two thousand, five 
hundred dollars. The upper story was soon afterward sold to the [ndependent 
( Irder of Odd Fellows, for use as a lodge hall. 

The first newspaper published ill Franklin county was issued in 1811 at 
Worthington, its founder being Col. James Kilbourne, and name. The Western 
Intelligencer. Col Kilbourne sold out shortly to other parties, and in 1814 the 
office anil plant was removed to Columbus, where the paper's name was 
changed to the Western Intelligencer and Columbus ( Gazette. When published 
mi Worthington, in 1812, it supported James Madison for the Presidency. This 
paper was the original foundation of the Ohio State Journal, now one of the 

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leading journals of Columbus. About 1818 another paper was started in 
Worthington, the fourth published in the county, the founders being Ezra 
Griswold, Jr., and Caleb Howard. It was called the Franklin Chronicle, bul 
was in existence not longer than two years. Worthington, from its very set- 
tlement, has been noted as a town where education has been given the utmost 
encouragement and support, and it is today ;i recognized educational center. 
In addition to the public schools, there is the ( )hio Central Normal School, an 
admirably conducted institution. This originated in 1871, when Messrs. Mitch- 
ell and < >gden purchased the property known as the Worthington Female Sem- 
inary, which included three acres of land, and a large four-story brick building 

with ample accommodations for aboul two I Ired students. A normal 

school was inaugurated in September, 1871, and it was given a liberal patron- 
age, the attendance the first year being one hundred and eleven, increasing to 
one hundred and seventy-eight the second year, and each succeeding year hns 
seen a material growth. The course of study embraces n review of the com- 
mon branches, the higher branches and the languages, while, in addition, 
there is a professional course, which embraces the whole doctrine of educa- 
tional growth and progress. A Normal Institute, of five or six weeks in [uly 

and August of each year, is an important feature of the scl 1. Previous to 

the opening of the < )hio Central Normal School, there had been in successive 
operation here the Worthington Academy, the Reformed Medical College, the 

Preparatory Scl I. and ;i female seminary. 

Full attention was also given to the observance of religious worship 

from tile time of the pioneer settlers. Col. James Kilboiirne, who had taken 

deacon's orders in the Episcopal church, held regular services the latter part of 
1803, and in 180-1 the first Episcopal church west of the Allegheny mountains 
was organized at Worthington. In 1807 the Academy was built and St. John's 
Episcopal Chinch incorporated as such by the State Legislature. The officiat- 
ing minister was the Rev. James Kilboiirne, until 1 S 1 7 , when the Rev. Phi- 
lander Chase came and settled in Wort bine ton. He had taken priest's orders, 
and on his arrival, took charge of this parish. In 1818, the second convention 
of the Episcopal church in Ohio, was held in Worthington, and the convention 
elected the Rev. Philander Chase lirst bishop of the diocese of Ohio. This 
town, therefore, bad the honor of establishing the lirst Episcopal church in 
( )hio, and of furnishing the lirst bishop of the State. Bishop Chase remained 
in charge of this parish until 1826, when, removing to Knox county, he was 
succeeded by the Rev. M. T. C. Wing. Many changes have since then taken 
place in the (lunch, and nearly all of the members of the early congregations 
now rest in the churchyard at its rear. 

PLEASANT TOWNSHIP 

The township of Pleasant was organized in 1807, and thai time embraced 
about live times its present area. It was reduced to its present limits bv the 
format ioi i of Jackson iii 1815, and of I 'rairie in I si!). The township is bounded 
on the north by the township of Darby, Pickaway county; on the east bv lack- 
son township; West by Fairfield and Jefferson townships, Madison county. 
Pleasant is a farming township exclusively. The surface is varied, some por- 
tions presenting an almost level plain, while others, especially along Darby 
creek, are exactly the reverse, and often decidedly hilly. The soil along the 
bottoms is a strong black marl of great fertility, and on the upland it is mostly 
clay, well adapted to the growing of corn and grain crops generally. The streams 
are the Big and Little Darby, which enter the township near the in irthwesl cor- 
ner, and form a junction near Georgesville, and from here the Big Darby con- 
tinues a general southeast course through the township. The pioneer settlers 
in Pleasant were the brothers Thomas and Elijah Chenowith, natives of Mary- 
land, who mo veil here with their families, fr< itn Pike county, Ohio, in the fall 
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of I farrisburgh, and built rude Log cabins to protect them from the severity of 
the long winter then rapidly approaching. Elijah's cabin stood at the foot of 
the bill near a spring. The work of clearing the land was at once begun, and, 

in time, tin- Indian neighbors were supplanted by hardy backw 1 settlers. 

The log cabin was exchanged for the substantia] mansion, the dense forest 
gave way before the keen axe of the settler, and in its place came broad acres, 
rich with their store of waving corn. Benjamin Foster and Samuel Kerr, with 
their families, settled in this vicinity soon after the Chenoweths, and other 
early settlers were: John Biggart, John Dyer, Thomas Roberts, fames Gardner, 
Philip Huffman, Adam Spangler, Foster Price, James Walker, John McKinley, 
William Cummins, Mariner Duke Story, Handy Smith, William L. Foster, 
James Bradfi eld, George Francis, R. M. Worthington, Gideon Walton, Samuel 
Kerr, Reuben Chaffin, William D. Adams, John V. I, each, fohn Turner, Charles 
llimter. Morris Yates, John Harvey, George Goodson, Simon Cochran and 
lames Walker. 

The first white child born in Pleasant was a daughter to Elijah and 
Rachel Chenoweth,on December 9, 1800. The first marriage was that of John 
Chenoweth to Elizabeth Foster, about the beginning of the century. The first 
frame house was built by Samuel Kerr; the first brick house by John Biggart. 
The first tavern was built in Harrisburgh by |ohn Morgan, and was named 
White Hall. It afterwards became the United States Hotel. The first orchard 
was planted by Thomas Chenoweth, about 1800, and some of the trees are still 
standing. The first business house was opened in March. 1837, by George 
Geiger and William Foresman, in a small building in the southwest corner of 
Harrisburgh. They subsequently built what is known as Post-office Row, and 
for years carried on business operations there. There are now numerous shops 
and small manufactories. The first post-office was opened in Pleasant in 1815, 
and bore the name of the township. In 1816, ( reorgesville was laid out and the 
post office was changed to that name. The first grist mill was built in 1805 by 
Samuel Dyer, and the second flouring mill on Darby creek was built about 1864 
by Thomas Chenoweth. Among the physicians to settle in I Earrisburgh were Drs. 
Lemuel Boyd, Thomas Thompson, George W. Helmick, Jos. Helmick, William |. 
Bashaw, George W. Helmick, Jr., Edward F. Morgan, George W. Gardner, W. 
\. Shoemaker, the latter settling in Georgesville. The village of Harrisburgh 
was incorporated in 1851, and at the election which followed the following were 
chosen officers: Mayor, Dr, |. Helmick; Recorder, Z. (i. Weddle; Trustee-. 
Henry Miller, J. Chenoweth, O. T. Curry, L. W. Sifert, Dr. George W. Helmick. 

MADISON TOWNSHIP 

This is the largest township in Franklin county, being eight miles in ex- 
tent north and south, and seven miles east and west. It is within the tract 
know a as Congress lands, and was organized in 1809, previous to which it had 
been pari of Hamilton township. Madison is probably the best farming town- 
ship in the county. It is well improved, the farms and orchards being gener- 
ally owned by their occupants, and containing good dwellings, barns and other 
improvements. It is one of the best watered townships in the county. Ga- 
hanna river, formerly Big Walnut, enters the township a short distance west 
o! the center of the north line, and Alum and Black creeks in nearly the north- 
east and northwest corners respectively. The three streams become united in 
section seventeen, northwest quarter, the stream flowing thence in a souther- 
ly direction into section twenty, when it turns southwest and flows into I [am- 
ilton tow nship. Little Walnut creek reaches the township just south of Win- 
chester, from Fairfield county, flowing thence a general western course through 
the south half of the township, until south of ( iroveport, when it turns south 
and flows into Pickaway county. Looking at this splendidly improved town- 
ship today, it is difficult to conceive that here once was only the "forest prime- 
val." But few of the early settlers bad money w lien they arrived in this 

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LOUIS HOSTER. 

Louis Hoster, the founder of one of tb Industrial enterprises of the Capi- 

tal City, was an early settler here. He was born m Bavaria, Germany, in 1807, emi- 
grated to the UnitedStates in 1833, and in 1635 took a permanent residence in Colum - 
bus Here he resolved to establish a brewery, and being a man of energy at once set 
a bout equipping his plant with the best appliances available at the time, and on May 
6, 1836, he" was allready for operation. His brewery had a capacity ol about three hun- 
dred barrels but with the passage of time and the steadily increasing demand lor the 
product, on account of its superiority, purity and uniform excellence, the plant grew to 
immense proportions, and at the time of Mr. Hoster's demise it had an output capac- 
ity of one hundred thousand barrels. This was in 1892, but he left worthy successors 
in charge of the business and under their efficient management the demand has con- 
tinued to augment until now the output amounts to at out a quarter million barrels a 
year, and the plant is one of the largest in the State. Mr. Hoster's road to final success 
was not one of ease. He was constantly beset with obstacles and difficulties, which 
oniy his indomitable energy and will power enabled him to overcome. 

When he established business here Mr. Hoster had in co-partnership with bun 
Jacob Silbernagel and Mrs. Louise Harencourt, both well-known residents of Colum- 
bu: In 1858 Mr. Hoster bought out Mr. Silbernagel's interest, and in 1864 purchased 
the interestof Mrs. Harencourt. About this time he brought into partnership his sons 
George J. and Louis P. Hoster. The business has since been incorporated under the 
general laws of Ohio, with abundant capital, the executive officers being as follows 
President and General Manager, George J. Hoster ; Vice-President, Louis P. Hoster; 
Treasurer, Carl L. Hoster; Secretary and Assistant Manager, Carl J. Hoster ; General 
Superintendent, Louis Ph. Hoster. These gentlemen are all natives of Columbus, and 
fully identified with its best interests, both commercial and social. George J. and 
Louis P., president and vice-president of the firm, were born and reared in the old Hoster 
homestead, which stood on Livingston avenue and where the death of their father oc- 
curred. This old dwelling has since been removed. 

The late Louis Hoster was an active promoter of many business enterprises that 
were of lasting benefit to the community. He was one of the leaders in having con- 
structed thefirst woolen millever built in Columbus, was a director of the Columbus 
Machine Company, and a stockholder in many other commendable business ventures. 



He was also active in municipal governmental affairs, and a valued member of the 
Columbus City Council for nine years. His demise in 1892 was a great loss to trie com- 
munity of which he had so long been a most worthy representative citizen Mr Hoster 
was very prominent in the educational affairs of the community served for a number 
of years as a member of the School Board and to his efforts is due much of the hiah 
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wilderness, and those who had were not much better off, as there was no one 
from whom to buy the necessities of life. All their wants had to be secured 
from the soil by the hardest of labor. No capital was required to build a 
bouse, a few hours in the woods securing the necessary timber, and no skill 
was requisite in order to construct a rough log cabin. The work of clearing 
and cultivating the land demanded greal hardships and severe toil, but the re- 
ward finally justified the efforts put forth. The foresl abounded with wild 
game, particularly deer and turkeys, and these furnished meat for the pio- 
neers. One of the most noted of the early hunters of Madison was John 

Wright, Sr„ who lor a good porti f each year, was in the woods almost his 

entire time, and his gun kept the settlement fully supplied with turkey and 
venison. There were numbers of bears, and at intervals they robbed the set- 
tlers of their swine, but they were finally killed off. ( me Sunday a bear killed 
a hog belonging to John Swisher, hut a short distance from the hitter's home. 
lie was absent at the time, but his wife and brother were present, and they 
pursued the bear, which, after a chase of about a quarter of a mile, climbed up 
a hickory tree, where he was shot by Mr. Swisher. Wolves were very numer- 
ous and caused much havoc among tin- sheep. < )ne of the privations keenly 
felt by the pioneers was the lack of milling facilities. In the first settlement 
of Madison the nearest mill was in Ross county, and it was no small undertak- 
ing to travel thither through unbroken forests. Sometimes trips were made 
to Chillicothe and Zanesville, and one settler, Cubbidge Needles, went to I'r- 
bana, consuming lour clays in the trip. Walter I lughes, a settler west of Canal 
Winchester, had a hand mill which the settlers were allowed to use on pay- 
ment of toll for the privilege. This was a crude contrivance, consisting of a 
couple of small stones placed in rig between two or three upright poles. In 
the upper stone, near the circumference, a pole was inserted, the upper end be- 
ing fastened to the top of tin- poles constituting the frame. With the pole thus 
inserted (he stone was propelled by hand, and while one would turn the mill 
for hours another would drop in the corn. During the early years of the set- 
tlement the produce raised by the settlers was almost valueless from a money 

standpoint, there being no h e demand and no means of transporting it to 

distant markets. Wheat would frequently be hauled to Zanesville, many miles 
distant, there to be exchanged for salt, bushel for bushel. The pioneer's cloth- 
ing was entirely home-made. Almost every farmer raised flax, which his wife 
would spin and weave into cloth, five yards of which would make a full dress 
for a lady in those days. The men frequently wore pants made wholly or in 

part of buckskin, and these were considered amply g 1 enough to attend 

meeting in. The pioneers' homes were cabins, the floor of which consisted of 
split slabs, called "puncheons," with a chimney constructed of sticks and clay 
mortar, and windows made by cutting out a log, putting sticks perpendicular- 
ly in the opening, and covering them with paper greased with bear's oil or 
hog's lard. The settler's only music, outside of that mad.' by tin- birds of the 
forest, was the busy hum of the spinning wheel. The housewife swept the 
floor with a splint broom made by her husband, and a sap trough was used to 
rock the baby in. 

The first settlements in Madison township were made in 1803-4, and one of 
the first pioneers was ( feorge Younge. < )ther early arrivals were: John Wright, 
Sr., James Ramsey, Samuel and Robert Ramsey, Stauffel Kramer, George Kalb, 
Sr.. Jno. Stevenson, Chns. Rarey, Matthew Taylor, Samuel Tavlor. who settled on 
the farm later owned by Z. Vesey, John Swisher and family, Wra. Fleming, the 
brothers, Elias, Esau, Isaac and John Decker, Win. 1 >. I [endron, Frederick Peter- 
son, Thorn as Gray, ( ieorge Smith, who had the first apple orchard in thecountv, 
Billingsby Dull, Jacob Weaver, Ezekiel Groom, Philip Pontius, John Tallmairi, 
Abraham Harris, John Sharp and wife, Emmor Cox, Henry Bunn, Henry 
Whitsel, Henry and Harmon Dildine, James McClish, Samuel Bishop, Abed 
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Ruhr, fohn, George, Philemon, Andrew and Cubbidge Needles, William Elder, 
[ohn Kile, Alexander Cameron, Adam Haveley, Adam Sarber, Christian Sarber, 
the Daylongs, [ohn Rager, Zebulon S. Leigh, George Seymour, William Patter- 
son, fames Sandy, Samuel Murphy, Peter Long, Wesley Toy, George Edwards, 
Philip King, James H. Evans, Samuel Gares. 

Esau Decker, who came to Madison in 1805, from the Shenandoah valley, 
Virginia, made the journey on foot. Before starting on his long journey he 
weiil into the woods and out a willow rant', which he carried with him. After 
selecting and entering his land he stuck his cane into the ground and returned 
for his family. When he came back he found the green willow stick had taken 
root and was growing. It continued to flourish and is now a large tree on the 
land owned by some of his descendants. Sometime previous to his death Mr. 
Decker expressed the wish that his coffin be made from the tree, but hi;; sons 
dissuaded him from the act. Elias Decker, brother of Esau, came soon after 
his brother, and bought the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, where be 
made his home. lie served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution, also in 
the War of 1812, and was for some years before his death the recipient id" a 
pension, in recognition of his services. About 1830 he removed to Hancock 
county, where be died at the aye of ninety-nine years. Isaac Decker, a third 
brother, came here in 1811, locating on the southwest corner of section one, 
where, in 1817, he laid out the town of Middletoii, afterwards called Oregon. 

Samuel Brown, originally from Pennsylvania, came to Ohio when a 
single man, and in 1809 married, in Pickaway county, Margaret Kelley, who 
came from Pennsylvania to Lancaster, Ohio, with her parents when but 
twelve years old. Soon after their marriage they removed to this county and 
settled in Madison. They built a rude log cabin in the woods, without a floor, 
and here were passed the first five years of their married life. Mr. Brown's 
experience of pioneer life was in strange disproportion to that of his wife. In 
1816, while at work in the clearing he was killed instantly by a falling tree, 
leaving his wife three small children. Seven years later she married Oliver 
Cod ner, St., whom she also survived. After her first husband's death Mrs. 
Brow r n dreamed that an angel appeared unto her and comforted her with the 
assurance that she would live to be over ninety years of age and to see descend- 
ants ol hers in the fourth generation, which dream was more than fulfilled. 
She died in the summer of 1879, aged nearlv ninety-three. 

The first grist mills erected in the eastern part of the county were those 
of Matthew Taylor, Si\, and John Sharp, the former located on Alum creek, the 
latter on Walnut creek, where it was crossed by the Lancaster pike. They 
were built in 1806 or 1807 and have long since been demolished. A saw and 
grist mill were built on Little Walnut, south of Winchester, at an early date, 
by bonis Kramer, and one by John Rhoads, on Blacklick. The large Empire 
.Mills, on the canal west of Winchester, were built in 1851 2 by Judge Chaney 
and his son, ( ). I '. chaney, and were so constructed that whenever there should 
!><■ :m insufficiency of water, steam power could be used. A carding and full- 
ing factory was built at lock number nineteen, on the canal, in 1833, by Isaac 
and George Cowden, consisting of two carding machines and a fulling mill. 
In 1854 Judge Chaney bought the factory and moved the machinery down to 
lock twenty-one, where he erected another building and enlarged the plant. 
Thomas Rathmell, 1816, was one of the first blacksmiths. Benjamin Rarey 
built a tannery about 1820. Ezekiel Groom, the pioneer cooper, was a most 
valued member of the settlement, as he manufactured the necessary wooden 
articles SO much used in the early times. The pioneer taverns id' Madison 
w.rc kept by Isaac Decker and Adam Rarey. Decker opened a tavern in his 
log house, in the old village of Middletoii, at a very early date, and conducted 
it many years. Rarey built a log tavern as earhj as 1812, and this was after- 
ward occupied as a residence by /. Vesev. The early elections of Madison 
were held in the old Rare} tavern. The now vanished town of Oregon was 

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laid out by Isaac Decker in 1817, and was then known as Middleton, but in 
1830 the name was changed to < )regon. The fust post-office was opened there 
u " 1 ' Dr. Thomas Hersey as post-master. This office was discontinued in ls|| 
when the post-office at Groveport was established. 

Canal Winchester is a well-built flourishing town, situated on the east line 
<>l the township. It was laid out in 1826 by Reuben Dove. Mis father, Henry 
Dove, was the original owner of the land on which the town is located, having 
entered a quarter section in 1806. The town was originally named Winches- 
ter, after Winchester, Virginia, from whence the Dove family had emigrated. 

The word "Canal" was added to distinguish it fr< ther places in the State 

by the name of Winchester. Canal Winchester was formerly embraced with 
'" the hounds of Fairfield county until 1851, when by the annexation of six sec- 
tions to the east side of Madison township, it became a part of Franklin conn 
ty. The lirst store here was opened by facob L. Vance, in a small log house, 
south of the canal. Jacob Carty and Israel fulian opened a store in 1832, and 
it was afterward conducted for many years by Carty alone. Others to estab- 
lish business here were: David Dixon, 1832; John F. and Samuel Bartlett, 1839; 
Samuel Pond, 1856; Christian and David Gayman, 1857; Tallman, Allen & Co.', 
1852, later Tallman, Speak & Co.; Weisman & Spielman, 1872, later Spiel- 
man Brothers. The first tavern was opened by Peter C. Benadum soon after 
the town was laid ..id. Other taverns were built by Samuel Taylor and Ira 
Mason. The Commercial Hotel was built in 1852 by Deter Koag, and after- 
ward was conducted by J, M. Schoch. The Merchants' Hotel wasbuih in 1871 
by Isaac Ebright, and in 1876, I-'. Leonard turned his dwelling into a hotel, call- 
ing it t he Leonard House. An early business man of Canal Winchester was 
Hiel Brockway, who c lucted a line of packets, running daily from Lock- 
bourne to Cleveland. He finally removed to Brockport, New York, where he 

died, and ■' large portii f his Canal Winchester property was purchased by 

Mr. Bartlett. The grain trade has always been a prominent feature of business 
here, and there are many large warehouses and elevators. The first post-office 
was opened in 1841, ami the lirst post-master was James D. Evans, who after 
ward became mayor. 

The first scl I in Madison township was kept in a log cabin on the farm 

of the pioneer, George Kalb, one of the earliest teachers being a man named 
Calhoun, and children living as far as three miles distant, attended it. A 

scl 1 house was soon after built on the Blacklick, the first teachers being 

William Arnold and William Purdy. An early school was kept in a log house 
on Walnut creek, the teacher being named Fletcher, and another was built on 
the farm of Jacob Algire, the lirst teacher being < George K. Stevenson. These 
school houses were after the style of that period, "Dutch hack" lire place, 

puncheon fl • and clapboard roof, and some even rejoiced in the luxury of 

greased paper windows. The youngest scholars, instead of the finely illus- 
trated primers of today, had a single leaf from such spelling hooks as were in 
use. These were pasted on a hoard or piece of wood, to which was affixed a 
handle, which was held by the pupil. The first school in Canal Winchester 
was held in a frame building, and this was replaced by a brick building in 
1862. Since 1868 the town has been under the I'nion School Daw. 

The town of Groveport, in Madison township, dates its origin from is:;:i, 
when Jacob B. Wert came here, leased some laud from Adam k'arev, and 
opened a general store in 1834. [n September, isf:i, he laid out the western 
part of what is now Groveport and named it "W.-rt's Grove." In February, 
1844, Mr. Rarey laid out the eastern part of the present town, adjoining the 
canal, and named it "K'arev's Port." The village improved as fast as either of 
the owners COnld expect, hut each end of it Lore a different name, and the 
necessity of a common name for the whole soon became manifest t.. all. Each 
owner would doubtless have preferred his own chosen name. The citizens, 
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sonal name of both, retaining the latter pari of each name. Thus the name of 
"Groveport" was decided upon, and under that name it was incorporated at 
the session of 1846-7. Mr. Wert continued in business until 1S47 in the town 
which he had founded, and was an extensive dealer in general merchandise, 
grain and pork packing, hi one year lie killed thirty-five thousand hogs. His 
death occurred in 1850. William H. Rarey and James Cooken opened the second 
store in Groveport. The Eberlys, now of Columbus, A. C. Headley, William 
and Salem Darnell were among the early and prominent merchants. The first 
tavern was built in 1838-9 by |ohn Campbell, and named the Campbell Hotel; 
the Railroad lb. use of M. Corbett, was built in 1869. 

The first church in Madison was organized by the Methodists, who held 
meetings af the bouse of John Stevenson, as early as 1806. A hewed lot;' meet- 
ing house was built near Mr. Stevenson's on Blacklick creek about 1820, and 
the first camp meeting was held in the same vicinity. About lS+Otbeold meet- 
ing house was abandoned and a frame house built about a mile further west, 
near the site of the present brick church, called Asbury chapel, and tbis was 
used up to December, 1872, when the new church, costing seven thousand dol- 
lars, was taken possession of. The Lutheran church of Canal Winchester, was 
organized in 1839, as David's Congregation, with the Rev. Mr. Wagenhals as 
minister. Hopewell Methodist church was organized early in thecentury. In 
ISDf Ezekiel Groom and wife settled on Walnut creek, and after spending three 
weeks in building his cabin and putting in his spring crops, Mr. Groom start- 
ed out in search of Methodists. After traveling nine miles to where Bloom- 
field, Pickaway county, now stands, he found a settler named Bishop, who was 
also a Methodist. The next day being Sunday they set out for the old village 
of Tobytown, Fairfield county, where they heard there were some Methodists 
living. When near the place they met two men, Methodists, who said they 
were on their way to meeting, and Groom and Bishop accompanied them. Mr. 
Groom, who wished to attend the meetings regularly, and believed there must 
In- a nearer way than that which he and Bishop had traveled, which was eigh- 
teen miles one way, he and a neighbor William Bush, set out in search of it. 
They called at an Indian camp in the neighborhood, and asked the Indian, 
Hilly Wyandot, the distance in a straight line to Tobytown. The Indian held 
up his eight lingers, signifying eight miles. Employing him to pilot them 
through, Gr n took his axe, Bush and the Indian their guns, and start- 
ed. Groom blazed the way as they went, and cut out a path as they returned, 
thus making a short cut to the place of meeting. In 1805 a pioneer preacher, 
the Rev. James Quinn, came to Madison, and organized the Hopewell society 
at Mr. (boom's cabin. The Methodist Episcopal church of Groveport, an off- 
spring of the Hopewell church, was organized in 1836. The Methodist Episco- 
pal church of Canal Winchester, was organized in 1837, and in 1850 a good 
brick church was built ; this was enlarged in 1878, and a tower added. The 
United Brethren church of Canal Winchester was organized about 1813, and 
meetings were held at private bouses, and in the old log school bouse up to 
1833, when a frame church was erected. This was removed in 1851 and a sub- 
stantial brick church erected. A United Brethren church was organized in 
Groveporf in the winter of 1856. The Truro Presbyterian church was organized 
by tbe Rev. Dr. Hoge in 1820. A frame meetinghouse was subsequently erect- 
ed, the ground for which, including a graveyard, the whole embracing three 
acres, was presented by William Patterson. The first burial in the 
graveyard was that of his < laughter, Jane I 'atterson, regarding which a strange 
incident is recorded. When the matter of laying out the burial ground was 
being considered, the young woman urged her father not to delay, lest in the 
meantime some one should die and be buried elsewhere. By a curious fatality 
in less than a week from that time she herself was interred in the new 
cemetery. The Truro church organization long since passed out of exist- 
ence. The Presbyterian church of Groveport was organized and a meeting 

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WILLIAM MONYPENY. 

William Monypeny, (now deceased), was born in County Armagh Ireland on Oc- 
tober 10th, 1829, was the oldest son of Charles and Sallie May bell Monypeny ' whose 
family consisted of fivesons. His father was a farmer and later on was enqaqed in 
general contract work in which line he made a prominent success William Mony- 
peny received a good education in the best private schools in his native County 

His first businessexpenence was obtained as a clerk in a general store in Dublin 
Ireland. He continued in this capacity for about one year and then at the age of nine- 
teen years, (1848), he came to the United States, locating at Milford, Clermont county 
Ohio. Being eager to acquire a thorough knowledge of the milling and distilling busi- 
ness, he secured employment with John Kugler, a large distiller and miller of his day 
and in due time became master of those arts. His knowledge of thedistillinq business 
served him to good purpose, as it was not long until Oliver Perin of Perin Cohoon & Co 
of Cincinnati, O., recognized his ability and employed him in 1854 to go to Lockbourne" 
Franklin Co. .(fourteen miles from Columbus), to take charge of their large interests' 
there. After remaining there for two years, and being very successful he bought the 
interest of Mr. Cohoon and continued the milling and distilling business under the 
firm name of Pence & Monypeny. Mr. Perm being a silent partner This firm con- 
tinued to operate the business until 1865, when, owing to ill health Mr Pence retired 
leaving Mr. Monypeny to continue the business alone. 

Mr. Monypeny in the meantime having moved to Columbus, became actively in- 
terested in many enterprises, being elected tothe Presidency of the First National Bank 
and President of The Columbus Machine Company, and Vice President of The Frank- 
lin Insurance Company, and later on organized the Wholesale Grocery Company 
knownasThe Monypeny-Hammond Company, of which he became President and con- 
tinued in that capacity until his death. Mr. Monypeny also organized and was Presi- 
dent of The Columbus Electric Light & Power Company, and was an important factor 
mthebuildmg of the Scioto Valley Railroad, the "Nickel Plate" Railroad and several 



,'i like character. In his political belief he was a stanch Kepublu in 

igh he never sought the emoluments of office, he always contributed to the cause 

ii tie espoused. He was a manof exceptional integrity, fulfilling every duty and 

busy life with that scrupulous sense of right and justice that inspired the 

inity Ln which he lived with the confidence that was worthy of such a man. 

In l ; i Mr M, -in |>.iiy w. is united in marriage to Miss Maria Brunson, at Milford, 

Ohio, the anion resulting in the birth of five children, four of whom are now living. 

Mr M. 'my p. my's death occurred athis residence on East Broad Street, on the 12th 
day of September, 1899, and his loss was felt by a wide circle of friends and was deeply 
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house erected in 1 8.14, the first pastor being the Rev. Mr. Wilson. The Reform- 
ed church of Canal Winchester was organized in I8S6, hv the Rev. George 
\\ eiss, who served as its pastor a number of years, when he was succeeded i>\ 
his son, the Rev. I. S. Weiss. The Mennonite church was formed in 1845, and 
in 1850 a frame meeting house was built. St. Mary's Catholic church was or- 
ganized in 1871, the congregation purchasing the building erected by the In it 
ed Brethren church, and then- is also ;i Lutheran church at Canal Winchester. 
TRURO TOWNSHIP 
Truro was organized as a township in 1810, bul originally formed pari of 
the old tow nship of Liberty. The firsl election of town officers was held a1 the 
residence of the Taylor family, who had the honor of giving the township its 
name, and selected "Truro", the name oi ;i town in Nova Scotia, from whence 
they had emigrated. By an act of Legislature, passed on January '_'T, is.17, nine 
half sections were detached from the southwest corner of Licking county, and 
annexed 1" Franklin, which caused the joe; in the southeast corner of Truro 
township as shown by the county map. The surface of the township is gener- 
ally level. The principal stream is the Gahanna river, formerly the Die, Wal- 
nut creek, which flows southwardly through the central portion of the town- 
ship. I Hack I ick creek, a branch of the Gahanna, runs in a southeasterly direc- 
tion through t he eastern part. The first settlements in Truro were made in 
1805, among those coming here in that 3 r ear being John and Charles Medford 
from Pennsylvania, and Thomas Palmer from Maine. Subsequent arrivals 
were: [ohn Kdgar, fohn Lynch, Benjamin Cornell, Matthew Long, Robert Tay- 
lor, who Imilt tin- first frame house in the township; William Mclntire, Zaeh- 
ariah Paul, William Thompson, Captain John Hanson, Daniel Ross and six 
sous, Richards Rhoads, David and Nancy Graham, fohn Cambridge, George 
Powell, David Pugh.John Knlows, Daniel Whetsel, Jacob Wolf, Benjamin V. 
Lunn, William K. Bullen, Basil Batchelor. The first school in Truro was kept 
in a log cabin on the east hank of Big Walnut, the teacher being a man named 
McAfferty, who taught about the year 1820. There was an earlier school on 
Alum creek, in Montgomery township, taught by Helen Tappan, which the 
children of Truro attended. Among the mills which had an existence within 
the township, was the grist and saw mill of Matthew Long, on Big Walnut, 

below 1 1 i hernia, w I pe rated them until his death, in 1824. Iii 1831, Syl vanus 

Baldwin moved into the township, and bought one hundred acres of land with 
a saw mill, where the Livingstone road crossed the Big Walnut, and afterward 
built a v,rist mill there, A steam grist mill was erected by General Reynolds, 
on Blacklick, in the south part of Reynoldsburg, and a saw mill was built at 
an early date, mi the same stream, near the village, by foseph Mclntyre, which 
was in operation many years. The stone quarry near Reynoldsburg was open- 
ed about seventy years ago by Henry Bessey, the stone being first quarried 
for bridging purposes on the National road. Mr. Iiessev sold the quarry in 
1840, but il was nut worked to any extent until the early seventies, when it was 
boughl bv William A. Forrester, who built a mill and began sawing. The 
stone is of the free-stone quality and from twenty inches to two and a half feet 
in thickness when quarried. It is used largely for building purposes and flag- 
ging, and the output is shipped mostly to Columbus, Newark and Zanesville. 
The clip is to the southeast, alone- a small stream, ami the supply is inexhaus- 
tible apparently. A tile factory was established in 1*71 at Reynoldsburg by 
llirain Dysart and Co. The town of Reynoldsburg was laid out in the fall of 
1831 h\ fohn French, who owned the laud on which it is located, and it was 
first called French tow 11. Shortly alter the town was laid out, fames C. Rey- 
nolds, afterward General Reynolds, then a young man, came from Zanesville 
and opened up a store w ith a small stock of goods suitable lor the needs id the 
laborers on the .National road, then in course of construction, and the name of 
the village, not being to the liking of the residents, it was changed at a public 
meeting of the citizens to that which it now bears. At the time, Reynolds bad 

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ii'i interest in the town, except the promotion of his business there. He subse- 
quently married in and became identified with the place that bore his naire, 
and was one of its leading citizens and most prosperous business men. He 
was long a resident there, was appointed post-master, and was generally active 
in public and private affairs. He finally moved to Carroll, Fairfield county, 
where his death occurred. The first store in the town which was opened by 
Mr. Reynolds, was a hewed log house, which stood where the United Presby- 
terian church now is. The second store was opened by B. B. Bronson, and 
later merchants were Rhoads & Clendinning, Metier & Clend inning, Rhoads & 
Hutson and Elias Weaver. The first hotel was built in 1832 by Michael 1 !e mol- 
est, who afterwards sold out to Benjamin Sills, and it finally became the Cen- 
tral House. En 1833 Mr Demorest built the McEwen House, and the third 
hotel was erected in 1835. 

The post-office was established in 1833, with James C. Reynolds as post- 
master. He was succeeded in 1S4<) by Hiram Sibel, the latter, in 1811, by E. G. 
Hardesty, and in 1842 Mr. Reynolds was re-appointed for four years. The first 
physician in Reynoldsburg was Dr. Robertson. Doctors Cowden, Fulton, fohn 
McCullough, Thomas Sturgeon, M. R. E wing, Carroll, Gravenna, George, Fore- 
graves, Anderson, |ames Langworthy, William Goldrick, Samuel Mathews, 
Aljo, Fisher, J. D. Nourse, M. D. Brock, L. T. Lunn, 11. A. Rodebaugh, F. ( i. 
Taylor, and T. W. Alberry, came later. 

Reynoldsburg became a municipality in 1839, receiving its charter from 
the Government in that year, and its corporation government was organized 
in 1840, with Abram Johnston as mayor, and the following trustees: I). I\. 
Wood, Samuel Carres, John W. Thompson, Mark Evans, fames O'Kane and 
Archibald Cooper. 

Soon after the village of Reynoldsburg was laid out a few lots, located 
where the National road crosses Big Walnut, were sold by Thomas Armstrong. 
These were improved and proved the nucleus of the little hamlet called Hiber- 
nia. The lots were never platted and recorded, nor was it intended for a regu- 
lar town. A postofflce, however, was established there in 1S4H, and William 
F. Armstrong appointed postmaster. He continued to hold the office until 1857, 
when he resigned and the office was discontinued. 

The United Presbyterian church was organized in ISIS, the Rev. Mr. 
Armstrong, from near Xenia, officiating. Before the erection of a meeting 
house the society usually met for worship at the dwelling of fames Graham, 
and, in the summer season, they would frequently hold meetings in some barn, 
which occasions were always largely attended. This practice, however, was 
one which was common at that time to all denominations, 'the Baptist church, 
called Friendship church, was organized by Elder Hanover in September, 1823, 
and in 1834 their first church was built. The Methodist church was first or- 
ganized as a class in 1835 by a Mr. Lee. and about a year later a frame meet- 
ing house was erected ; in 1S71 a brick church was built. The Presbyterian 
church of Reynoldsburg was formed August fi, 1836, the Rev. fames Hoge, 
Rev. II. Vand email ami and Elder John Long, of the Truro I 'resbyterian church, 
officiating in its organization. The first meeting house was erected in 1840; 
was destroyed by fire in L861, and a new church was built later on in the same 
year. The First Universalist society of Reynoldsburg, now called the First 
Universalist church of Reynoldsburg and vicinity, was organized on July 22, 
1848, the officers chosen being : President, Jonathan Looker; Clerk, John Mil- 
ler; Treasurer, Tobias Broomback ; Trustees, E. I'. Bull, Vincent Hutson and 
John Miller. Lowell chapel was organized in 1850, at the Powell school-house, 
by the Rev. James Hooper, and their meeting house was erected a year later. 
The Disciple church was organized in April, 1861, by Elder Basalman. 
BLENDON TOWNSHIP 

Blendon, which was first settled in 1806, is one of the regularly surveyed 
townships of the United States Military lands, and five miles square. It was 

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originally connected willi Sharon township, for civil and judicial purposes, bul 
was stricken off on March 6, 1815. The records of I ilendon show the township 
was originally organi zed in 1815, under the name of Harrison, 1 he old township 
known by 1l1.1t name having been in the territory which, in 1M U , was set apart 
to Pickaway county. The first election was held in April, 1815. Here is a 
transcript from the doings of the town officers that year: "The honorable 
trustees of Harrison township met on the 23 rd of I >ecember, 1815, and hi id the 
following town tax, which is ns follows, to wit: To each stud horse, twenty 
five cents; to each gelding and inure, twelve unci a half cents; to each cow and 
neat cuttle, six and a fourth cents; for the purpose of paying all necessary ex- 
penses against the township, amounting to fourteen dollars and twelve and a 
half cents." The treasurer's report, made April I, I SIC, showed that the amount 
of the tax imposed was f "dollars and twelve and a half cents, while the ex- 
penses amounted to seven dollars and ninety cents! The name of the town- 
ship was changed to Blendon on December 8, 1824, by order of the county com- 
missioners. The surface of the township is nearly level, except where broken 
by the streams, which have high banks. Alum creek enters the township 
boundaries at the northwest corner, and Hows in a generally southerly direc- 
tion, but favoring the east somewhat. The Correct name of the stream is 
"Alum," and not "Elm," as some have contended. It was not named after the 
elm trees through which it meanders, but was called Alum in consequence of 
the substance which exudes in some places from its slate hanks. Hie- Walnut 
creek flows southerly through the eastern half of the township. Dig Run rises 
in the northern and central part of the township, flowing south and emptying 
into Alum creek. The first settlers were the families of Edward Phelps and 
Isaac Griswold, accompanied by Ethan Palmer, The first tree in the township 
was cut by Edward Phelps. They came in 1806 from Connecticut, making 
their way through tin- unbroken forest. They were just two months on the 
journey, leaving home June 24, and arriving here on August 24. On their ar- 
rival the little colon}' first encamped on the elevation east of Alum creek, on 
the site of the Granville road, immediately east of the Phelps farm. The 
Phelps' made a clearing of about seven acres, and the Griswold s one of about 
half that extent, and from these small beginnings they and their descendants 
ultimately became numbered among the most influential and prominent fami- 
lies in the C( unity. 

Simeon Moore, Sr., and son arrived in the township on JnncN, ISO?, 

from Hartford county, C tecticut. They lived with their relatives, the I 'helps 

family, the first few weeks, until they could build a cabin upon tin- land, live 
hundred acres, which the elder Moore had bought in the southeast section of 
Blendon. Their cabin was completed in the fall, and their pioneer life at once 
began. Simeon Moore, Jr., made buckets and sold them in Chillicothe for corn, 
getting lor each one as much corn as it would hold. Their nearest neighbors 

were three miles away. The w Is were full of game, to obtain which, requir- 
ed but the effort. The skins of the deer and other animals were used for their 
clothing, and also the "linsey-woolsey" woven by the women. The second 
season after their arrival they brought their families to their wilderness homes. 
Simeon Moore, Sr., had been a soldierin the Revolution, and was present at 
the battle of Bunker Hill. He died at Blendon in 1825: his sou, Simeon, |r., 
died in 1853. Other early settlers were John ami William Cooper, Colonel 
George Osborne, Francis Olmstead, Samuel McDannald, Samuel Puntnev, 
Isaac Harrison. John Yovel, Cruger Wright, Reuben Carpenter, fohn Matoon, 

Garrit Sharp, Levi and Bela < '< Irich, Robert McCutcheon, Menzies Gillespie, 

an orderly sergeant in Scott's brigade, in the war of 1812, Israel Baldwin, Wil- 
liam Watt, C. P. Hempstead, Robert famison, fohn Bishop, Ezra Sammis, 
Thomas Folland, Peter, William and Matthew Westervelt, < )liver Clark, ( )rigin 
Rugg, Aaron Philips. Jonathan Noble, [oseph Clapham, Grove Pinney, Elias 

Cornell, Samuel I nis, Nicholas Budd, < ieorge W. William, Thomas Schrock, 

Edward Connelly and sou, Jacob B., Stephen Good, Edward Nutt, Welch 

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Richey, John Judy, John Hagar, Edward 1 >. 1 1 • • ward, Joseph Dickey, II. T. Ilcn- 
derson, Edwin Gravina, ( '<. S. I >usenbury, Nathan S. Vincent and A.buer Park. 
'Squire Timothy Lee, originally from Massachusetts, moved with his father 
into New 5fork, when a boy, and from there into ( )hio, settling in Blendon <m 
Big Walnul soon after the War of 1812. He married Rhoda Taylor, and lived 
in the township until his death at an advanced age. He was one of the mi >s( 
prominent and progressive men of the community, a finished scholar, and 
ever foremosi in promoting the general welfare of the township, lit- kepi it 
out of debt, a most important thing in those days, when money was scarce; 
held many offices, and was looked up to as a very superior man, as he was. 
He was most widely known as the founder of Central College, of which partic- 
ulars arc given elsewhere. In an address given by M. C. Howard on fuly 4, 
IS!i7, lie said of Mr. Lee: "Educated in the practical theory of economy, in New 
England, he came here, bold, decisive and independent. I lis ideas of justice 
admitted of no qualifications. Had he been a king up >n his throne, and his 
s >n a rebel, he would have signed his death warrant with the utmost com- 
posure", lie erected a distillery at an early date, at which the surplus grain 
of the surrounding country was transformed into whiskey, hut subsequently 
abandoned the business because oi conscientious scruples, and became a strong 
advocate of temperance. He also built the first mill in the township, and es- 
tablished a large woolen factory. 

Gideon W. Hart was a prominent early settler. He and his wife, Nancy 
(Langton) came from Hartford county, Connecticut. Mr. Hart first arrive 1 in 
(hi- township in 1816, and kept bachelor's hall one winter, with 'Squire Timot hv 
Lee. Hi' made his permanent settlement, on Big Run, a year later, taking up 
lour hundred acres of the land surveyed by the government. He was a sur- 
veyor by profession and a man of great force and true nobility of character. 
I le was elected a colonel ol militia, served many years as a justice of the peace, 
ami died in 1859; his wife dying in 1ST"). 

Art em as Cutler came, previous to IMS, from Vermont. He was a farmer, 
miller and builder, and another feature of his versatility was that he was an 
exhorter, one of the loud-voiced variety. Mr. Cutler was undoubtedly a good 
man, but, unfortunately, had a habit of exaggerating beyond all measure of 
probability or possibility, in the stories he told, and in every day conversation. 
This was a serious offense to his matter-id' fact neighbors, and was looked up- 
on as particularly unbecoming in an exhorter. It was once ma le the subject 
of a kind of half-official reprimand, at a meeting of the Methodists, to which 
denomination he belonged, and Mr. Cutler arose from his seat and made a 
characteristic reply. "Brethren," said he, "J know that is my infirmity, and I 
have striven to overcome the evil member, but is too strong for me. It has 
caused me much pain to think of it, and often I have lain awake in my bed at 
nights, meditating upon the matter, and have shed barrels and barrels of 
(ears. 

Peter I*. Lawson and his- wife came to Blendon from New York State in 
1S'_''_'. They had twelve children, the one best known being fames, more famil- 
iarly called " Uncle" Jimmy Lawson, an upright character, though somewhat 
eccentric. He was brought up a farmer, but in early life adopted other call- 
ings. He drove, in 1825, the first post coach in Franklin county, and afterward 
followed wagoning for a number of years. He went into the stock business, 
and was at one time worth from one hundred to one hundred and twenty thous- 
and dollars, but his partner make away with a la rye sum of money in 185 A, and 
he was obliged to sacrifice his property to satisfy creditors. He was the firsl 
man to ship live stock by rail to the New York market. 'Squire Randall R. 
Arnold came into the State in isr_\ and into the County in 1825. He was one 
ot a colony formed on Lake Champlain, which found its way to Ohio by 
wagons. The party passed through Buffalo the night before it was burned by 
the British. They followed the lake shore from Buffalo to Cleveland, proceed- 




J03EPH A. JEFFREY. 

Joseph A. Jeffreywas born Llle, Clinton county, Ohio, January 17,1836, 

where hisparents lived for a short time His father was James Jeffrey, a farmer and 
manufacturer, who married ft.ng< i i R '1 u on, oi Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, and 
to whom four sons were born, two of whom died in infancy. His father and mother 
■were clear-headed, sin I ile pioneer period of the State, inured 

to the hardships of lif' i correct ideas into the minds of 

children, and were valuabli membei of the community in which they lived. 

The subject of this sket h is a good i hat a man may accomplish undi i 

our political sys em n aing Wall Street gambling and by similar 

mjtnods, but by the < m and nonest, straight-forward 

methods, which bring witli ell as business success 

and a fair share of weal! n 

At an early age his parents removed from Clinton county to Auglaize and there 
Mr. Jeffrey secured a thoroughly practical education, first passing through the District 
School and graduating in 18o6 from the High School of St. Marys. After his gradua- 
tion he secured employment in a mercantile House, where he remained for two years, 
getting an insight into business affairs and methods. 

To more fully inform himself in business affairs, he came to Columbus in 1858, 
and entered Granger's Business College from which he obtained a knowledge of book 
keeping and commercial law, and was thoroughly imbued with businessideas. Thus ful- 
ly equipped for a future career, he entered the banking house of Rickley Brothers, then lo- 
cated in the Neil House block, first as the bank's messenger, but was quickly promoted 
to book keeper, than Teller, and eventually Cashier, remaining with the house until 
July 1866. In that year he resigned his position as Cashier and went to Cincinnati, 
where he entered inti flip with J. J. Rickley. E. P. Howell and a Mr. Coakley, 

under the firm name and of Rickley, Howell & Company, wholesale and retail 

No. 144 Main street of that city. In 
L869 he disposed of b I F. Bosche, andreturned to Columbus. 

He then entered into in irrangement with Mr. S. S. Rickley of the banking firm ■ .t 
Rickley Brothers, to establ ink at the corner of High and Long streets, km 

as the Commercial Bank, ;i M y had a one-half interest. Hebecame 

its Cashier and Manager in 1870. During that year Mr. Rickley sold his interest in Hie 
bank to Messrs. Orangi Fran 3C.S1 ons. A new partnership was 

entered into between the LI ng a one-third interest . una. 

name and style of the Commer ml Bank of O Of this house Mr. Ses: 

bei "m ■ P t and Mr Jeffrey Cashier rhis partnership continued until 1S83. 

i ious to this date Mi had acquired a controlling interi 

the Le hner Mining Ma h | ment and manufacture of these 

unes had grown int business, and Mr. Jeffrey, to enable 

him to devote hi i went out of the bank for a year, the 

■ ;t mding between pai time it could be 



mined w < intageous to go on with themanufacture of machinery, 

nether it sb posed of. 

At the end of the year, such satisfactory progress had been made that Mr. Jeffrey 
decided to continue in the business and parted with his interest in the bank, which af- 
terward became the Commercial National Bank, which is still doing business, to 
ns, taking the letter's interest in the Lechner Patents as part consideration. 
Mr. Jeffrey then organized the Lechner Mining Machine Company, and it was duly in- 
corporated under the laws of tne State of Ohio. Later it was re-named the Lechner 
Manufacturing Company, and later still the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, by which 
title it is now so well and so widely known throughout the country and in foreign 
I .11. is. During the entire existence of this great and constantly growing establishment, 
Mr. Jeffrey has been its President and General Manager. 

The plant is the largest by all odds, of its kind in Ohio or any other State in the 
Union. It embraces fourteen immense buildings and covers fifteen acres of ground, and 
is becoming cramped for elbow room. From this great establishment, in addition to 
other machinery, there are turned out immense quantities of coal mining machinery, 
drills, driven by compressed air and electric power, electric locomotives for both under 
ground and surface haulage, chain belting, elevators, conveyors, and crushers. It also 
1 .11 1 Lis the Robison Coal Washing Machines, disintegrators and hemp-decorticators. 

These various kinds of machinery and products, find not only a ready sale in all 
parts of the United States, but are shipped to all parts of the world. At present the 
Company uses the services of over eight hundred employes. The site of the Company's 
works is at First avenue and the Big Four Railroad. 

Mr. Jeffrey, speaking as to party preference, is a Republican. He belongs to the 
order of Odd Fellows ; is a member of the Columbus Club, Middle Bass Club and Coun- 
try Club, and isfond of outings and out-door sports. He is a trustee of the Associated 
Charities of Columbus ; trustee of the Godman Neighborhood Guild ; member and trus- 
tee of the First Congregational Church; member of the National Association of Manu- 
factures ; of the National Credit Men's Association; National Founders Association; 
National Metal Trades Association, and the Institute of Mining Engineers of England, 
and other societies. 

He was married October the 2nd, 1866, to Miss Celia C. Harris, of Columbus, to 
whom were born seven children, one dying in infancy, namely: Harry, (deceased), 
RobertH. Jeffrey, a graduate of William's College, 1895, assistant general manager and 
purchasing agent of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company ; Joseph Walter, a student at 
William's College ; Malcolm Douglas, a student at Trinity Hall School, Washington, 
Pennsylvania: Mrs. R. Grosvernor Hutchins, a graduate of Gannett Institute. Boston, 
Massachusetts. Mr. Hutchins being Vice President of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Com- 
pany, resides with his family in Columbus. Mrs. William Wilson Carlile, of Philadel- 
phia graduate of Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Mr. Carlilebeing a very 
prominent attorney in Philadelphia, and Mrs Frederick Shedd.also a graduate of Smith 
College, Mr. Shedd being a member of the wholesale grocery house of E. E. Shedd & Co., 
Columbus. 

Mr. Jeffrey has resided in Columbus, with the exception of the three years from 1866 
to 1869 in Cincinnati, since 1858, his present handsome residence being located at 581 
East. Town street. 






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mg thence into the centra] part of the state by way of Wooster, passing; through 
the forty-mile woods.' It was here that they met General Harrison, traveling 
on loot, leading a pack-horse, and with no escort, save one aide. General Har- 
rison mounted a boulder, by the side of the trail, gave a patriotic speech, full ol 
encouraging words and advice, and before leaving the emigrants, supplied 
them with a portion of his provisions. Most of the colonists settled in Dela- 
ware county, and the vicinity of Worthington, Franklin county Randal R 
Arnold, on coming into Blendon, in L825, became employed with a Mr Cutler 
a millwright, and later became a carpenter and builder, and, it is said a verv 

•-* ! ne - *""• He , " lil1 many of tin- houses in Blendon township and the sur- 

;'"'" l % country. At the beginning of the Mexican War he was on.- of the 

leaders in forming a company for active service. Mr. Arnold was one of the 
surveyors ol the Westerville town plat, in 1839, was elected justice in 1835 and 
served in that capacity lor many years. 

Tin- first child horn in Blendon township was Benjamin Moore 1807 
son of Simeon and Roxanna Moore. The first marriage was that of Ethan 
I aimer and Lovilla ( Hmstead; the first death was that of Eliza F Palmer aged 
eighteen months, in 1817. Ethan Palmer died March 30 1818 The first log 
cabin was built by Isaac Griswold, but a few .lavs after that another was built 
by Edward I 'helps. This was just after the families of both had come in the 
wilderness m 1806. Phelps huilt the tirst frame barn in 1811. The first wheat 

was sown in 1806 by tin- Phelps i Griswold families. The first orchard was 

planted m 1808 by Edward Phelps, an, I some of the trees are still standing The 
trees were brought on horseback from Granville. The fust brick house was 
hml.ahon. 1821 by Colonel George Osborne. The first tavern was opened 
about 1821, at Blendon Corners, by Francis C. Olmstead The stream Big 
Walnut was formerly known as the Gahanna, or Big Belly, the latter being the 
name ol an Indian well known in the country. The tirst" burial place was the 
cemetery near J. W. Jamison's on the Columbus pike. The first road was 
what is now known as the Granville and Worthington road, the line of which 
was run through, in 1805, by Colonel Kilbourne of Worthington, the timber 
being cut later. The mails were carried through on this road on horseback 
in earlier years, from Zanesville to Prhana. There are three post-offices in the 
township, the first established being the one at Blendon Corners, originally 
called Harrison, but changed to the present name when the name of the town- 
ship was altered; it was established in 1824 and Isaac Griswold was the first 
post-master. The Westerville post-office was established in 1846, the tirst post- 
master being Jacob P.. Connelly. The Blendon Institute office was established 
"' IMI ' and "' ,lu ' year following the name was changed to Central College 
the first post-master being Austin Stibbins. The old Presbyterian church°of 
Blendon was made np ol the two .dements of this denomination, from the two 
tides of immigration which met and mingled in Franklin county, the New 
bnglanders and the \ irginians. Those of the latter who were members of the 
Church were mostly the descendants of the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. The 
earliest of the pioneers had no religions meetings up to 1812. Ill that year the 
Rev. James Hoge came to Blendon occasionally, and his first sermon un- 
doubtedly the first Presbyterian service held in the township, was at the log 
cabin ol Robert McCutcheon, which stood in the middle of what is now State 
street, Westerville. Afterward services were held every six weeks at the resi- 
dence of John Cooper. The first regular place for holding religions meetings 
was in a log scl 1 house standing in the northeast corner of what was after- 
ward the Jamison graveyard, built about 1814. Before long this school house 
was I, ,,md inadequate for the accommodation of the aggregations that gath- 
ered to hear Mr. Hoge preach, and in 1820 an addition was' built. The Rev 
Mr. Ebenezer W ashburn came to Blendon in the winter of 1816 17 began mis- 
sionary work in IMS, and it was largely through his efforts, a sufficient num- 
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was organized in the township. Thus the Preebyterir n church < I Blend en 
came into existence in 1820, and was called Lebanon Church, after I ebsinon, 
Virginia. The Central College Baptist church had its origin in Genoa town- 
ship, Delaware county, and only its later history belongs to Blendon. It was 
organized in 1832, and in 1868 the church was removed to Central College, and 
in the same year the church edifice was built, at ;i cosl of two thousand dol- 
lars, the lot being donated by Elder S. G. Barber. The membership has al- 
ways been small, 1 m t the organization lias always been kepi up. 

The Central College Presbyterian church was an off-shoot ol the original 
Presbyterian church of Blendon, and was founded in 1843, being somewhat of 
an adjuncl to the college. The Rev. A. L. Sawyer was the first minister. The 
Blendon Presbyterian church and the Central College church were brought 
into union in September, 1872, and placed under one pastoral charge. A Meth- 
odist elass was organized in Blendon in 1819, the first presiding elder being 
William Swazey. Later on a small church of hewed logs was built south of 
Westerville, and in 1838, a larger church, costing three thousand dollars, was 
erected. The I 'nited Brethren in Christ have held meetings in Westerville 
since 1848, the first minister being the Rev. Isaae Kretzinger. This church 
supported a mission in West Africa. The Evangelical Association was organ- 
ized in the fall of 1S77, and a church erected the same year. The first pastor 
was the Rev. C. L. Crow ther. The year 1838 is memorable in Blendon as, "The 
year of the great camp-naeeting." This meeting resulted in the making of 
many converts, and is noteworthy for another reason. It was at this protracted 
religious service that the necessity for a school, under the Methodist auspices, 
suggested itself to the leading men of the church, and that the first steps were 
taken which led to the establishment of the Blendon Young Men's Academy. 
But it was because of a certain incident that the meeting became widely heard 
of and talked about. The grounds selected for the great gathering were 
on the farm of Matthew Westervelt, just south of the college campus, 
flic principal speaker was the Rev. James Gilruth, and he was assisted 
by the Revs. Uriah Heath, Jacob Young and others. Preacher (iil- 
ruth was a native of .North Carolina and came to Central Ohio with 
Harrison's army. He was a man of unusual force, mentally and phys- 
ically, stood nearly six feet high, weighed about two hundred pounds, 
and was of powerful build. It was said he was the only man in Blen- 
don township who could throw a certain heavy axe over the steeple of the 
old court house in Franklinton. At the camp meeting numerous rowdies or- 
ganized under the leadership of a notorious bully and rough, fr Delaware, 

or some ol the Northern counties, and committed various disgraceful acts. 
While the Rev. Ebenezer Washburn was preaching one evening, this bully, 
supported by his gang of roughs, undertook to pull down the stands used to 
support the lights. He succeeded in breaking down the one nearest the pul- 
pit, when he was caught by a guard, who intended to hand him over to a mag- 
istrate. Although the guard was one of the largest and strongest men in the 
township, the bully caught and threw him to the ground as easily as if he were 
a child, and started around the pulpit for the purpose of extinguishing another 
light. J ust at this time the Rev. ( iilruth slipped quietly from his place on the 
the platform, behind the speaker, and took up a position directly in the bully's 
path. The huge, hulking form of the latter soon confronted Hie preacher and 
they were soon engaged in a scuffle. The bully seized Mr. (iilruth, evidently 
expecting to serve him as he already had the guard upon the other side of the 
platform. I hit he was mistaken in his ability. (iilruth showed himself "a 
fighting parson" of no mean power. The preacher gave him a jerk as he came 
and threw him about a dozen feet forward upon the ground. file rough jump- 
ed up. si k himself, and sprang upon the minister once more, hut again 

found himself landed a considerable distance from his adversary. A third time 
he attempted to best the Rev. Mr. ( iilruth, and they clinched and fell, hut with 



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the parson on top. The bullv gav, 



up, saying to those w lio had fathered 



;""' "! ,!,,MI: ' ; . ,k '- l '" 1 ' ""• '"■ ^< »uch forme." (' this Gilruth arose 

took his antagonist by the arm, lifted him to his feet and started to deliver 
him to he proper authority. To do this i1 was necessary to cross \I ,„ ■• ■ 1 
Wlyn they reached the bank ,1,, defeated bullv objected , cro^sim?™ 7™t" 
and wanted to be carried over in a wagon. Gilruth made no replv, but arch- 
ed bun across, through the water, up the opposite bank, and to'tne house of a 
' r "' the l"- :, °- , ul '"' after ■' Wal. sent him to the county jail. After that 

there was peace at he cam] stings in Blendon and its vicinity 

rhevi lageol \\ esterville, famous as being the seat of Otterbein Cniver- 
sity was ] laid out by Matthew Westerveh in July. ,8.39. The first tavern kept 
'" o.L r g o r S " l "''"' <l '" ' S::,; b - v J"tham Clark. Tin- first stun- wasooened 
m N.iM.vJ. B Connelly. Sylvan us and W. II. Budd were the nex merchants 
and not long after they started, the firm of Harvey & Slaughter was organ zed 
tt esterville is one ol the hnest appearing boroughs of its size in the State l„ 

\ i" i ln Fia f JX CSt Zr me was '""ganized, ; the incorporation was 

granted on July I!.. 1858. The first elect was held on October 11 of "he sm 

year and the officers elected were: Mayor, [ohn Havwood; Recorder Thorn™ 
McFadden; Trustees James Langham, R. M.AValker, P. E. (iuitnerC A Red- 
ding andC. May. A substantial!) ing, including a commodious hall post- 

erect e ;(n!ri87o" ay0rS ° ffice a " d ° ther a P art ments, for public or official use! was 
Previous to November, 1837, Westerville had but one school buildine 

hm, ; h ;."' lv know " as "'V " bri <* - ! ' house," ■ this contained ... I L?«fe 

' et tatlon m ' : "" : " the time of its erection, was considered a n el for sife 

;:;; ;'; ,i ;.;;' , '7 , ' , i l l; was l,lli , l, . in ,s ^ ™* -« "-' time was , ght suffi- 
ciently large for the accommodati t the youth of the village for at least ten 

years But n, ess than five years the increase in po ation made it neces- 
sary to furnish two additional rooms for sc 1 purposes The schools of the 

Is n;'^-' ;, 7 ;i ;;; itl ."o 1^'p.c..,,,,- ,,,-,,„, ,..,,.-<- i,, U,,- county until the erection in 

866-07 of ^the arge 'brick edifice, known as the "Union School Building." 

Irof. A. J \\illoughby was elected superintendent of the schools in 1867 

j^re were three , or four departments but, soon after, a more modern system 

of grading and thorough course ol study was : pted, ar.d tin- scl Is soon 

attained a high degree oi excellence. The course of stu.lv was again revised 

!" i8 J S ' and s """' ' riant changes in text books made. ' The course of study 

has been so arranged (bat students graduating may enter tin- freshman class 
class in ( >tterbein I niversity. 

Most of the physicians of Blendon have been located in Westerville, but 

m early years the people oi the township relied , „ the Worthington doctors 

Among die hrs physicians here were Drs. A. (,. Stevens,,,,, Thomas MeFad- 
den ami J. \\ . I ),iru,M. 

The Blendon Y/oung Men's Seminary, located at Westerville, was an 
educational institution, inaugurated under tin- auspices of tin- Metl ists and 

n'.snl .!m,!T 'Tm'",'' 1 <l ' , ', <, ! 1, ' rl ' riM ^^reity. The movement whirl, 
resulted in its estabhshmen had ,,s inception at the great camp meeting of 
S " S - At the conference which followed a committee, appointed with discre- 
tion ary powers decided to open the school, an February 9, 1839, an act was 

pass,, I by the Legislature oi Oh,,,, incorporating the school under tin- title 
ab "ve given Ma.thew \\ estervell donated twenty-five acres of land on whirl, 
to establish the seminary. Suitable buildings were erected and the school was 

opened under the , I, recti, ' J. C. Kingsley and George Blair. The school 

flourished for a nun, her ,, . ears, |„,t began to decline after the opening of the 

Ol o \ esleyan niversity ui Delaware, ■ in consequence of its influence 

being thus diverted, H was decided to tender the ground and buildings to the 
. mted Brethren, on condition that they should establish a school an, I assume 
he indebtedness of the Methodisl institution, amounting to about twelve 
hundred dollars. I hi s offer was accepted. 

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The most noteworthy institution of Westerville is the Otterbein Univer- 
sity of < )hio, so called from Philip William Otterbein, the founder of the I ' nited 
Brethren in Christ, under whose auspices the University was tirs. established. 
It was chartered in 1849, by the Legislature of Ohio, with university privileges, 
the names of the first trustees being: Lewis Davis, David I )resback and William 
Hanby, of the Scioto annual conference of the church of the United Brethren 
in Christ, and Jacob Barger, Peter Flack and P. Hurlburt, of the Sandusky 
conference of the same church. Westerville is located twelve miles from Co- 
lumbus, the State Capital, and the college campus comprises about eight acres. 
The ladies' boarding hall, with its playground, occupies about an aire. When 
the site was purchased then- wen- two buildings already erected, one a frame 
building, two stories in height used for cabinet, chapel, recitation rooms, etc.; 
the other an unfinished, three storied brick building used as a boarding ball for 
young ladies. These afforded sufficient accommodation in the beginning, but 
soon there was need of a building for young men and in 1 S.~> 1 a hall was built 
by a friend of the institution, Jacob Sauni, of the Miami Valley, and in his 
honor it was named Saum Hall. This building, designed as a dormitory for 
young men, was three stories in height and rectangular in form, but with no 
pretense of architectural beauty. As the University grew and prospered it 
became necessary to erect another building, which could afford a larger chapel 
and more commodious recitation rooms. In 1854 arrangements were made for 
the erection of a new building, and the work was begun the following spring, 
but the structure was never entirely completed. The chapel vvasoccupied and 
a number of recitation rooms, and rooms for the literary societies were put in 
order. The trustees were hindered in their plans and from want of means, 
finished rooms only as they were needed. This building was burned in 
1S70. A religious meeting was in progress in the chapel on the evening of the 
twenty-sixth of January of that year, and after the assembly had been dis- 
missed, the building was closed by the janitor, who resided in it. About one 
o'clock in the morning the alarm of tire was given and the citizens awakened 
from their slumbers, rushed out to witness the most extensive conflagration 
that had ever occurred in the community. The main college building was in 
flames and the tire making such rapid progress that all hope of staying its 
ravages was abandoned. In a few hours the stately edifice was reduced to 
ashes. With the exception of some chemical and philosophical apparatus 
and a few articles of minor importance, the loss was total, including the build- 
ing with all its furniture, the college library of over three thousand volumes, 
including a copy of the Sinaitic manuscript, presented by the emperor of 
Russia, and the finely furnished hall and select libraries of the literary societies. 
fhe loss was estimated at fifty thousand dollars, fortunately relieved by an 
insurance of fifty thousand dollars. Measures were at once instituted to 
replace the heavy loss to tin- institution. The board of trustees was summoned 
to meet in extra session, February 15, 1!S70. Meanwhile public meetings were 
held in Westerville, and this community and Columbus were canvassed for 
subscriptions to rebuild. When the trustees met in February, a proposition was 
presented to reopen the question of location, and offer the University to the 
community in Ohio proposing the greatest inducements in money and friends, 
at the regular meeting in May, 1870. When the propositions were canvassed, 
the one from the citizens of Westerville seemed the most favorable, although 
others were valuable, and it was agreed to re-locate at this place. Plans lor a 
college building were invited from several architects, and the one submitted 
by l\. T. Brooks, of Columbus was selected, 'fhe building was advertised for 
proposals, and the contract finally let to A. R. Cornell, of Newark, Ohio, for 
twenty-seven thousand, three hundred and forty-five dollars, and the material 
ol the old building, the new building to be completed by the first id' August, 
1871. fhe building is an imposing structure, four stories in height, and con 
tains a large chapel room, spacious society halls, library and reading rooms, 

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FERN NORMAN VESEY, 

Fern Norman Veseywas born on a farm near Columbus, Ohio, December 19, 1881. 
He is the son of S. A. Vesey, the well-known publisher and business man of Columbus. 

The subject of this sketch, Fern Norman Vesey, is one of the brightestof the young 
sons of Franklin county, and is already proving himself to be both an honor and a 
blessing to his parents, who naturally take a deep and affectionate interest in his wel- 
fare and success in life. 

He received his education in the public schools of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 
the well and widely known Parsons Business College of Columbus. Ohio, in both of 
which he stood high in his classes and was turned out with a thoroughly practical 
education, peculiarly fitting him to successfully and creditably wage the battle of life. 

During the whole of his life he has been of a studious and practical turn of mind, 
devoted to his parents and anxious to return them in full measure the care and aifec- 
tion they have so constantly and willingly bestowed upon him. 

In politics, although just approaching the voting age, he is a thorough-going 
Republican. 

During the first seven years of his life he lived on a farm, and then removed with 
his parents to Columbus, where he remained one year. At the age of eight he went 
with his parents to the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he resided for three years. 

He then removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he has resided since, except during 
his attendance upon college in the City of Columbus, Ohio. He is now connected with 
the firm of F. F. Ransford & Co , of Chicago, 111. 

He is a young man of great natural abilities, fine acquirements and unusual push 
and energy, and, with the best part of his life yet before him, promises to add all that is 
worthy and commendable to his life's history. He commands the highest confidence 
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laboratory tuitj numerous large and convenienl recitation and other r s, 

-iillic -it- 1 1 1 for all existing wants. A description of lliis building, published a1 
the time, is as follows: The architectural design of the building is happily 
conceived and makes a pleasing impression from whatever point approached. 
The height "I the central portion is four stories, including that under the 
Mansard roof, and that of the wings three stories. One of the most marked 
interior improvements of the building, over that of the old, is the college 
chapel. Instead oi the former immensely overgrown and unnecessary parallel 
ogram, in which it was difficult for any but an experienced elocutionist to make 

himself heard by more thai -half the audience, there is now an auditorium, 

built alter t lie style ol the modern theatre, with special reference to bringing 
the largest number of auditors within easy hearing distance of the rostrum. A 
spacious gallery, extending around I. et ween the opposite points of the arc, adds 
greatly to the seating of the room, the seats in the gallery being in almost all 
respects fully as desirable as those on the floor. The seating capacity of the hall 
is sufficient for about eight hundred persons. The room is everywhere adapted 
to all purposes, whether for chapel uses, public worship, or commencement 
exercises. The < tothic style ..I the architect ore is mainly foil.. wed in the stvle 
of the building. 

The history of this institution, like that of most of those founded in the 
earl ier set t lenient ol our country, affords another example of success accomp- 
lished under the most ad verse circumstances. The men win. founded the Uni- 
versity were men oi strong faith. The vast majority of the church were not in 
favor with the movement, in fact, many were diametrically opposed to it. The v 

had i mey, therefore, to give to its support. Not only the young people, 

but the lathers of the church, had to be educated to appreciate its wants The 
records of the trustees, in the early days of the University, show that the mana- 
gers of the institution were often beset with perplexities. Time and again 
they met, when debts were pressing them, without knowing which way to 
meet their obligations. They would adjourn to meet again, with the assurance 
that succor would come, but in what direction, or from what source, thev 
COUld not tell. 

The men win. founded this University had no previous experience in the 
management of institutions of learning. In admitting ladies into the college 
on the same terms as gentleman, in permitting them to recite in the same 
classes, take the same courses of study, and receive the same degrees, they 
build eel better they knew. \ot being able to build and maintain separate 
institutions, thev wisely Concluded to put both sexes into the same school. 
The successful after experience in the co-education of the sexes hasshown that 
better results are secured in mental and moral culture, better discipline 
obtained, and a more harmonious development of character produced, than in 
the old way. 

Provisions were originally made for the maintenance of the manual 
labor system, but it was never brought practically into vogue. The discus- 
sions held upon the question, developed much feeling. This led to another 
trouble, which almost crushed the University. Arrangements had been made 
for securing an endowment fund by the sale of scholarships, but after a great 
(leal ol trouble and expense in selling the scholarships, the scheme was aban- 
doned. In the year istin it was felt that another effort must be made to endow, 
or no permanency could be secured. It was determined to ask voluntary con- 
tributions from the people. Agents were put to work and the results attained 
were of the most liberal and satisfactory character. 

\o one person has greater claim to the honor of being the founder of the 
University than the Rev. be wis I )a vis, I ). I )., for none labored more faithfully 
in its interests, nor accomplished greater results. After the first six months 
he became president of the University, and for eighteen years, amid troubles, 
cares and perplexities, financial and otherwise, he was its honored head. 

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The collegiate department of the University offers two full courses <>f 
studv, the classical and scientific, each requiring tour full years for satisfac- 
tory completion. 

The classical course leads to thedegree of Bachelor of Arts, and is in its 
general character, identical with that which is offered by the leading colleges 
and universities of the Union. It requires long and progressive study of the 
Greek and Latin language, mathematics, natural sciences, philosophy, history, 
political science, metaphysics, and morals, and furnishes that knowledge and 
training which those who are competent to judge pronounce the paramount 
qualification for any profession or station in life. 

The scientific course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science, is adapt- 
to the wants of those who, for any reason, may not desire to spend in study the 
longer time required to complete the classical course. It does not require 
Greek, but will accept Greek, French or (iennaii instead of the Latin required, 
[n other respects it is not essentially different from the classical course, and 
classical and scientific students recite in the same classes, if their studies are 
the same. A very valuable means of improvement are the literary societies of 
tin- University. Bach of these societies has a commodious, well furnished hall, 
and a valuable library. 

Central College was the name of an educational institution of a small 
village which grew up around it. The first educational enterprise was a 
school taught at this place by the Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, the pioneer of 
higher education in Blendon, in a building long since demolished. About 1835 
'Squire Timothy Lee took measures toward the realization of what had long 
been a cherished idea, the establishment of a permanent and valuable seat of 
learning. With this idea in view he made liberal proposals to the New School 
branch of the Presbyterian church. The Preshytery of Franklin accepted his 
generously offered gift of money, lands and building. He gave a tract of one 
hundred acres of land and erected, at his own expense all of the buildings nec- 
essary, a large brick dormitory, three stories in height, a dwelling house and 
two buildings for use, respectively, as chapel and recitation rooms. Rev. L. A. 
Sawyer was the first president, and the Rev. Ebenezer Washburn was made' 
professor of natural philosophy, mathematics and astronomy. In 1872 and the 
following year the buildings were repaired, and the institution passed under 
the control of the Presbytery of Columbus, with which the Presbytery of Ma- 
rion was soon after brought to unite. Central College aimed to do academic 
and preparatory work for colleges, and received pupils of either sex. This col- 
lege fulfilled excellent service for many years, but larger institutions were or- 
ganized and the college ceased to exist. Its abandoned buildings are now 
pointed out as an object of interest to the sightseer. The village of Amalthea, 
or Central College, was laid out by the college board of trustees on the lands 
of 'Squire Timothy Lee in 1849. 

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP. 

This was originally a portion of the old township of Liberty, erected at 
the time of the division of the county in 1803, and continued such until 1811, 
when the township was established and organized with its present boundaries. 
It is just live miles square, and belonged to the division known as the United 
States Military lands. The township was first settled by emigrants from 
Pennsylvania, who gave the place the name of their old governor Mifflin. 

The land in the township is level, or slightly undulating, except along 
the two principal streams, Alum and Walnut creeks, which flow from north 
to south, the former in the western, the latter in the eastern part. The beds 
of these streams are quite deeply sunken, and in many places they have pre- 
cipitous banks of a shaly slate formation. Along Alum creek the greatest 
uneveness is exhibited. The bottom lands of this stream and Big Walnut, 
contain the richest soil in the township. The uplands are also fertile, and pro- 
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duce sfine ; wheat, being composed of what is generally known as the "yellow 
ber pi-evaded' Chongln : '" y bore * heavy forest in which that variety of ii„. 

Deer and small game was veryplentiful in the early days of Mifflin town- 
ship. A great hunter at thai period, was James Price, who had a notable rec- 
ord as a deer slayer. He possessed a natural instinct for hunting, and his 
knowledge ol the woods, and ol the habits of animals was so thorough that 
when he went gunning, he seldom failed to return within a half hour with a 

: Ch V' V" 1 :"" ' l " l , lnS 8hou Wer, or some other game slung across his back 

He supplied not only his own family but also the neighbors with venison arid 
other meats and often, when the larder was low, his trusty rifle was brouih 

into requisition with g effect. It was thought that from the time ofhha 

riva in Mifflin (1811) to the time the deer disappeared from the wo,,, about 
1848), he killed as many as five hundred deer, to say nothing of smaller game 

, v./"'/ , ';; l ',',"""-' "' w T Wt !""• : "" 1 ' :,s late :,s ,s - (i ' tri - 1 -' «>w she^wcdf 

qtntlnd^ery ^d^iSrSoS 007 " 108 "' : '" ""' ^'"^ h ™'" s " '" '""- *- 

er a sah'"' I''"!- 1 , 1 ' l,: " 1 s . ome + ex P e . rience f. whi ch proved deer hunting not altogeth- 
ei a sate sport, one adventure, in particular showing its danger One evenino- 
he took Ins small bore rifle, and the tomahawk whifh he always carrieT wleS 

hunting an, wen, into the w s to cut a few p poles, winch he needed 

t was customary in those days to carry a gun, whenever going any distance 
from the cabin either for self defense, or to bring down any game tha , , 
be encountered On this occasion Mr. Price had gone but a short distance 
when he saw a fine, large deer, at which he fired, bringing it down Sunnos 
; nK 1 M. : h li; lea,M 1 ea 1;P roae,n.H,,n.annna..la 1( lhis^n H,,wn' :^ p ?£££ 
"^e the skm an, ehou-,- parts ot.neat. Just as he drew his tomahawk 
From Ins belt the deer, quick as lightning, sprang to its feet and came 
unonslv at him He aimed a blow at the deer's head, but the handle of t he 
omahawk, struck one o. the deer's horns, and the weapon .lew Iron, his hand 
landing many feet away. 1 hen a life or death struggle began between the 
weaponless man and the mfuriated animal. The deer tried to gore Price with 
its horns, but he, being a very powerful man, held the animal so that it could 
not reach urn. He was jerked violently backward and forward, however, 

hlclothinr/nd f trUC H kt ^ rlbl ^ bl , T SU P° nhis P erson ' cuttin g entirely thr'ough 
his clothing, and producing painful wounds. The deer jumped upon Price 
frequently until he finally became so weakened by the loss of blood and the 
violence of the conflict that he was scarcely able to stand. The fight lasted 
about a hall an hour, and ended in a singular way, just as Mr. Price was about 

all its strength and when the strain was most severe, Mr. Price suddenly re- 
laxed Ins hold, thinking to dodge behind a tree before the animal could reach 
him As he let go, the deer reared upon its hind feet, ; fell heavily back- 
ward. As it made a struggle to rise he saw that one of its horns had caught 
fast under the roof ol an elm tree. Price was quick to seize advantage of the 
Situation and, drawing his pocket knife, cut the .leer's throat. When he arrived 

home he was m a very pitiable o ition. His clothing was bloodstained and 

hung upon Ins person ,„ tatters; his face cut and bruised so as to be scarcely 
recognizable and Ins left thumb was out of joint and his strength completely 
exhausted ( n another occasion Mr. Price was so badly injured by a 
had shot that he managed to crawl home in half a day" with great difficulty! 
although the distance he had to travel was not more than a mile and a half ' 

.limin township was organized and established within itspresent limits 
in 1811, previous to which ,t was, in common with Blendon and (.Iters,,,,, at- 
nmq r'ism n ,'' U ' KI I ,,,r l»'scs. to Plain. The township' was settled 
in l799orl8(X). I he first settler was, probably. William Read. He became a 
prominent man. a,, associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas and a mem- 






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l,,. ,- ,,f tlir Legislature. I lis son Adam, who was also at one time a member of 
the Legislature, was killed at the raising of a log barn. The Dean's were prom- 
inent earlv settlers, and they took up a thousand acres of land in the Western 
part of the township. On their land there originally stood a giant sycamore 
tree, s<> large that after it was felled, a horse and rider could pass through its 
hollow. Ebenezer Dean built one of the first mills in the township. Other 
earlv settlers were: Frederick Agler, Daniel Turney, George and Barbara 
Baughman, John Saul, fames Price, John Scott and sons, Louis Patterson and 
son Philander, Andrew 8. Smiley, James Latta, John Starrett, William Smith, 
Nathaniel Harris, D. Stygler, George Bartlett, John Clark, Robert Paull, 
Thomas G. Schrock, John Dalzell, Zachariah Kramer, John Dill and wife, Janus 
Park, George and Helen Harwood, Henry and Henrietta Carpenter, and Sarah 
Crouse Ramsey. 

The tirst post -office in the township was established at Gahanna in 1849, 
and the first postmaster was Thomas Young. Another was established on 
Alum Creek in 1851, the postmaster being Jeremiah Lasnre. 

I'he village of Gahanna or Bridgport, located in the east part of the 
township upon Big Walnut creek, was laid out in 184U and 1853, the Gahanna 
section, in the former year, by John Clark, the Bridgport part in 1853 by Jesse 
Baughman. 

fhe tirst marriage in Mifflin township was that of James Scott to |udy 
McMaraway; the fust death that of a daughter of Abe Anderson, 'flu" tirst 
tavern was kept by George Read. The tirst road in the township was the old 
Zanesx ille road, leading to Columbus, and running through the southern part 
of the township. Some of the early settlers came in on this road, and then cut 
their way through the forest to their locations. This road was long since 
abandoned. The first brick house was built about 1815. fhe fust grist mill in 
the township was built in 1859 by Joel and Jesse Baughman. fhe first physi- 
cian was Samuel Stambaugh in 1846. 

St. Marx's of the Springs, a Catholic seminary for young ladies, es- 
tablished in l!S(iS, is beautifully situated near the Southwest corner of Mifflin 
township, and just three miles from Columbus, 'there are several excellent 
springs from which flows an abundance of pure, cold water, and to this cir- 
cumstance the institution owes part of its name. There is also an iron spring 
and a white sulphur spring, which are said to be among the most valuable 
medicinal springs in the State, 'fhe academy, which is under the superintend- 
ence of the Dominican Sisters, is a large, three-storied structure, equipped 
with all the conveniences and luxuries that belong to a place of this kind. 

The first religious services in Mifflin were held by the Presbyterian min- 
ister, the Rev. Ebenezer Washburn, in 1819, the exercises being held in the 
barn of William Smith. In the same year the Rev. Charles Henkle founded a 
Lutheran church. The Methodists established a class a few years later, and 
the Evangelical association also had a church here. 

NORWICH TOWNSHIP 

Norwich was originally a part of Franklin township, but in 1809, when 
Washington was organized, it became a portion of that township, and so con- 
tinued until 1813, when it was laid out and organized under its present name. 
It at that time included what is now the south part of Perry, until that town- 
ship was established in 1820. There was no post-office until 1852, and the in- 
habitants were obliged to go a considerable distance to obtain their mail, as 
well as for all purposes of trade. 

The bank of the Scioto in Norwich township, was a favorite camping 
ground of the Wyandot Indians. fhe old chief. Crane, had his camp on land 
afterward owned by Abraham Sells, and with members of his band occupied 
the land for some time after the arrival of the tirst settlers. fhe river was, at 
that time, tilled with the finest of fish, chief among them being the large yel- 

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VESEY. 



Among the energetic, pushing ai. id citizens of Columbus, but few if any 

outrank S. A. Ve.-ey. wno w is b irn on trie 8th day of December, 1853, on a farm which 
is located on the old Hebron Road about seven miles east of Columbus. On this farm 
he spent his early years, and received that training which so well equipped and fitted 
himforthe future battle of life. His father was Mr. Z. Vesey , a prominent farmer in 
thatpartof Franklmcounty and well-known m that section, who married Miss Catha- 
rine Swisher, and to whom we> e born five children, two sons and three daughters. One 
daughter is deceased. 

The member of the family now under consideration attended the public schools in 
the country and then came to Columbus, attending the State Street school and the 
High school. While securing a good and thor lughly practical education, he did not 
form the erroneous conclusion that the farm is not the proper place for a man. On the 
contrary he thought the contrary, and repeatedly demonstrated the adv. mt . n !• :- 
education for the farmer, for he beganlife as a farmer, and made a success of it. Making 
ap hismind that a man ought to excel in whatever he undertakes, he ''broke up" and 
planted three hundred acres m corn on.' year, ind when he got through husking and 
hauling to market before Christmas, he found that he had 18,000 busnels of corn, the 
largest cron ever raised in anyone year by any farmer in Franklin county befm 
since. Having done this, he evidently arrived at the conclusion that he could afford to 
quit farming and horse-raising, in which he also engaged successfully, at least until 
some one else raised a larger corn crop. Accordingly, in 1889, he removed to Milwau- 
kee, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the Jewelry a w l Purn ness, in which he 



continued until 1896. In that year he conceived the idea of entering the historical 
publishing business, and in this he has been very successful. City and county his- 
tories have engaged his closest attention for thelast five or six yeais, and he nas man- 
aged and published many of them during the time. He put out more than l/.OGO 
books in the City of Chicago alone. He is the publisher of the History of FranKhn 
County which you arenow and have been for some time reading, and it will give you 
an idea of the kind of work he does. He has one son, Fern Norman Vesey, a bright 
young man, now living in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Vesey is a Republican, and being an 
extremely modest man, never sought or held office. He has resided in Columbus and 
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low salmon ; for, ii must be remembered thai ;i( that time the land had not 
been cultivated, and the water of the Scioto was pure and clear, it being fed 
mainly l>y springs. This noble fish lias long since been driven away, and 
1)3* the damming of the river, many other fine fish cannot come to the upper 
waters of the stream. The forests along the banks, and back into the country 
were filled with game, and this section was a veritable paradise for the Redman. 

The first settlers in what is now Norwich township were Daniel I trunk 
and family, who came here in 1807. The Rev. Benjamin Britton settled next 
to Brunk shortly afterward. He was a Christian, or "New Light" preacher, 

ami early organized a church of that de nination, in which be was assisted 

by the Rev. Mr. Fisher of Worthington. A log structure was built lor use as a 
church, and was occupied hut a lew years, when the church was disbanded and 
the building was turned into a dwelling. The members afterward joined the 
congregation at Dublin. The next settlers were Isaac Grace, George Rager and 
I Vter Latimer, ami after them came Samuel Davis and family iii ls| I. Davis 
was horn in Connecticut, and in 17s."), when about twenty years id" age, etui 

grated to Kentucky. There he became employed by Major Si i Kenton as a 

spy among the Indians, to warn settlers of intended raids by the savages. 
There were twelve men thus employed, six being on duty at a time. Davis 
served as a spy three years, and at one time, when trapping with a man named 
Campbell, both were captured by the Indians, when camped on the Big Sandy. 
They were tightly hound for security, and Davis' bonds hurt him so he could 
not sleep. The Indian who had charge of him, on inquiring the matter, order 
ed one of his young men to loosen his thongs. Watching his opportunity 
Davis leaped across a small run into a thicket and escaped, hut with scarcely 
any clothing. For six days he traveled with no food, other than wild loots, in 
a cold March air, until he reached the settlement. Campbell was taken to De 
t roit and sold to a Frenchman, whence be eventually secured his freedom. A I 
ter the close of the Indian War, General Massey and thirty nun came to Ohio 
and laid out the town of Chillicothe. Mr. Davis and General McArthur, after 
wards governor of < )hio, came to Chillicothe about 1796, and were employed as 
hunters lor t he camp. After the survey of Chillicothe was made, Mr. Davis 
received a lot in the town on which he built a house, where he lived one year. 
Me then boughl land in the Pee Wee bottoms, where he remained two years. 
Me next moved into Buckskin township, K'oss county, where he purchased 
five hundred acres of land on which he resided until isi l, clearing and im 

proving his farm. In 1814 he came to Norwich and purchased three I I red 

and eighty acres of land. When in Connecticut he had learned the silver 
smith business, hut on his settlement in Kentucky, worked at blacksmithing 
and gunsmith ing. Me started a shop on bis land in Norwich township, where 
he worked until just before his death in 1849, his farm being cleared by hired 
help. Me was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and served two years, and 
was also in the War of is 12. At the time of his death he was a Revolutionary 
pensii trier. 

Kphraim Fisher came to Norwich in 1818 and built a long cabin here. 

It was a small 1 se, twelve by fourteen feet in size, and with no floor, and oak 

clapboards were split on which to place the bed. Mr. Fisher and his lamilv 

came to this country in a large Pennsylvania wagon, drawn by four horses, 
and brought with them two cows and calves. Their cows and a calf died of 
murrain, and t hey w ere obliged to go two miles through the woods from their 
cabin lor what milk they used. Their son, George Fisher, was clothed for 
many years in buckskin, or until the time when they could raise and spin flax. 
Other early settlers in Norwich were: William Armistead, Asa Wilcox, 
Robert Elliott, Henry McCracken, Moses Mart, Harmon Groom, Martin Miller, 
Francis Wilcox, Samuel King, John Laird, John VanSchoyck, Daniel Roberts, 
John McCann, Ezekiel Latimer, William Watts, Samuel Paxton, David Thomas, 
David Smiley, Edmund Warren, Isaac Davidson, Abraham Sells, fonathan 

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TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES 

Charles Peyton, Apollos Rogers, Daniel Averj' and Messrs. Hopper, Everett and 
Cutler. 

The first school in the township was opened in a log building at Smiley's 
Corners on the river road, and was in operation about 1N14. A special school 
district was cut off in Milliard in 1870, although schools had been kept at and 
near the place for many years previous to that date. In 1S7S the brick school 
house was condemned as insecure, was torn down ami a new one erected, the 
latter being lor four schools. 

The harness used by early settlers was often unique, being sometimes 
composed of hickory withes, basswood hark and moosew 1. 

The pioneers made lamps by scraping a hole in a turnip, which was tilled 
with yrease and a tow wick inserted therein to burn. The light given was, 
necessarily, never very strong, hut the early settlers had no daily papers to read 
after the day's work was done, and generally were too exhausted to read, had 
there been a bountiful supply of printed matter. 

Wheat was winnowed by swinging sheets, a splint riddle being used. 
Two men swung the sheet, while a third handled the riddle. 

Samuel Davis, in 1814, planted the first orchard in Norwich bringingthe 
trees here from Franklinton. The first burial ground was in the north part of 
the township, on land belonging to Daniel Brunk. A saw mill was built in 1SI5U 
by Samuel Cox, a grist mill, in 1845, by Joseph Corbin. Dr. St reeter was the 
tirst physician, later ones being Drs. Hamilton, W. H. fewett, Taggart, R. Z. 
Seeds and Merryman. A steam sawmill was built at Milliard, in 1854, by 
James Ralston and Kilpatrick. Warehouses were built in 1853 by fohn R. 
Milliard. The first justice of the peace was Miskell Saunders, in 1833. He 
was killed by a fall from a horse. On the stone over his grave is 
the inscription: "He died a Christian and a Democrat." It was said at the time 
that while of the former there was a shadow of a suspicion, of the latter there 
was no doubt. 

A grand squirrel hunt lasting two days, was organized in 1830, and 
prizes were offered for the greatest number of animals killed. The tirst prize, 
amounting to eighty bushels of corn, was won by Abraham Sells, who killed 
one hundred and fifty squirrels. Forty bushels of corn, the second prize, was 
won by Moses Davis, who killed a hundred and forty squirrels. These ani- 
mals weii' at that time a plague, and worked great harm to the farmers' crops. 

About the time of the building of the Columbus, Piqua and Indiana rail- 
road in 1853, John R. Milliard caused his farm to he surveyed and divided into 
village lots, thus forming the village of Milliard, which was incorporated in 
1869, the tirst officers being: Mayor, |ohn R. L. Seegur; Clerk, A. M. Gray; 
Council, \V, M. Jewett, J. S. Britton, William Matthews, Nathan Landaker 
John Godown and A. M. A, Forshee. 

The tirst ehureh was the Wesley Methodist, which was organized as a 
class about 1832, and preaching was had by local ministers, in Armistead's 
barn and in other places up to ISISli, when a small frame church was erected. 
In 1850 this was torn down and a brick church built in its place. For some- 
time after this the Congregation had bad luck with their place of worship. 
The brick church erected in 1850 blew down in 1852. It was replaced by a new 
one and, within a year, this was also blown down, and a third one was built. 

St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran church (German I was organized in the 
south part of Norwich, in 1 S 17, among the tirst members being Matthias Fladt, 
Matthias Spindler and John Koener. A hewed log house was built soon after 
the church was organized, which was used until is7'_', when a substantial brick 
edifice was erected, costing five thousand one hundred dollars. Meantime the 
old loo house had been used as a church school, at which reading and writing, 
German and the church catechism were taught. The tirst pastor of the 
church was the Rev. Adam Ernst, Rev. M. Bauer tin- second, and the Rev. 
Henry Moist t he third. A church of the United Brethren was organized at 

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die old log scl I house, aboul 1852, but it was continued for a year only. The 

Disciple Church .it Hilliard was buill about IK53, as a union church, by mem- 
bers of the Christian Church and of the Disciple Church. The Christian Church 
was organized the first, bul practically became disbanded in 1*77. TheColwill 
Methodisl Episcopal church was organized in the winter of lN7(i 7, and a house 
ill worship erected about two miles southwest of Hilliard. The lirst members 
were: John Colwill, Philip Clover, Mr. Harlow, Henry Culp, Harvey Simp- 
kins, together with their respective wives. The Methodisl Episcopal church 
at Hilliard was lirst organized as a class in a log school house, about 1842. 
Meetings were held there until 1853, when the school house was burned bv 
some persons who opposed having meetings held there, hi 1854 the class was 
divided on the question of building a church, eight of the members being in 
favor ol the old site, and seven insisting on erecting a church at Hilliard Sta- 
tion. The latter party circulated a subscription paper, which carried their 
point, and in 1854 the church was built at Hilliard. The church had a steady 
growth, and in 1876 had a membership of over three h undred. 
MARION TOWNSHIP. 

This township is bounded mi the north by Clinton and Mifflin townships; 
mi the east by Truro and Madison townships, on the south by Hamilton, and 
on the west, by the city of Columbus and the Scioto river. It is an irregular- 
ly formed township, almost encircling Columbus, and was formed on Februa- 
ry 24, 1873, by order of the county commissioners. It was named after the 
Marion family, who resided in the township. The land is level and the soil 
consists largely of clay, although there are some rich bottom lands along Alum 
creek, which i s t he largest water course in Marion, being a western branch of 
Big Walnut, and of nearly equal magnitude. It rises in the northeastern part 
ol Delaware county, Hows in a southerly direction, through the eastern part of 
this township, marking the eastern limits of the city id' Columbus, and unites 
with Big Walnut some eight miles southeast of the city in Madison township. 

Though hard lor the present generation to realize, yet it is true that in 
tin' forepart of the century Marion township, now fully cultivated, and bor- 
dering a city of an eighth of a million inhabitants, was covered with a wilder- 
ness of forest and abounded with wild beasts. Game of all kinds filled the 
woods, and deer, wild turkeys and smaller game, were particularly abundant. 
While bears were scarce, yet wolves roamed in large numbers and caused 
great annoyance, often killing tin- settlers' sheep, even under the walls of their 
cabins, and even attacking calves and young cattle. A wolf once attacked a 
call owned by John White, while a social party of settlers was being held hut 
a short distance away. In 1804, or thereabouts, William Hamilton shot a 
large panther in Hamilton township, after having followed him for an entire 
night. Such were among the tribulations and diversions of the early pioneer. 
Indians of the Wyandot tribe had an encampment in the early settlement of 

the townshi] Alum creek, near the residence of Colonel Livingstone. They 

hunted in the surrounding region, and though friendly with the Whites, 
would occasionally steal a horse from them. One was stolen from John 
White, on which Mrs. White had ridden all the way from Pennsylvania, and 
another horse was stolen from William Hamilton. Hut, with the exception of 
a theft ot this kind occasionally, the pioneers suffered no annoyances from the 
K'ei I men. 

The lirst settlements in Marion were made along Alum creek, and were 

begun al t the year 1799, most of the early comers being from Mifflin county. 

Oneof the lirst families was that of David Nelson, Sr., who located south of 
where Columbus now stands. After occupying a cabin lor a number of years, 
he built, in 1819, a frame house, in which be lived up to the time of his death. 
Another pioneer, William I I a mi It on. d ied in 1802, and his death was the lirst 
to occur in the township. lie had a large family of children who were hound 
out d i oi hers after their father's demise. 

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John White, in 1 sui , located on the creek on land then o\\ tied l>\ Edw arc! 
Livingstone. I lis wife rode all the way from M ifflin county, Pennsylvania, on 
horsehack, and the family arrived in Marion on the Fourth of July. After liv- 
ing some three years on the creek, during which period he made some im 
provements, erecting a double log house and clearing about fifteen acres of 
land, he purchased fifty acres of land from Messrs. Mills and Stanberry, and 
built thereon a hewed loghouse, in which he lived until his death in 1828, at 
the advanced age of ninety-six years. He was a soldier in the Revolutionarj 
War. Colonel Edward C. Livingstone came to this county from Saratoga 
county, New i'ork, in 1804, and became the agenl for the sale of considerable 
land in Franklin and Licking counties. In March, IS117. he was married to 
Martha, daughter of David Nelson, Sr., and settled on Alum creek. Here he 
erected a frame house as early as 1 SOS or 1809, this being the first frame build- 
ing in the township, lie was a man of much force of character and native 
abilitv, and a worthy descendant of the old and distinguished family of l.i\ 
ingstones, of New York, lie was elected associate judge of Franklin county in 
1821. Ind-e Livingstone died November 13, 1843, aged 61; his wife died August 
30, 1855. William Marion, Sr.. came from Boston, Mass., in 1807, in company 
with William Palmer, who afterward owned the Yeager property, lie was 
then single, but a year or two after his arrival he married Sally W'aite, who 
came with her father, |enks Waite, from Johnstown, New York, INI!<>. After 
residing in Franklinton about a year, he settled on the Chillicothe road, just 
north of the city of Columbus. He owned in connection with his brother, 
Nathaniel, and sister. Mrs. Morrill, some seventeen or eighteen hundred acres 
oi Refugee land in Montgomery and Truro townships, lie died in ls:i7, aged 
fifty. Marion township was named after him and his family. Colonel Frank 
enberg, an early settler, came from Hanover, Germany, lie assisted in 1814, 
in driving Napoleon back into France, being then a lieutenant of artillery. 
Ilis military title was derived from the fact that, in the old militia days 
he was a colonel of militia in this State. Other early settlers were: George 
Turner, William Shaw. William Reed, John Starr. Nathaniel Hamlin, John 
McGown, afterward proprietors of the present site of Columbus; An 
.hew Culbertson, William Mooberry, Thomas Hamilton, Alfred E. Stuart, 
Moses Morrill, Adam Knrhart, assessor of the township for many years, and 
director of the county infirmary for several terms; David Aultman, Jacob 
Hare, John Wallace, Herman Ochs, David Nelson. 

The first school in Marion was kept in a cabin on the old Bartholomew 
farm, in 1812, a lad\ , name now unknown, being the teacher. A frame school- 
house was builton the Morrill farm as early as 1822 or 1823, in which the first 
school was taught h\ a male teacher by the name of Christy, l'he fust meet- 
ing house was that erected on the old Moobcrrv farm by tin- 1 'rcsby 
terians, the Rev. Dr. Hoge being the fust preacher. l'he Evangelical 
Lutheran church society began the erection of a brick edifice, costing 
over ten thousand dollars in 1873. 'l'he church society was formal- 
ly organized in isTs l>\ the Revs. W. F. Lehmann and C. A. Frank of 
the Capital University. The first mill on Alum creek, in Marion town 
ship, was a saw mill "built by David Nelson, the elder, about the year 1820 
where tile Nelson grist mill afterwards stood. It was operated tor ma nv years, 
when it was removed and the grist mill took its place. l'he mill was weather- 
boarded with walnut and much id' the inside work consisted of the same wood. 
Black walnut timber, in the earl}' days of the township, was \ cry abundant. A 
grisl mill was built about sixty years ago by Jacob Eberly, in the southeast 
part of the township, and before that a saw mill and a st ill house were built bv 
Adam Earhart. In 1843, Messrs. C. Colgate and Julius J.Wood establisheda 
starch factory south of Columbus, and the business was continued by them 
until I ss.,t;, when Clark A: Wood succeeded. In 1849 Mr. 'dark became sole 
"Wiki. and conducted the enterprise up to 1878, when a stock company was 

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Z VESEY 



Son of Johi ' ' n ship, Pic] 

nty, Ohio, N 0, 18: His i Di 

ind settled on tiami ■ 

tier in 1831 tnd the father in 183i After the death of 1 | bject oi 

this sketch went to li vi with his uncle, Gideon V< e3 In Fayette counts Ohio 
- | m he remained I Hi then rei 

HamiltonWa] vhen he re tied 

immenced working toi 

Catharim Frame tii married, Augusl l l 1842 1 1 - n d i Pic] tv ij 

ifter hi i igi v] to Franklin ind located on i 

i n Ti uro ■ ' •■■■■ nship Hi I Iremained 

ti he hadpn 

and resided therefoj eenoi i i ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ I ■■•■.- 

bu ifti - vhi ii tie returned to Truro, where hi canied on farming i 

til of 1 874 hi purchased , 1 i ' i I i ■ ■ • ■ t nd doll a J 
farm and eleg 

ed in the spring i 
sin . where he died in J 

Mr V' i n ed purposi 

thing ," to use h is o wi in d no t. , M i i of wa i ti ng f oi tii n g to 

"turn up." H • 1 1 i i ■ i .-iv five dollar: tn moni v bu1 he po 

tiead ai mpli 



what may be termed clear grit. He received potential aid from his father-in-law, who 
helped him, with his name, to obtain whatever credit he desired ; but by promptly 
meeting every obligation contracted, he was soon enabled to dispense with such as- 
sistance. During the first four years of his business career he was unable to accumu- 
late any property, but d innj the next ten years his gains aggregated over forty thous- 
and dollars. From that time forward his accumulation of property was rapid. He 
owned at one time two thousand acres of land. During the period mentioned, how- 
ever—years of general business disaster--Mr. Vesey, like almost every man who has 
been engaged in business on a large scale, has suffered an occasional reverse of fortune. 
Mr. Vesey was a large stockholder in the old Central Bank, of Columbus, and was 
elected Vice President of the institution in December 1875. On the death of Captain 
Nathaniel Merion, in 1877, h.3 was elected his successor, as President of the Bank, 
which position he filled until April 1, 1879, when the bank was re-organized as the 
Fourth National. His wife died January 15, 1878, and on September 3rd, the next year 
he married Mrs. Lizzie Mason, of Fairfield county. Mr. Vesey was the father of five 
children, all by his first wife, viz: Mary Ellen; Abigail; Irene Sherman: Snyder A ; 
and Laura L., who is dead. 



COLUMBUS 

funned with Mr. Wood as president, the capital being one hundred thousand 
dollars. The County Children's Home, Located in Marion township, was 
founded in the spring of 1N7N, the property secured lor the purpose being 
thirty-two acres of ground, which were purchased by the county commissioners 
of li. \V. Rees, at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars. The architects of the build 
ing, estimated to cost forty-five thousand dollars, and to accommodate over 
three hundred children, were Messrs. Johnson & Kleiner of Columbus. The 
first election of township officers, after the organization of the new township 
of Marion, was held in the spring of 1S7I5, at Circle's school house, when tile 
following officers were elected : Clerk, John |. .Nelson; Treasurer, Samuel 
Eberly; Trustees, fohn II. Earhart ; Philo B. Watkins, Robert \. Liv- 
ingston and Dague. The Capital University, which is located in Marion 
township, and is in the southern part of Columbus, was founded in IS,",(l, 
ami is under tin- control of the Evangelical Lutheran Svnod. 



CHAPTER IX 
COLUMBUS 



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'OLLMIU'S, the Capital City of the great State of Ohio, has had a most 
interesting history, anil a perusal of its growth from the time it was 
evolved from the forest wilderness, is a subject ever attractive and in- 
structive. In population it is today the third city in the State, its inhabitants 
numbering about an eighth of a million, and it is the metropolis of an impor- 
tant, quickly growing manufacturing center, as well as a rich and unrivalled 
agricultural territory which, within a radius of fifty miles of the city, 
embraces nearly half a million of inhabitants. The city has fifteen lines of rail 
way, over which one hundred and thirty passenger trains arrive and depart 
daily, also a splendid city and suburban electric street railway system, which 
a lately formed company is now greatly extending. In addition to being the 
seat of State Government, the city contains six great public institutions, 
namely: the Ohio State University, Central Hospital for the Insane, Ohio 
Penitentiary, School for the Deaf anil Dumb, School for the Blindand the In- 
stitution for the Feeble-Minded Youth, and there are also numerous minor 
institutions. Among tin- interests of the Federal ( rovernmeul located hen- are 
tin- Circuit and Federal Courts, the Customs Office, the Barracks of the Seven 
teenth Regiment, L. S. A., and the largest Pension Office in the United States. 
The city contains over one thousand manufacturing concerns, among 
them being the second largest shops of the Pennsylvania Railway System, and 
the shops of the Hocking Valley and the Columbus, Sandusky & Mocking 
lines. Columbus is extensively engaged in the manufacture of iron, vehicles, 
slioes, building materials, malt liquors and other products, its interests being 
very widely diversified. Millions of dollars of Columbus capital are invested 
in the great I locking Valley coal regions, of wh ich t he city is the outlet, and 
where are located the offices of the operating companies. There are eighteen 
banks here and their combined annual clearance approaches close to two 
hundred million dollars. The city has over one hundred miles of improved 
streets, seventy-five miles of electric lines, two hundred and fifteen acres of 
parks, over one hundred churches, forty public buildings and thirty schools, 
colleges and academies of a private or semi-private nature. Because of its 
geographical location and political importance, Columbus always has played a 
conspicuous part in public affairs, and its constant growth and development 
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day, has been accomplished by rapidly changing scenes and noteworthy inci- 
dents. To delineate the history id the city from its lirst inception, is the 
object of tli is work. 

C< II. I'M HI'S 1,1 HAIKU 

It w as not of its o\\ n seeking i bat Columbus became the capital of < )hio. 
That has been its manifest destinv from the beginning. At the time the law 
was enacted that made it the State Capital, its site was covered bv an almost 
unbroken forest, not a human being residing within its original limits, al- 
though Franklinton, on the west side of the Scioto river, and now part of Co- 
lumbus, had been settled some years prim- to that, and was the seat of Frank- 
lin county. Ohio wanted a capital at or very near the center of the State. 
Chillicothe was originally the seal of government. In order to make this seat 
more central and permanent the Legislature, in February, 1810, appointed five 
commissioners [nines Findlav, \Y. Silliman, Joseph Darlington, K'eisin Head 
and William McFarland to examine and select the most eligible site. The 
commissioners were to meet at Franklinton, on the lirst of September follow- 
ing. The five commissioners met at Franklinton as directed. Thev examined 
that and several other places proposed, as sites for the State capital. In their 
report to the Legislature Sept. 12, 1810, the commissioners recommended a site 
twelve miles above Franklinton, on the west bank of the Scioto river, where 
the town of Dublin, in Franklin county was afterwards located. 1 1 ere the sub- 
ject rested until the next session of the Legislature. At that session, held in 
February, 1812, a company composed of Lyne Starling, |olm Kerr. Alexander 
McLaughlin and James Johnston, proposed thai if the Legislature would estab- 
lish the seat of the State government on the high hanks of the Scioto river, 
nearly opposite Franklinton, in township live, range t went y-t wo of the Refugee 
lands, and would, on or before the lirst Monday of 1 tecein Iter, I S 1 7 , begin to hold 
its sessions in a town to be laid off thereon by the company, and continue to 
bold the same t here until the vear 1840, the company would : 

First. Lay out a town on the lands mentioned, on or before the first day 
of July 12, 1812, agreeably to a plan presented to the Legislature. 

Second. Convey to the State by general warranty deed, in fee simple, 
such square in the town, containing about tt-n acres, for public buildings, and 
such lot of ten acres for the penitentiary and dependencies, as a director or 
such person or persons as the Legislature should appoint, might select. 

Third. Erect and complete a state house, offices and penitentiary and 
such other buildings as should be directed by the Legislature to he built, of 
stone or brick or of either, the work to he done in a work-man-like manner, 
and of such size and dimensions as the Legislature should require; the peni- 
tentiary and dependencies to be completed on or before the lirst of January, 
IS|,1, and the state house and offices on or before the lirst Monday in Decem- 
ber, 1817. When the buildings should be completed, the Legislature and the 
company were, reciprocally, to appoint workmen to examine and value the 
buildings, which valuation should be binding. If the valuation should not 
amount to fifty thousand dollars, the company was to make up the deficiency 
in such further buildings as should be erected by law; but if the valuation 
should exceed fifty thousand dollars, the Legislature was, in such way as it 
might deem just and equitable, to remunerate the company for such excess. 
Annexed to these proposals was the penal bond of the company, dated Febru- 
ary' 10, 1812, conditioned for the faithful performance of the agreements and 
obligations therein set forth. An act was passed February 14. 1812, accepting 
1 he proposals and bond of the company, and permanently establishing the 
seat ot govern men! ol this St ate on the lands named t herein, the Legislature to 
"commence I heir sessions thereat on the lirsi Monday of December, ISI7. and 
(here continue until the lirsi day ol December, lsio, and from thence until 
otherwise provided by law." The act provided for the appointment bv the Leg- 

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islature of ;i director to superintend the surveying and laying off of the pro- 
posed town, to direct the width of its streets and alleys and select the square 
for the public building, and the lot for the penitentiary and dependencies. It 
was also provided that McLaughlin, Kerr, Starling and |ohnston should, 
before the first of July, at their own expense, cause the proposed town to be 
laid out and a plat of the same recorded, distinguishing thereon the square 
and the lot to be conveyed to the State. Under this act, Joel Wright, of War- 
ren county, was appointed director or agent of the State and |oseph Vance, of 
Franklin county, was selected to assist him. I'nder their joint superintend- 
ence was platted a town destined to he the capital of Ohio, and the thriving 
metropolis of the central portion of the State. 

When the (own of Columbus was laid off. in 1812, there were no human 
inhabitants on its site and consequently it needed no municipal government. 
Gradually, however, it became peopled, and in 1815 its population was seven 
hundred. Its affairs, however, were controlled ami regulated bv the general 
laws of the State until 181H. 

The Refugee lands upon which our State Capital was located, comprised a 
narrow tract four miles and a half wide, from north to south, and extending 
forty-eight miles eastwardly from the Scioto river. It took its name from the 
fact that it was appropriated by Congress for the benefit of persons from Can- 
ada and Nova Scotia, who, in our Revolutionary War. espoused the cause of the 
revolted colonies. The lands in this tract were originally surveyed in 1799. 
under the authority of the General Government, and divided, as other public 
lands, into sections of six hundred and forty acres each. Hut, in 1801, thev 
were divided into half sections and numbered as such. Patents were issued 
for half sections, designating them by these numbers. 

On the recorded plat of the town, the streets and alleys crossed each 
other at right angles, hearing twelve degrees west of north, and twelve de- 
grees north of east. High street, running north and south, was one hundred 
feet wide, and Broad street, running east and west, was one hundred and 
twenty feet in width. The other streets were eighty-two and a half feet, ami 
the alleys generally thirty-three feet. The in-lots were sixty-and-a-half feet 
front and eighty-seven and a half feet deep. The out-lots, east of the town 
plat, each contained about three acres. 

On the 18th of June, 1812, the same day on which the Tinted States de- 
clared war against Great Britain, the first public sale of lots took place. It 
had been extensively advertised, and the terms of sale were extremely liberal. 
Only one fifth of the purchase money was to he paid in hand; the residue in 
four equal annual installments, without interest, unless default was made in 
prompt payment. The lots sold were principally on High and Broad streets, 

and brought prices varying from two hundred t< e thousand dollars each. 

Immediately after the sale improvements began to he made rapidly. The first 
buildings erected were small frame houses and shops, inclosed with split clap- 
hoards, instead of sawed weather hoards, which were not easily obtainable. 
Thus we see Columbus, in the summer of 1812, started on the career of develop- 
ment anil future greatness. At the time id' the public sale of lots its prospects 
were by no means bright nor suggestive of its ultimate importance. The 
streets and alleys marked on the plat had to he traced through a dense forest. 
Its site and immediate surroundings presented hut few evidences of the 
presence of civilized man. There was a small spot of cleared ground on Front 
street, a little north of State street, and a small Held and cabin on the river bank, 
at the western terminus of Rich street. |ohu Brickell lived in a cabin and 
cultivated a small garden in the old Indian encampment in front of the site of 
the present Penitentiary, being part of the ten acre lot conveyed to him by 
Lyne Starling, long before the town of Columbus was located. The site of the 
first water mill in Franklin county, erected by Robert Ballantine, was on a 
small stream, near the spot where Havden's rolling mill stood later; anil not 

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far distant was a small distillery, built by one, White, in which was distilled 
the first whisky ever made in this county. The mill and distillery were put 
in operation about the beginning of the nineteenth century, but soon went out 
of existence. South of the noted Indian mound, from which Mound street took 
its name, was a small cleared field, on a tract of land which, in 1814, was made 
l>\ |ohn McGowan an addition to the original town plat, and designated as 
"South Columbus". The proprietors, sometime after they had laid off the new 
town ami the eastern out-lots, caused to be recorded a separate plat of forty or 
fifty out-lots, north of the town, each containing a little over two acres. From 
a part of two of these lots, they conveyed to the town an acre and a 
half for a graveyard. For the first three or four years after the decree had 
gone forth that Columbus was to be the future Capital of Ohio, immigrants 
sought homes within its borders. Improvements and general business went 
forward with the increase of population. Frequent sales of bonds went for- 
ward with the increase of population. Frequent sales of lots were made by 
the proprietors, usually by title bond. A third, fourth or fifth of the price was 
paid in hand, and promissory notes given for the payment of the residue in 
annual installments without interest, if punctually paid when due; otherwise, 
bearing interest from date. The proprietors then executed a bond conditioned 
for the execution of a deed to the purchaser of the lot upon the punctual pay- 
ment of the rates. It often happened that after a payment or two, and some 
improvement had been made, a default in subsequent payments would cause 
the lot to revert to the proprietors. The prices of lots, for seven or eight years 
after the public sale in June, 1812, ranged from two to five hundred dollars 
each. The Capital of Ohio hail its birth and passed its early infancy on a 
rough, wild and secluded portion of the now beautiful and productive valley 
of the Scioto. It had scarcely any road or mail facilities. The travel, east and 
west, left Columbus by wax- of the north, passing through Zanesville, Lan- 
caster and Chillicothe. The mails came in on cross lines and were carried on 
horseback. The first successful attempt to carry them any other way was 
made in 1Nlt>, by Philip Zinn, under a contract to carry a mail once a week 
between Chillicothe and Columbus. About 1819 Mr /.inn carried the mail in 
coaches to and from Delaware. The Columbus post-office was established in 
1813, with Matthew Matthews for the first postmaster, who in the following 
year, was succeeded by Joel Buttles. Notwithstanding its small population 
and comparative isolation from the outside world, Columbus could not do 
without that great modern necessity- the newspaper. There was one pub- 
lished weekly at Worthington, the first ever started in the county, and called 
the Western Intelligencer. The descendant of this journal today is the Ohio 
State Journal of Columbus. 

The many strangers from abroad who visit Columbus find here innu- 
merable attractions to induce them to make this their permanent residence, 
that is, if they are seeking a place in which to locate, The numerous schools 
and higher educational institutions, the plenitude of churches, the social, free, 
upright, straight-forward, unaristocratic manners of our people, the great ad- 
vantages of easy communication by railroads, business facilities, intellectual 
repasts in the shape of lectures, and all first-class traveling operas, theatrical 
companies, and other amusement organizations, who have elegant show 
houses here in which to appear, besides our unsurpassed street railroad sys- 
tems, the finest in the country, and handsome, well kept streets, with elegant 
resident ial avenues and beautiful parks, together with a most healthful cli- 
mate, leave nothing to be desired. 

The history of Franklinton, opposite, and now a part of the Capital, is co- 
temporaneous and inseparably connected with the individual history of Co- 
lumbus'. In the history id' townships, in another part of this work, will be 
found considerable mention of this settlement, but much more might lie added 
of aninteresting character. Franklinton was laid out in 1795 by Lucas Sulli- 

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vanl an.l party. Sullivaut was the pioneer explorer of central Ohio and his 
descendants were prominently identified with Franklin countv Mr Sulli 
vatits first party to visit this section carried with it a supply of bacon flour 
and salt, hut depended for its subsistence mainly upon the wild game of the 
u ' s - This not always being a sure reliance, the company cook was some- 
times driven to dire expedients to satisfy the hungry stomachs of the party 
On one occasion, coming in at night, weary and hungry, the men, to their 

great delight, were regaled witli appetizing rs issuing from a steaming 

camp kettle. When the ...ess was ready each one received his share of hoi 
broth in a tin cup, the chief being awarded as his portion the boiled head of 
some small annual. Opinions differed as to what the animal was, the rac- 
coon, rabbit, ground hog, squirrel and opossum, each haying its ..artisans Fi- 
nally on being driven to the wall, the cook acknowledged that the soup had 
been from the bodies oi two young skunks which he had captured "without 
damage to himself, ... a hollow log." The effect of this confession was curi- 
ous. Some of those who bad eaten declared the soup was excellent others 
wanted to chastise (be cook; one, only, involuntarily emptied bis stomach 
One morning, when Mr. Sullivant awoke, he felt some incumbrance upon bis 
person. I pon examination he discovered a Large rattlesnake had coiled itself 
upon Ins blanket, (living blanket and snake a sudden toss, be sprain-- to bis 
teet. and quickly dispatched the invader. 

In .-arly days all the central and southern portions of Obi,, were very 
sickly, and lew more so than the settlement at the "forks of the Scioto " This 
was very discouraging to the settlers, some of who... sold their lands ,„- other 
property, abandoned the country, and moved back to tb.-ir former places of 

residence; while many -e, during the "sickly season," would fully resolve 

todo so. Hut, when health returned, and they were enabled to look with less 
jaundiced eyes upon the present advantages and future prospects of the 
country, they would change their minds and determine to cling to their new 
homes, [n addition, lengthy as was the sick roll, the death rate was hardly 
ever higher, often not so high, as in the Fast. The prevailing disease was fever 
and ague, which, however unpleasant in effect, seldom is fatal. So a great 
majority ,,! the settlers gradually got used to it, an.l finally came to think and 
speak ,,t it with thai contempt bred of familiarity. It is worthy of note is 
showing the error of those who regarded fever and ague as almost certain to 
undermine the constitution and shorten the days of its victims, thai in but 
tew parts ,,f the country are more octogenarians to be found, vigorous in mind 
and body, than here. Very few of the early octogenarians were born here but 
almost without exception they came here early in life, passed through all the 
hardships, penis and vicissitudes incident to a new ami unsettled country 
ever and ague included, and, ami, 1st them all, reared families of children who 
became men and women as vigorous as themselves. 

The period of greatest business prosperity in Franklinton was during 
the last war with Great Britain, from 1SP_> to 1815, inclusive While "good 
times" prevailed, yet great fears were entertained of depredations by the 
British and the Indians, after the surrender of Hull at Detroit, in August 
1M_. I bese tears were not without foundation, for Franklin county was then 
on the frontier, and the whole Sandusky and Maumee country was held by 
hostile Indians. False alarms were frequently given, and a few' families, whose 
circumstances permitted, left the country for a place of safety. The govenor 
however, ordered out the militia, en masse, and the fears were quieted' 
Franklinton became the headquarters of the Northwestern army, under 
General Harrison. Two or three thousand troops were sometimes 'collected 
there; but they were constantly coining and going, so that, at other times, 
there were lew or none, except the officers in the commissary department who 
were actively employed in collecting and sending forward provisions and 
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u 1,1, , ,, ,,u ,i, . i,. i rash and at high prices, and almost everybody had plentj 
n f nuiiu'v. lint aftet pence was concluded, and the profuse expenditure of 
mone\ which had characterized the war had ceased, hard times returned and 
Franklin county began to experience ; 1 1 1 tin- inconveniences ol a financial 
reverse. Hie pressure was probably the greatest during tin- years from 1819 
,,, is.';; \ll agricultural products fell hack to the old prices, >>r even lower 
!„,,K from font dolhtrsu hundred t>> one dollar ami a hall'; flour from four 
dollars to one dollar, and other products in the same ratio; ami even at that 
rate there was hul little demand. Real estate also fell t<> about one fourth of the 
price during the war. and a large proportion of the transactions were at forced 
sales, a hundred parcels of la mi being sometimes included in one advertisement 
of the sheriff. Rigid econonn became tin- rule among all classes, ami the 
change which took place in modes of living is pithily depicted in this short 
sentence from Martin's history (1836): " Hie wealthiest families use rye coffee, 
and the most distinguished public men dressed in blue linsej pantaloons". 

Among tli<' memorable events that occurred at Franklinton, during the 
war, was the execution of a soldier, under the sentence of a court martial for 
deserting, and threatening the life of his captain. The soldier's name was 
\\ illiam Fish; he was shot in June, 1813, and the execution was described as 
"an awful scene". Mosl executions are. Three others were condemned to die 
at the same time, but were pardoned l>\ General Harrison. The last one 
receiving a pardon was, before it was announced, conducted to his coffin, at 
tin same time that Fish was led forth. The cap was placed over his eyes, in 
w hich situation he remained until his companion was shot. I'lu-n his pardon 
w as read, and it won 1.1 be difficult to imagine his sensations as the shadow of 
death was removed from him. In 1M7. Mr. William I.usk. a teacher, and at 
one time post master at Frankliuton, began the publication of an annual 
entitle,! The Ohio Register and Western Calendar, which contained, besides 
.in almanac, a list ni state and count} officers, with various items of statistical 
information. In this Register, for 1821, he thus speaks o\ the old seat of go\ 
eminent of Fraukliu couuty: "Franklinton, the county seat, contains a post 
office, a store, three taverns, a common school and an academy, in which are 
taught English grammar, geography, hooking double and single entrj 
mensuration, geometry, trigonometry, plane and spherical surveying, naviga- 
tion, algebra and astronomy". If auy persons should wonder why Mr. I.usk 
- to a description "i the "academy" more than twice the spare given to 
all the other business interests of the tow u. w hen the\ learn that this institu- 
tion was owned b> him, the> will probabh no have difficulty in accounting for 
the "milk in tin- cocoanut". 

In 1813 or 181(5, Lucas Sullivant, having obtained a charter from the Legis- 
lature, built a toll bridge across the Scioto, on the road leading from Columbus 
to Franklinton. The bridge began from the east side of the river, marly at the 
same point with the present Broad street bridge, but running more directly 
across, it reached tin- other side considerably lower down, ami a new road was 
opened thence across the prairie to Franklinton, and passed through the tow n. 
one square further south than the old road. This change gave general dissat- 
isfaction to the property owners on the old street. The bridge stood eight or 
ten years when some of the timbers rotting, it fell. It was then rebuilt in the 
same position as the existing bride.-, and the main roa.l through Franklinton 
was restored to its former position. Phis toll bridge became the property ot 
Joseph Sullivant. on the death i<\ his father. Lucas. When the National road 
\\ a- being built, about 1832, the superintendent agreed to erect a new bridge at 
the expense of the Government, provided Mr. Sullivant's right should be ex 
tiuguishe.l. w hereupon the citizens raised. b\ contribution, eight thousand dol- 
lars, thecoutm c.i\r two thousand dollars more, making ten thousand dollars. 
which was paid to Mr. Sullivant for his right, after which a new. substantial 
bridge was built, as a part of the National road. 

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\ 1 1 1 p i < 1 1 g 1 1 1 1 1 1 ■ 1 1 ■ u ; i - i ii . I ( 1 1 1 1 ;; 1 1 ) ; : . , ■ i i n 1 1 iral ai i/it her at the t i trie < A 
tin removal to Col umhm nor at any time pre viou , yet tin I'" rank) in ton it 
mil yield up theii i hiel |>o i ion or distinction, without -nun nppo ition. 
The removal win agitated foi everal years smd was — t •-,-•»( j 1 -s. opposed, the in 
fltiem i nl I, mi as Sullivsmt alone being sufficient to prevent il, < 1 1 1 r- i 1 1 1_> In- life 
time, lie died in I82U and the very year followingthsit event the removal wsis 
accomplished. Annexation to ( olumhus wan also antagonized, but '.\ .1 - linally 
accomplished in 1871, and proved oi <j 1 « at benefit to I'rsinklinton. 'I <> <l 
strsmgei 1 ould not I'll that there were ever two separate communitie In 
close! v are I hey i nlnum en. 

In tin 1 mil 1 nl one "I the lirst expeditions of l,m ,\ Sullivsmt, In- tip 
[>oi utiil a rendezvous for his party ;il the junction nl tin- Scioto and Whet 

t -, (now < ill-litany v), then known in tin- surveyors and maji makei asthe 

I ml -.I tin Scioto Should his men arrive there hefore he did, the; were di 
rectcd in leave a canoe for him, proceed up the river and await him at the 
mouth of a stream now called Mill creek. Owing In detention In- arrived at 
tin- Porks late in tin- afternoon, hut found a canoe awaiting him as airaiij.mil, 
ami immediately set nut in it tn rejoin In- companions. He had hut pi 1 
pushed into 1 In- stream when he detected three Indian- lurking in a grove > >l 
huge sycamores which then stood on tin- west hank nl Whetstone. He drove 
his canoe rapidly up stream, cautiously followed l>\ the Indians, who appar 
ently expected In surprise him a I in he should encamp for the night. At 'In I 
In- landed mi a dusk a island opposite a point since known as the ' [uarn three 
mi let* si hove the Fori Perceiving th sit the Indians were si ill follow ing, In 

drew up his canoe ostenfsitiously for tin- night, cut brush, drove stsike* anil 
built a fire, as if intending ! " em ;imj>, then taking hi- gun, comjisiss and p 
he crossed to the wesl side ol tin- river, and pushed on afoot. Tin- Indi 
were completely disconcerted by this stratsigem ami gsive no further sitiuoy 
a nee. After proceeding a little way, Mr. Sullivanl wrote an account ol 1 In ad 
venture 011 si lesif of his note hook, and hit il in a -pi it stick stuck in tin 
ground, beside a tree mi which In- carved hi- initial- and tin- dsite. " \ 
time afterwsird", say- his son (oscph, who becsime hi- biographer, "whim l>"i 
anizing mi tin- hank sihove 1 In- " 1 1 1 ;i 1 1 \ , I took refuge from a passing show 
er under the ^presiding hrsim lies nl a Isirge sugar tree. Some sincient ;i - 
marks on tin- h.uk attracted my sittention, and passing around tin- tree, I wsis 
surprised at seeing tin- letters "I/. S." and a dad- on tin- bark. I hi in lanllv 
brought in mind an event which I had heard in m\ boyhood, and I |" n eived 
I wsis standing on tin- precise spot where my father bad hit tin- memorisil ol 
him sell in this solitude ol 1 In- wilderness, nesn I i II \ yesirs lie fore, when flei 
for his life, with naught hut bis nun coursige smd -ill relisince in sustain him" 
Another interesting entry from |oseph Sullivsmt's "Fsimily Memorial", 
i- a- follows: "I hsive heard my fsithei state that mi another occasion, In- wsis 
agsiin siscending tin- Scioto with hi- party in canoes, in tin- hitter psirt nl \pril, 
and when liall a mile below tin- place now known as Marble < lifl (Jusirries, 

with tin- wind blowing down sin-: tln-\ encountered a most peculisir and 

sickening odor, which increased a- they advanced, and -mm- nl tin- men were 
absnhiii-K overcome with nausea occsisioned by tin- intolerable effluvium. 
When arriving opposite tin- cliff the cause was revealed, and it was found tn 
proceed from ;i prodigious number nl snsikes, principally rattlesnsikes, which, 
just awakened from their winter torpor, were basking in tin- spring sunshine. 
Mi Sullivsint -aid thai unless In- had seen it, In- could never have imagined 
-mh a sigh I. Fverj a\ ailsihle -pan- was f nl I, and tin- win ih- fsice of the clifl seem 
ed to he a ma) nl living, writhing reptiles. It will he rememhered by the esirly 
settlers ol Franklin township, that the fissures and holes in tin- rocky hsmk of 
tin- river were tin- resorts nl great numbers nl snakes that came there every 
fall fin- winter qusirters, and that several regular snake hunts, or rsither snake 
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There were two entrances into the rocks from two to tive feet in diameter, 
leading into a fissure or cave of unknown extent, and the bottom part of these 
entrances were smooth as polished glass from the constant gliding in and out 
of these loathesome reptiles, which were the annoyance of the whole neighbor- 
hood as well as the especial dread of us hoys, who had to go with our flags of 
grain to he ground at McCoy's mill, about two hundred yards above. Several 
times on my trips to the mill I saw the venomous reptiles sunning themselves 
in the road, and I always turned aside, while the horse, from some natural in- 
stinct, seemed equally averse to go near them. I have a lively recollection of 
one dav, when mounted on three bushels of corn on the back of old "Kate," 
we jogged until near the mill, when the old mare gave a snort and a shy that 
uearlv threw me off, as she discovered a huge old rattlesnake lying in the 
middle of the road, as if he owned all the premises. The old mare, of her own 
accord, gave his snakeship a wide berth, and continued to snort and exhibit 
uneasiness for some time, and I know I received such a fright the cold chills 
ran over me although it was a hot summer day. For years after the 
settlement of that neighborhood, frequent attempts were made to break up 
this resort, particularly when the premises were owned by Thomas Backus who, 
one cold winter, bad large quantities of dry wood and brush carried into the 
cave, and set on fire in the spring; gunpowder was also used in an attempt to 
blow up this snake den, as it was universally called, and one of the blasts found 
vent on top of a ridge a half a mile away, and formed a sinkhole which re- 
mains until this day. One of the most efficient means was to build a hog pen 
early in the fall, in front of the den, anil the hogs were said to have destroyed 
great numbers. A pair of bald eagles had a nest in a tall cedar that formerly 
erowned the cliff, and they also killed many of these reptiles." 

While engaged in surveying, Lucas Sullivant was careful to locate some 
choice tracts of land in his own right. He was much attracted by the fertility 
of the Scioto bottoms, of which be became an extensive owner, and he was not 
only pleased with the fertility of its soil, and the luxuriance of its forests, but he 
foresaw its eligibility as a future seat of population, and here, in a grove of 
stately walnut trees, skirting the Indians' corn fields he, in August, 1797, laid 
out the town of Franklinton. The career of John Brickell, one of the first three 
or four white men who settled in Franklin county, was one of extraordinary 
adventure. Brickell arrived in Franklinton in 1797, and a few years later 
bought a tract of ten acres on which the Ohio Penitentiary now fronts, and 
there built a cabin in which he dwelt during the greater part of the remainder 
of his life. In 1842, the following deeply interesting sketch of his adventures, 
written by himself was published in the American Pioneer : 

" 1 was born on the twenty-fourth of May, 1781, in Pennsylvania, near a 
place then known as Stewart's Crossing, on the Vouhiogheny river, and, as I 
suppose from what I learned in afterlife, about four miles from Beesontown, 
now Uniontown, in Fayette county. On my father's side 1 was of Irish, and 
on my mother's of German parentage. My father died when I was quite young 
and I went to live with an elder brother, on a pre-emption settlement, on the 
northeast side of the Allegheny river, about two miles from Pittsburgh. On the 
hreaking out of the Indian War, a body of Indians collected to the number of 
about one hundred and fifty warriors, and spread up and down the Allegheny 
river about forty miles, and, by a preconcerted movement, made an attack on 
all the settlements along the river, for that distance, in one day. This was on 
the ninth of February, 1791. 1 was alone, clearing out a fencerow, about a 
quarter of a mile from the house, when an Indian came to me, and took my axe 
from me, and laid it upon his shoulders with his rifle, and then let down the 
cock of his gun which it appears he had cocked on approaching me. I had 
been on terms of intimacy with the Indians, and did not feel alarm at this 
movement. They had been about our house almost every day. He took me 
by the baud and pointed the direction he wanted me to go, and, although I did 

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NEVILLE WILLI AMS AND FAMILY 



Neville "Williams, the present able incumbent of the recordership of Franklin 
county, and a foremost member ol ttie Democratic party in Central Ohio, is yet a ycung 
man, having been born on December25, 1861, at Chillicothe, Ohio. His father. William C. 
Williams, a successful physician, originally came from Hardy county, Virginia, while 
his mother, Elizabeth ( Dun) Williams, was the daughter of George W. Dun. one of the 
earliest settlers of Chillicothe. The family comprised three sons and a daughter, --L uu , 
David, Neville and Lomse--and of these David died in infancy and Dun in 1&94. 

Neville, the subject of this sketi h, received his education in the public schools of 
Chillicothe and Clinton county, and from 1873 tc 1878 engaged in farming. From the 
latter year until 1880 he was employed at Richland Furnace, Vinton county, Ohio, 
resigning to become assistant engineer in the construction of the Clover Leaf Railroad 
m Illinois, and later the Canton. Aberdeen and Nashville Railroad in Mississippi. 
Returning to Ohio in 1883. Mr. Williams engaged in lairmrg and the manufacture of 
drain tile in Clinton county, continuing there up to 1885, whtn he removed to Pleas- 
ant township, Franklin county. Here he erected a sawmill, and besides operating it, 
had a large farm under cultivation, and conducted Loth up to February, 1889, when he 
was appointed deputy to Recorder Robert Thompson, continuing in that capacity up 
to 1895. In 1894 he was nominated as candidate for Recorder against J W. Peters but 
was defeated because of the Coxey agitation of that year. From April, 1895 to 1897, he 
held the office of Secretary to the (' >h m il >us Board of Health under the administration 
of the Hon. Cotton H. Allen, and in June. 1897, was again nominated as Recoider. to 
which office he was elected with a handsome majority. He has discharged the onerous 
duties of this office in such a satisfactory manner that he has been unanimously nomi- 
nated for a second term. 

Mr. Williams was married on December 24, 1885 to Miss Eliza Gordon, and they 
have had four children, three daughters and one son. of whom one, their daughter 
Lucinda, died in infancy. Those living and their ages are as follows : Elizabeth, 14 
years ; William Thurman, 12 years ; Jean. 10 yeais. 

In fraternal circles Mr. Williams holds membership in the Elks, Red Men, and 
Modern Woodmen of America, and his public and private record and standing are 
such as in every way to commend him to the confidence, esteem and good will of 
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not know him, 1 concluded he only wanted me to chop .something for him, and 
went without reluctance. We came to where he had lain all night, between 
two logs, without tire. I then suspected something was wrong and attempted 
to run; but he threw me down on my face, in which position I every moment 
expected to feel the stroke of the tomahawk on my head. But he had prepared 
a rope, with which he tied my hands behind me, and thus marched me off. 
After going a little distance we fell in with George (iirty. son of old George 
Girty. He spoke English and told me what they had done. He said "White 
people have killed Indians, and the Indians have retaliated, and now there 
is war, and you are a prisoner, and we will take you to our town and make an 
Indian of you ; you will not be killed if you go peaceably ; hut if you try to run 
away, we won't be troubled with you. but we will kill you, and take your scalp 
to our town." I told him I would go peaceably and give them no trouble. 
From thence we traveled to the crossing of Big Heaver with scarcely any food. 
We made a raft, and crossed late in the evening, and lay in a hole in a rock, 
without tire or food. They would not make tire for fear we had attracted the 
attention of hunters in chopping for the raft. In the morning the Indian who 
took me, delivered me to (Iirty, and departed in another direction, while Girty 
and 1 continued our course toward the Tuscarawas. We traveled all that day 
through hunger and cold, camped all night, and continued till about three iii 
the afternoon of the third day since I had tasted a mouthful. I felt very in- 
dignant at (iirty. and I thought if I ever got a good chance, I would kill him. 
We then made a tire and (iirty told me if he thought 1 would not run a- 
way, he would leave me by the tire, and go and kill something to eat. I told 
him I would not, "Hut," said he, to make you safe, I will tie you." He tied my 
hands behind my back, and tied me to a sapling, some distance from the fire. 
After he was gone I untied myself and lay down by the fire. In about an hour 
he came running back without any game. He asked me what I untied myself 
for. I told him I was cold. "Then you no run away?" I said no. He told me 
there were Indians close by and he was afraid they would find me. We then 
went to their camp, where there were Indians with whom I had been as inti- 
mate as with any person, and they had been frequently at our house. They 
were glad to see me and gave me food, the first I had eaten after crossing 
Beaver. They treated me very kindly. We stayed all night with them, and 
next morning all took up our march toward the Tuscarawas, which we reach- 
ed on the second day, in the evening. Here we met the main body of hunting 
failles and the warriors from the Allegheny, this being the rendezvous. 
I supposed these Indians all to be Delawares, but at that time I 
coiftJd not distinguish between the different tribes. Here I met with two 
white prisoners, Thomas Dick, and his wife, Jane. They had been our 
nearest neighbors. I was immediately led to the lower end of the encamp- 
ment, and allowed to talk freely with them for about an hour. They inform 
ed me of the death of two of our neighbors Samuel Chapman and 
William Powers, who were killed by the Indians one in their house, 
the other near it. The Indians showed me their scalps; I knew 
that of Chapman, having red hair on it. The next day about ten Indians start- 
ed back to Pittsburgh, (iirty told me they were to pass themselves for friend- 
ly Indians, and to trade. Among these was the Indian who took me. In a- 
bout two weeks they returned well laden with store goods, whisky, etc. 
After the traders came hack the company divided; and those who came with us 
to Tuscarawas, and the Indian who took mi- marched on toward Sandusky. 
When we arrived within a day's journey of an Indian town, where Fort Seneca 
since stood, we met two warriors, going to the frontiers to war. The Indian J 
was with had whisky. He and the two warriors got drunk when one of 
the warriors fell upon me and beat me. I thought he would kill me; the 
night was very dark and I ran out into the woods, anil lay under the side of 
a log. They presently missed me, and got lights to search for me. 



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The Indian to whom I belonged called aloud "White man. White 
man!" I made no answer; but in the morning, after I saw the 
warriors start on their journey, 1 went into camp where I was much 
pitied on account of my bruises. Next day we arrived within a 
mile of the Seneca town, and encamped for the night, agreeably to their man- 
ner, to give room for their parade, or grand entrance the next day. That took 
place about eight o'clock in the morning. The ceremony began with a great 
whoop or yell. We were them met by all sorts of Indians from the town, old 
and voting, men and women. We then called a halt, and formed two lines a- 
bout twelve feet apart in the direction of the river. They made signs for me 
to run between the lines towards the river. I knew nothing of what they 
wanted and started; but I had no chance for they fell to beating me until 1 
was bruised from head to foot. At this juncture a very big Indian came up 
and threw the company off me, took me by the arm and led me along through 
the lines with such rapidity that I scarcely touched the ground, and was not 
once struck after he took me, until 1 got to the river. Then the very ones who 
beat me the worst, were now the most kind and officious in washing me off, 
feeding me, etc., and did their utmost to cure me. I was nearly killed and did 
not get over it for two months. My impression is that the big Indian who 
rescued me was Captain Pipe, who assisted in burning Crawford. The Indian 
who owned me did not interfere in any way.. 

We stayed about two weeks at the Seneca towns. My owner took him- 
self a wife while there, and then started with me and his wife through the 
Black Swamp toward the Maumee towns. At Seneca I left the Indians I had 
been acquainted with near Pittsburgh, and never saw or heard of them after- 
wards. When we arrived at the Auglaize river we met an Indian my owner 
called brother, to whom he gave me, and I was adopted into his family. His 
name was Whingwy Pooshies, or Big Cat. I lived in his family from about the 
first week in May, 1791, till my release in June, 1795. Tin- squaws do nearly 
all the labor except hunting. They take care of the meat when brought in 
and stretch the skins . They plant and tend the corn; they gather and house 
it. assisted by young boys not able to hunt. 

After the boys are at the hunting age, they are no more considered as 
squaws, and are kept at hunting. The men are faithful at hunting, but when 
at home lie lazily about, and are of little account for anything else, seldom or 
never assisting in domestic duties. Besides the common modes, they often 
practice candle hunting ; and for this they sometimes made candles or tapers, 
when they cannot buy them. Deer come to the river to eat a kind of water 
grass, to get which they frequently immerse their whole head and horns. 
They seem to be blinded by light at night, and will suffer a canoe to float close 
to them. I have practised that kind of hunting much since I came to live 
where Columbus now is, and on one occasion killed twelve tine deer in one 
night. The fall after my adoption, there was a great stir in the town about an army 
of white men coming to light the Indians. The squaws and boys were moved 
with the goods down the Maumee, and there waited the result of the battle, 
while the men went to war. They met St. Clair and came off victorious, loaded 
with the spoils of the army. Whingwy Pooshies left the spoils at the town, 
and came down to move us up. We then found ourselves a rich people. 
W'hingwy's share of the spoils of the army, was two tine horse's, four tents, one 
of them a noble marquee, which made us a tine house in which we lived the 
remainder of my captivity. He had also clothing in abundance and of all de- 
scriptions. I wore a soldier's coat. He had also axes, guns, and every 
thing necessary to make an Indian rich, and there was much joy among them. 
I saw no prisoners that were taken in battle, and I believe there were none 
taken by the Delawares. Soon after this battle another Indian and I went out 
hunting, and we came to a place where there lay a human skeleton stripped 
of the flesh, which the Indian said had been eaten by the Chippewa Indians 
who were in the battle. 

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In the month of June 1?U4, three Indians and myself started on ;i candle 
light hunting expedition. We were out about two months and on returning 
to the towns found them evacuated, but were not uneasv, as we supposed the 
[ndians had gone to the foot of (lie Maun.ee Rapids to receive presents as 
they were annually in fhe lial.it of doing. We encamped in (he mid, He of a 
cornfield. .Next morning an Indian runner tame down the river and gave the 
alarm whoop, which is a kind of veil they use for no other purpose. The In- 
dians answered and one went over to the runner, but immediately returned, 
saying (he white men were upon us and we must run lor our lives. We 
scattered like a flock of partridges, leaving our breakfast cooking on the tire. 
The whites saw our smoke and came to it. and just missed me, as I passed them 
in my flight through the corn. They took the whole of our two month's work 
breakfast, jerked skins and all. Wayne was then only about lour miles from 
us and the vanguard right among us. The boy that was with us in the hunt- 
ing expedition, and I kepi on the trail of the [ndians (ill we overtook them but 
the other two Indians of (he party did not gel with us until we got to Maumee 
Rapids. Three days alter we arrived, Wayne's spies came right into camp 
among us. I afterwards saw the survivors. Their names were Miller Mc- 
Clelland, May, Wells, Mahaffy, and one other whose name I forget. They came 
into the camp boldly and tired on the [ndians. Miller got wounded* in the 
shoulder; May was chased by the [ndians to (he smooth rock in the bed of the 
river, where his horse fell. He was taken prisoner and the rest escaped. May 
was taken to camp. The Indians knew him ; he had formerly been a prisoner 
among them, and had escaped. They said to him : "We know von ; you speak 
Indian language ; you are not content to live with us. Tomorrow we take you 
to that tree ; we will tie you up and make a mark on vour breast, and we will 
try what Indians can shoot nearest it." 

K so turned out. The next day they tied him up, made a mark on his 

breast, and riddled his body with bullets, si ting at least fifty into him. Thus 

ended poor May. A battle took place the day following this "event, in which 
many Delawares were killed, and the rest forced to retreat. All our means of 
support were cut off, and we had to winter at the mouth of Swan creek, about 
where Toledo now stands. We were entirely dependent on the British, and 
(hey did not half supply us. The starving condition of the Indians made them 
exasperated at the British, and they concluded to make a treaty with (he 
Americans. They found (he latter agreeable and an exchange of prisoners 
was agreed upon. On (he breaking up of spring the [ndians delivered me 
into the hands of the the Americans. I learned the Delaware language, and 
can speak it as well as the English. It was |..ne, 1795, that I parted with 
Whingwy I'ooshies. In 171)7, I came to this place, that is now Columbus, and 
have resided here ever since, enjoying good health. It has never cost me a 
dollar in my life for medical aid, and without ever wearing anything like a 
stocking inside of my moccasins, shoes or boots, from the time I went among 
(he Indians to this day, and I can sav my feet were never cold. 

Columbus, Ohio, fan. 29, 1S42, 

JOHN BRICKELL. 

Jeremiah Armstrong bought a lot on High street, on the founding of 
Columbus, on which he kept, lor many years, one of the principal hotels of the 
town. His first sign was "The Indian Chief," afterwards the 'Red Lion." 
His son, Harrison Armstrong, took his name from ( Jeneral William I I Harri- 
son, who was frequently his guest. 

In the first years of the century everything in the way of supplies had to 
to be brought up the valley in canoes, or on packhorses, from the < )hio. < >ne 
of the necessary articles most difficult to obtain, was salt, the great sea re it v and 
cost of which impelled Mr. Sullivant to resort to an expedient for its manufac- 
ture. He knew that the deer resorted in great numbers to the lick on (he river 
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fore strong evidences that Indians made salt in that place. The work was 
vigorously prosecuted, and the lick cleaned out, when it appeared that a feehle 
stream or spring of weak salt-water came to the surface at the edge of the riv- 
er. A wooden curh was inserted, which kept out a large portion of the fresh 
and surface water. The salt water was gathered into long and large wooden 
troughs hollowed out from huge trees, and with the aid of common iron kettles 
and long continued hoiling, a limited quantity of rather poor salt was ohtained ; 
hut when a road was opened along Zane's Trace, from Wheeling to Lancaster, 
and thence to Franklinton, it furnished greater facilities for procuring salt, 
and this well was abandoned. 

Explanation should here be made of this "Zane's Trace." In 1797 the 
Government contracted with one Zane to mark a trail from the present site of 
Wheeling, West Virginia, through the Ohio Wilderness to Limestone, now 
Maysville, Kentucky. For this service Mr. Zane was to have three sections of 
the public land, to be selected by himself. Assisted by some Indians, whom he 
employed as guides, he proceeded to survey a practicable route, which was 
marked by "blazing" forest trees, and was thenceforward known as Zane's 
Trace. It crossed the Muskingum and Hocking at the points where now rise 
the cities of Zanesville and Lancaster, and was afterward extended from Lan- 
caster to Franklinton. For many years it was the only route through the Ohio 
Wilderness. The arterial roads and railways by which it has since been su- 
perseded have attested the wisdom of its location. The Zanesville and Mays- 
ville turnpike is said to follow its path very nearly from the Muskingum to 
Chillicothe. Mr. Zane further evinced his sagacity by selecting his land at the 
points where now stand the cities of Lancaster, Zanesville and Wheeling. 

The first proprietors and settlers of Columbus were too much occupied 
with their own immediate interests, to attend much to the work of improving 
or even clearing the streets and alleys, and for several years these remained 
almost as much impeded by stumps, logs, and trees, as when in their origin- 
al state. By degrees, however, they were cleared by the inhabitants, for fire- 
wood and building purposes, and in or about the year 1816 a subscription of 
$2<X> or more was raised and appropriated for the final removal of the remain- 
ing obstructions out of High street. 

For the first few years, Columbus, though only a rough spot in the woods, 
improved rapidly. Emigrants flowed in, from all quarters apparently, and the 
improvements and general business of the community kept pace with the 
increase in population. 

The first market house was erected in 1814, by voluntary contributions 
of property holders in the vicinity of its location. It was a substantial frame, 
of about fifty feet in length, and proportionate width and height, and situated in 
the middle of High street, immediately south of Rich street, ft continued 
there until after the town became incorporated. Immediately after the incor- 
poration, the subject of a new market hall and a suitable location, was discus- 
sed. Rich street, Town street, State street and Broad street, were all proposed 
as sites. Property holders on Broad street were strenuous in favor of it, argu- 
ing its greater width than any other street, and drawing the inference there- 
from, that it must have been designed in the plan of the town, as the place for 
the market house. Joseph Miller, who bought and erected the building later 
occupied as the Buckeye House, as early as lSlfi, it is said, was influenced in 
his purchase, and made large improvements, in the confident belief that the 
market house would be established nearly in front of his house. But, about a 
year later, a site on State street was determined on and, pursuant to contract 
with the town council, a [two-storied building was erected by John Shields. 
The lower part was used as a market, and in return for erecting the building, 
Mr. Shields retained the upper floor, which he divided into two large rooms. 
One of these was used as a printing office, and the other was for a time used 
to hold religious services in. After some years he sold out to John Young, and 

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Realty in and about the Capital City has foi "Jily growing in value 

and importance, and some of the foremost citizens areengaged as operators in thislme. 

Mr. Conrad Herman has long been a well-known member of the real estate frater- 
nity, and he makes his office headquarters at No. 350 1-2 South High street. 

Mr. Herman was born in that European republic, Switzerland, on June 22, 1844, 
the son of Barbara (Schenk) Herman and Francis Herman, who was engaged in the 
grocery trade. The family consisted of three daughters and two sons, all of whom are 
living, with the exception of one son. 

Conrad Herman attended the schools of Schaffhansen, Switzerland, and came to 
Columbus thirty-six years ago, since which he has made this his permanent home. For 
twenty-four years he has resided on the South Side, and for about one-half of that 
period has made his residence at the corner of Columbus and High streets. 

Mr. Herman began his business career as a clerk in the employ of arailroad com- 
pany, and afterward became book keeper. He is a firm believer in and supporter of the 
Democratic party and its principles, and forfour years was United States Gauger in this 
city. He has long been actively identified with real estate movements in Columbus, 
and was secretary of the Teutonia Building and Loan Association, also the German 
Buildinq and Loan Association, both of which organizations have gone out of existence, 
being of the terminating kind of such institutions. The plan of that kind of associa- 
tions if carried out unchanged made it impracticable to accept new members, the origi- 
nal members ceasing to be members after the amount of their stock was paid to them 
in full. 

He is now secretar3' of the Allemania Building and Loan Association, a position 
his ample experience and ability enables him to fill in the most efficient manner. Per- 
sonally, on his own account, he conducts a general real estate business in all its 
branches, and is an expert judge of the values of real estate, improved or unimproved, 
both city and suburban. He is also a conveyancer of Real Estate, and Notary P 

On October 15, 1 868, Mr. Herman was married to Miss Helena Walther Mithoff, 
who has borne him four children, none of whom, unfortunately, now survive. 

Mr. Herman is active in fraternal circles, being a Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of 
Pythias, and a member of the Liederkranz Singing Society, and is one of the most 
highly regarded citizensof the Capital City. 



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by liim the moms were appropriated to amusement. The first billiard table in 
the town was in the upper part of this market house. About 1830 the council 
bought out Young's interest and the building was removed. 

As before stated, during its early years, the infant Capital of Ohio im- 
proved rapidly. But this happy state of affairs did not continue for more than 
eight or nine years. It was about 1820 that, owing to the failure of two of the 
original proprietors, McLaughlin and Johnston, and of many other owners of 
real estate in the town, numerous lots were offered at public sale bv the Tinted 
States Marshal and the Sheriff of Franklin county. Monev was'scarce, and 
the lots would not sell at the required two-thirds of their appraised value. As 
a consequence they were reappraised and again offered. This process was 
repeated until lots which bad a few years before been considered worth two and 
three hundred dollars, were "knocked down" at ten and twenty dollars, and in 
the less central parts of the town, at even seven and eight dollars. This great 
depreciation of real estate served to depress business in general, and the evil 
was further enhanced by the springing up of questions of title. 

It was in 1822 or 1823 that the title to Lyne Starling's half section, on 
winch Columbus was in part located, began to be disputed. The general gov- 
ernment had originally granted that half section to one Allen, a refugee from 
the British .North American provinces in the time of the Revolution. The 
grantee conveyed it to his son, bv whom it was mortgaged, and, un- 
der this mortgage it was sold to Lyne Starling. 

The heirs of Allen the elder "disputed Starling's title, taking exception 
to the sale made by the elder Allen to his son, and questioning the authentica- 
tion ol the son's mortgage. They especially excepted to Starling's title under 
the mortgage sale, on the ground that there was no evidence to show that an 
appraisement of the land had been made as required bv the statutes of Ohio. 
Ejectment suits Acre instituted, both in the Supreme Court of < >hio, and in the 
United Stales Circuit Court, against the holders of the best improved and most 
valuable lots in the disputed tract. Mr. Starling, who bad warranted the title 
to the purchasers of the lots, defended these suits, and secured the aid of the 
most eminent legal lights of the day. He engaged as bis attorney, Henry Clay, 
who was then practicing in the United States Courts at Columbus, but Mr. Clay, 
having been in the spring of 182.1, appointed Secretary of State, under the ad- 
ministration of John Quincy Adams, could not attend' to the cases, and, in lieu 
of him, Mr. Starling engaged Henry Baldwin, then of Pittsburgh, bv whom 
the defense was conducted with signal ability. Litigation and the attendant 
"law's delays," caused the taking up of a large amount of time, but, finally, 
in 1826, a decision was rendered sustaining the validity of the Starling title. 
No sooner had the dispute as to the title to Starling's half section been settled, 
when a claim was presented against Kerr & McLaughlin's ball section. The 
latter gentlemen had purchased from one Strowbridge, and the claim was 
based on an alleged defect in Strowbridge's deed, which was executed, not by 
the grantor in person, but by an agent or attorney in fact, who stated in the 
conveyance that he signed and sealed it for Strowbridge, instead of saying that 
Strowbridge had executed it h\ -him, the agent. Therefore it was contended 
by the claimants that the i\ca\ was not Strowbridge's, hut that of the agent, 
who claimed no title. Someone having obtained a quit claim from Strow- 
bridge's heirs, brought suits in ejectment against the occupants of the most 
valuable lots in the Kerr & McLaughlin tract. But this proceeding was check- 
mated by a suit in chancery to quiet the title, entered in IS27. The title of 
Kerr & McLaughlin was held to be valid, and thus ended all disputes as to the 
validity ol the titles of the original proprietors and founders of Columbus. 

Having thus observed how the claims set up against proprietary titles of 
lands in Columbus came to naught, it is timely here to briefly note the final 
outcome of the business and lives of tin- four original proprietors of a little 



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town struggling into lite out of the depths of a dense forest, now one of the 
foremost cities, and the prosperous capital of a great state. 

John Kerr left a young- family and a large fortune at his death in 1823, 
but the estate was soon dissipated after his decease. 

Alexander McLaughlin, who had taken rank as one of the wealthiest 
men in the state, failed in business in 1820, and never afterward retrieved his 
fallen fortune. He supported himself in later life by teaching a common 
country school. Though a man of large intelligence, with a fine business ed- 
ucation a n<l qualifications, he had entered so deeply into speculation, that the de- 
preciation of real estate which occurred in 1820, rendered him totally unable 
to meet the obligations he had incurred, and his extensive landed estate was 
sacrificed Tinder the hammer. His deatli took place in 1832. 

James Johnston failed in business about the same time, and from the 
same cause that shattered the fortune of McLaughlin. He left Columbus in 
1820, and resided in Pittsburgh the residue of his life. He died in the summer 
of 1842 at a very advanced age. 

Lyne Starling survived all other three proprietors by several vears, and 
was the wealthiest of them all. In 1819-20 he made an extended pleasure tour 
through Europe, and on his return spent the remainder of his days chiefly in 
Columbus. He was a bachelor. His demise occurred in the fall of 1848, at 
the age of sixty-live. About six years previous to his decease he donated 
thirty-live thousand dollars for the founding of a medical college in Columbus 
and upon this basis an institution was founded which still bears the name of 
Starling Medical College, in honor of its principal donor. 

ASSOCIATE JUDGES. 

Under the Constitution of 1802 the Common Pleas or County Judges 
were chosen by the General Assembly and were called Associate fudges. Bv 
the ait of April hi, lS(Ki, it was made the duty of these judges to establish 
townships and fix their boundaries, to appoint certain officers, and to discharge 
various other duties now performed by county commissioners. The first Com 
moil Pleas Judges appointed for Franklin county were John Dill, David 
Jamison and Joseph Foos, of whom the first named was the president or chief 
judge. This court appointed Lucas Sullivant as its clerk, and, on May 10, 
1803, proceeded to divide the county into four townships, two east and two 
west of the Scioto. fhe eastern townships were named Harrison and Liberty, 
the western Franklin and Darby. At the same sitting of the Court an elec- 
tion of justices of the peace was ordered to take place on the twenty-first day 
of the ensuing June. In pursuance of this order the following justices were 
chosen on the day appointed: In Franklin township, Zachariah Stephen and 
James Marshall; in Darby, Josiah Ewing; in Harrison, William Dennett; in 
Liberty, Joseph Himter and Ezra Brown. On the same day, Ohio elected Jer- 
emiah Morrow as her first Representative in Congress. The vote of Franklin 
county, cast at that election, as canvassed and reported by Lucas Sullivant, 
David Jamison and Joseph Foos, shows the following aggregate, by townships: 
Franklin, .10; Darby, 22; Harrison, 21; Liberty, 28; total 130. Many extracts 
from the proceedings of the first Common Pleas Court of Franklin county 
were made by Lucas Sullivant, among the most interesting being the fol- 
lowing: 

"At a meeting of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Franklin county, on the eighth day of August, in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and three, present the Honorable John Dill, Esq., First 
Associate, and David Jamison, Esq., Second Associate Judges of said Court. 
Ordered that the rates of tavern license in Franklinton be four dollars a year. 
Ordered that a license be granted William Domigan, Sr., to keep tavern in his 
own house in Franklinton until the next Court of Common Pleas for Franklin 
county, and afterward until he can renew his license. Ordered that license be 

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granted to Joseph Foos to keep a tavern at the house occupier! by him in 
Franklinton for the accommodation of travelers until the next Court of Com- 
mon Fleas for Franklin county, and afterward until the license can be renewed. 

Adjourned without delay. 

Li t \s Sri, u\ ant, 

Test. Clerk. 

Other interesting extracts are as follows: 

Ordered that there be paid unto Jeremiah McLene, who was appointed 
by the Legislature of the State of < )hio as one of the commissioners to fix the 
permanent seat of justice in this county, (Franklin) , the sum of fifteen dollars, 
it being a compensation for his services as aforesaid six days, and his adtli-. 
tional service in writing and circulating the notices, as required by law. 
Ordered, that there be paid unto James Ferguson, who was appointed one of 
the commissioners to tix the permanent seat of justice in this county ( Franklin | 
the sum of twelve dollars, it being a compensation for his services as a com- 
missioner aforesaid six days. | A similar order was made out to William 
Creighton. | Ordered, that there he allowed and paid to Joseph Foos, Esq., as 
follows : Four dollars expended by him for the reception of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas for Franklin county at September term, 1803; also the sum of one 
dollar and fifty cents expended by him in conveying the election box, and a 
volume of the laws of the State to the house of elect ion in Darby township 
prior to the twenty-first of June as required by law; also the sum of three dol- 
lars paid by him to fames Marshall, Esq., for bringing from the printing office 
part of the number of volumes of laws of this State as was allowed by law for 
Franklin county; and which was brought for the use of all the different town- 
ships; all the sum of two dollars which lie paid for the use of the election boxes 
made use of at the last election in this county. Ordered, that there be paid to 
John Blair, lister of taxable property in Franklin township, the sum of six 
dollars and forty-nine cents, it being the compensation in full this da)' claimed 
by him before this Court for services in takingthe list aforesaid, and also tin- 
list of enumeration in said township, and three miles in making return. 
Ordered, that four dollars be appropriated for the purpose id' completing the 
election boxes in this county, agreeably to the requisition of law. Ordered, 
that there be allowed for wolf and panther scalps as follows to-wit: For any 
wolf or panther scalp any person shall kill under six months old, one dollar; 
for every wolf or panther that is above six months, two dollars. The proceed 
ings respecting any wolf or panther scalp to be particularly and pointedly reg- 
ulated by the law passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives 
of the territory of the United States northeast of the Ohio river, entitled, an 
act to encourage the killing of wolves and panthers, passed ninth of January, 
1802; said law t<> be complied with in every respect, except the price given for 
scalps, which shall be as before mentioned in this order; and the holders of any 
certificate for such scalps shall be paid out of the county treasury as soon as 
the tax for 1804 shall be levied and collected and not before, Ordered, that 
there be paid unto Adam Hosack, sheriff of this county, the sum of one dollar 
and fifty cents for summoning the grand jury for January term, 1804. ( )rdered, 
that there be a jail built immediately for the use of this county, on the follow- 
ing plan, to-wit; Of logs twelve feet long and eighteen inches diameter, with 
two sides hewed down so as to make a face of eight inches, and to be let down 
dovetailing so as to make the logs fit close together, to be seven feet at least 
between the lower and upper floors, which floor is to be oi timber of like thick- 
ness, with three sides hewed so as to let them lie entirely close, and to be 
smooth on the face of the lower floor, and the upper floor to show an even face 
in manner on the lower side, and to have two rounds ol logs at least, ol like 
timbers above the upper floor; then to have a cabin roof (made of clapboards 
held down by timbers laid transversely in lines about three feet apart) well put 
on, a door cut out two feet eight inches wide and prepared in a workmanlike 



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manner, to hang the shutter of the door, which shutter was to be made in a 
strong and sufficient and workmanlike manner of plank two inches thick. 
There are to be two windows, eight inches by ten inches wide, made in said 
prison house, which windows are to be secured by two bars of iron one inch 
square sufficiently let in, in each window, the corners closely sawed or cut 
down. Ordered, (session of March 24, 1804) that there be paid to Joseph Parks 
and Samuel McElvain, each, three dollars out of the county treasury, for three 
davs" services in viewing of a road from Franklinton to Xewark. Ordered, 
that there be paid unto David Pugh and John Hoskins, each, two dollars and 
a quarter out of the county treasury for three days' services in carrying the 
chain on the view of the road from Franklinton to Xewark. Ordered, that 
there be paid to Samuel Smith four dollars and fifty cents for three days' ser- 
vices in surveying the road from Franklinton to Xewark, as per return of sur- 
vrv. Ordered, that there be paid out of the county treasury to Lucas Sulli- 
vant, eighty dollars, for the building of the jail, in Franklinton, for the county. 
Ordered, that Lucas Sullivant he appointed surveyor to attend the viewers of 
the road from Franklint >n to Springfield, and to survey and return a plat 
thereof, of that part which had not been viewed. Ordered, that there be paid 
unto |ohn Dill, Esq., eight dollars out of the county treasury, cash by him ad- 
vanced to purchase a lock for the jail of Franklin county. Adjourned. Lucas 
Sullivant, clerk. 

The county jail ordered in the foregoing proceedings was built at a cost of 
eighty dollars. It was burned down not a great while afterward. There is no 
record that stocks and a whippingpost were provided in connection with it, al- 
though an early tradition so states, and was corroborated by the 
customs of the times. Under the territorial government the use of such im- 
plements of punishment began as early as 1788, and in 1792 the judges passed 
a law directing that the stocks, whipping post and pillory, as well as a jail and 
courthouse, should be erected in every count}'. In defiance of the Ordinance 
of 17S7, forbidding slavery, a law was passed August 15,1795, providing thai a non- 
paying debtor might he subjected to servitude for a period of seven years on 
demand of his creditor, and similar laws were enacted in 1802. The courts of 
Franklin county met in hired rooms until 1807-8, when a courthouse was erect- 
e I under their supervisi »n. It was built of brick manufactured from the clay ot 
one of the ancient mounds of the neighborhood. A brick jail, Arthur O'Harra, 
contractor, was built about the same time, situated a few rods northeast of the 
courthouse. These buildings continued to be used until the county seat was 
removed to Columbus in I82+. After that, the courthouse was used, for some 
lime, as a sehoolhouse. It remained standing until 1878, when it was torn 
awav, and the new Franklinton school building was erected on its site. 

THE FRANKLIN DRAGOONS 

This military company, which acted as the escort of President Monroe, 
on the occasion of his visit to Columbus in 1817, was organized in the time of 
the War of 1812, and continued until 1833, when it was disbanded. During its 
continuance it was commanded by six different captains, all men of mark in 
their time, and all now passed off the stage. following are brief sketches of 
each, in the order of their services. 

The first, Joseph Vance, enjoyed the reputation of being a fine officer, 
and was in the service, in different grades of rank, during the greater part of 
the war. Being one of the early settlers of the county, his interests were al- 
ways identified with those of the infant sett lenient s. He married in Frank- 
linton in 180,1, and was a resident of the county the remainder of his life. He 
w as for manv vears the county surveyor and one of the leading citizens id the 
time. His death took place in 182b 

Abram |. McDowell was one of the many contributions of Kentucky, to 
her northern sister across the Ohio river. Having served through the War of 

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ROBERT E. SHELDON. 

Robert E. Sheldon was born in Tiffin, Ohio, on June 1, 1845, the son of Thomas H. 
and Martha (Uncles) Sheldon. His father died about 50 years ago, when the subject of 
this sketch was seven years old. His mother, who still survives, is now Mrs. William 
Merion, of Columbus. There is but one other child in the family living, Mrs. John S. 
Roberts, wife of a Columbus druggist, now deceased. 

Robert E. attended the common school at an early age, and began work when but, 
11 years old. He was clerk for John Mclntyre, a Columbus grocer, for one year: clerk for 
Smith & Conrad, hatters, one year, clerk for Dwight, Stone & Co., retail dry goods, four 
years, after which he was employed as house and traveling salesman for the wholesale 
dry goods houseof Kelton, Bancroft & Co. In 1869 he entered theemploy of Millers. Green 
<& Joyce, who had at that time the quarters now occupied by Bancroft, Sheldon & Co , 
No. 115 North High street of which firm Mr. Sheldon has long been a partner. In 1876 
he became a partner with Green, Joyce & Co.; retired from Green, Joyce & Co., in 1885, 
joining Miles & Bancroft, the firm becoming Miles, Bancroft & Sheldon, and the latter 
were succeeded by the present firm, of which Mr. Sheldon's son, Butler Sheldon, is also 
a partner. This is one of the foremost dry goods houses in Central Ohio, employs over 
60 hands and a dozen traveling men, and its trade operations extend throughout Ohio, 
Indiana and West Virginia. 

On February 24, 1869, Mr. Sheldon was married to Miss Mary E. Butler, now 
deceased, by whom he had seven children, six of whom are living. On February 27th, 
1900, Mr. Sheldon was united to Miss Sarah F. Hanford. of Columbus, and they have a 
beautiful residence at No. 683 East Broad street. Mr. Sheldon's children are: Mrs. Flora 
S. Bush, Butler Sheldon, Hattie Sheldon, Mrs Mary Sheldon Hoster, wife of the promi- 
nent Columbus brewer; Robert Sheldon, aged 17. graduate of the Central High School, 
who will enter the Ohio State University and Thomas H. Sheldon, aged 12, 

Mr. Sheldon is one of the foremost representative men of Columbus, and has ever 
been active in promoting the city's welfare. He is a member of the Columbus Board of 
Trade, was its vice president one term and director two terms, is a director of the 
Hayden-Clinton National Bank, president of the Columbus Terminal and TransferRail- 
way, president of the Columbus Railwav Co., member of the Masonic Order. Columbus 
and Arlington Clubs, and is affiliated politically with the Republican party. 



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1812, he settled, soon after its close, in Franklinton. His wife was Eliza Lord 
one oi the Starling family, so widely known in Kentucky' and Ohio He is 
represented as being a Kentucky gentleman of the old school, aristocratic iii 
all Ins notions, refined and educated, but regarded by manv as haughty in his 
manners, and perhaps, on thai very account, never acquiring wealth. He was 
the father of the distinguished general, Irwin McDowell, who was born in 
Franklinton, October ■>,, 1818. A, the head of hi. troop, he was afterward pro- 
moted tothe rank of coonel, whirl, title he bore through lib-. Notwithstand- 
ing the charge oi haughtiness, he was a man of free and jovial disposition and 
always bad many warm friends, lb- held the office of clerk of the courts and 
county reconlerformany years, and was afterward mayor of Columbus. He 
died in 1844, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. 

Robert Brotherton was the third commander of this popular tr an. I 

like his predecessors promoted to tin- rank .,1 colonel. He was a native of 
Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, came to Franklinton in early youth and 
resided in the county ever after, lb- married a daughter ,.1' Captain Hooken, 
.•I family oi high respectability. Of a mild mid sociable disposition he be- 
came very popular without any apparent effort on his part. He filled thediffi- 
cult and unpleasant office of sheriff for two terms, (eight years), with peculiar 
ease and kindness, and was never charged with injustice or oppression He 
'lied in November, 1837, aged aboul forty-five years. 

Philo H. Olmstead was born in' the township of Simsbury Hartford 
county, Connecticut, in February, 1793. His father, Francis Olmstead was a 
soldier in the Waroi the Revolution, and was with the army that captured Bur- 
goyne. fn 1808, he came to Ohio with his family, settling at first at Blendon 
Four Corners, where his father owned a large tract of land. After assisting 
his father two years in improving his land, he, at the solicitation of Colonel 
James Kilbourne, entered the printing office of the Western Intelligencer a 
paper just started at Worthing,,,,,. He became one of the proprietors of thai 
paper, which was removed to Columbus in 1814, the name being rl, ; „„r, ( | to 
'!!'" S !'" r Jo^nal. lie eo,,tinue,| his connection with the fournal until after 
■s..n when |„. became a merchant. In | ul v. 1 S 1 7 . he was married t,. Sarah 
I tulips, Iron, Mercersburg. Pennsylvania, and tbev had a family of ten child 
ren. He died in 1870, aged sevent v-seven. 

Joseph McElvain was promoted to the rank of colonel in the Ohio mili- 
tia, like his predecessors in the command of the Dragoons, and he wasdistin- 
guished by this title through life. Colonel McElvain was one of tin- first resi 
dents of Franklin county, coming here with his father and family when a 
child, and spending the remainder of his lib- hen-, lb- was in turn farmer 
merchant, hotel keeper and public officer. He was f,, r manv years an assist- 
ant in the Ohio Penitentiary, held the office of county treasurer four years 
and was also superintendent of the county infirmary. He died suddenly on 
February seventh. 1858 



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sketch of bis life is given elsewhere in this volume. 

A prominent early citizen, Doctor Samuel Parsons, father of Hon 
beorge M. Parsons, whose name was a foremost one in Columbus lor mam 
years, was a native oi Reading, Connecticut, lie acquired bis profession in 
his native state, removed tothe West a young and unmarried man, and arrive,! 
at l-rankhiiton on the first day of the vear, 1811, where be located ami com- 
menced practice, In 1816 be removed to Columbus, when' he continued t,, 
practice until the last lew years of his life, when he retired. As a physician 
be acquired a high reputation; in 1843, he was, without solicitation on his part 
elected a Representative from Franklin county to the State Legislature, where he 
served with ability, and he was also, for a number of vears president of the 
Franklin branch of the State Hank of ( )hi,,. 

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Gustavus Swan was born in Sharon, New Hampshire, July 15, 17S7. He 
met with many severe struggles with poverty, but managed to acquire the 
profession of the law. He set out for Ohio on horseback in April, 1810, and in 
the ensuing May arrived at Marietta, bringing with him fifteen hundred dol- 
lars, which he loaned to a friend and lost. He was not dismayed by this mis- 
Fortune, his belief being- that a young; man's best capital with which to begin 
active life is good morals, a liberal education, and the fear of starvation. In 
1811 he settled permanently in Franklinton, being led to this decision by the 
belief that the State seat of government would be located at the forks of the 
Scioto. He opened a law office in Franklinton, served as a volunteer in tin- 
War of 1812, and in 1814 moved to Columbus, where he subsequently became 
one of its most influential citizens. 

Lvne Starling, whom we have already noted as being one of the wealth- 
iest property owners of Columbus, was born in Kentucky, December 27, 1784, 
and came to Franklinton, by invitation of his brother-in-law, Lucas Sullivant, 
in 1805. Having served as an assistant in the office of the clerk of the courts 
at Frankfort, he soon became a useful helper in the official duties of Mr. Sulli- 
vant, then clerk of the court at Franklinton. He afterward became the clerk 
himself, holding the office for man}' years. Induced by a taste for business to 
renounce official station, he became a partner in trade with Mr. Sullivant, es- 
tablished a flourishing store, and was first to venture cargoes of produce in 
decked flatboats down the Scioto to New Orleans. When the War of l812broke 
out, he became a commissary for the Northwestern army under General Harri- 
son. His personal presence was imposing, his height six feet, six inches, his 
carriage graceful and his dress faultless in the style of a gentleman of the old 
Virginia school. Of him a contemporary of his said: "He was emphatically 
a great man. He arrived at conclusions and was acting upon them, while or- 
dinary minds were contemplating at premises. It was this peculiar superi- 
ority which rendered his efforts in business so uniformly successful, and which 
enabled him, before reaching the meridian of life, to amass one of the largest 
fortunes which have been accumulated in the west." 

In spite of the fact that his wealth and dignity made him seem aristo- 
cratic to the popular mind, Mr. Starling was a man of generous impulses. 
fudge Gustavus Swan, himself a man of uncommon ability, paid him this 
tribute: 'Before the progress of disease had undermined his constitution, 
and a shattered nervous system had rendered his days wretched, Mr. Starling 
was amiable, frank, confiding, social and manly, wholly disinterested in his 
friendships .charitable to the frailties of others, and only severe upon his 
own. The poor and necessitous never applied to him in vain, and 

In- was as far from avarice as any man that ever lived. His mind bail 
no grasp for small things, and when he relieved, it was no calculat- 
ing or grudging bounty." Joseph Sullivant relates this anecdote of Lvne Star- 
ling: "I was once in his room when Fdward Starling was visiting him. He 
was lying on his bed and had just made rather a boasting statement as to his 
wealth, when, turning to his brother, he said: 'Edmund, that is pretty well 
for the fool of the family, is it not?' 'Yes,' said Edmund, 'but I don't under- 
stand about the fool.' Lvne continued : "Do you recollect hearing of old Mrs. 
Doake in Virginia, who used to do the weaving for the family?" Edmund as- 
sented, and Lvne said "When I was a boy I went with my mother to carry 
some yarn to Mrs. Doake, and, being very bashful, did not enter the house, but 
stood outside the door, where I heard distinctly every word that was said. The 
old woman was very particular in her inquiries about every member of the 
family, and wound up by saying, 'and how is that poor simpleton, Dyne ?" We 
all laughed, as he did also, saying: "Well, after all, I think the fool of the 
family has done pretty well ; but the fact is, that speech has stuck in my craw 
tor tifty years." Whether this speech of the old weaver had stimulated him 

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through life, or in any way influenced his career cannot be known l„n 
larily, lie was the most successful member of his family." 

who came to Franklinton in 1805, was Doctor 

ommunity, his foremost act 




Lpnl, 1789, he settled at Belpre. There he assisted in building stoci 
ades for defense against the Indians, and became an officer of militia by ao- 
pointment of Governor St. Clair. His subsequent fate is illustrative of the 
penis „f pioneer hie at that time on the ( )hio frontier. I„ his "Pioneer Hi. to 

of\l^h .^.''1/' VV''' ,S "!' thlS Peri ° dl S ' PHildr «th says : ••( )„ (he first day 
of March 179., the Belpre colony met with the most serious loss i1 had vet felt 
trom ,ts Indian enemies, in the captivity and ultimate death of Maior Goodale 
On that day he was at work on a new clearing on his tarn,, distant about forty 
or fifty rods from the garrison, hauling rail timber with a voke of oxen fron*. 
the edge of the woods which bordered on a new field. I. lav hack of the first 
bottom on the edge of the plain, in open view of the station. An Irishman, 
named John Magee. was at work digging or grubbing on. the roots ,,f the 
bushes and stnall saplings on the slope of the plain, as it descends on to the 

Slope of the bottom, but out of sight of Major (i [ale. The Indians made so 

little noise in their assault that John did not hear them. The first notice of 
thedisaster was the view of the oxen, seen from the garrison, standing quietly 
with no one near them. An hour or more thev were observed still in the 
same place when suspicion arose that some disaster had happened to Mr 
Goodale. One of the men was called and sent to learn what had happened' 
John was still busy at his work, unconscious of anv alarm. In the edae 
of the woods there was a thin layer of snow on which he soon saw moccasin 

tracks. It was now evident that Indians ha en there, and had taken ( loodale 

prisoner as no b 1 was seen on the ground. They followed the trail some 

distance but soon lost it. The next day a party of rangers went out, hut re- 
turned after a fruitless search. The river at this time was nearly at full hank 
and less danger was apprehended on that account; it was also intheseason for 
Indians to approach the settlements. The uncertainty of his condition left 
room for the imagination to fancy everything horrible in his fate; more terrible 
to bear than the actual knowledge of his death. Great was the distress of 
ilrs. Uoodale and the children, overwhelmed with this unexpected calamity 

I heir loss threw a deep gl n over the whole community; as no man was more 

high y valued, neither was there any one whose counsel ami influence were 
equally prized by the settlement. He was in fact the life and soul ofthisisola 

ted community, and left a vacancy that ,ther man could fill. At the treaty 

ol 1795, when the captives were given up by the Indians, some intelligence was 
obtained of nearly all the persons taken prisoners from this part of Ohio hut 

none ot the fate of Major (J lale, About the year 1799, Colonel Forrest 

lleeker, since a citizen of Delaware county, and well acquainted with the 
family of Major Goodale, an, I the circumstances of this event, when at Detn.it 
on business, tell ,,, company with three Indians, wh,, related to him the partic- 
ulars ot their taking a man prisoner, at Belpre, in the spring of I7!t:; Their 
description of his personal appearance left no doubt on the' mind of Colonel 

Meeker of its being Major G ale. They stated that a party of eight Indians 

were watching the settlement for mischief, and as thev lay concealed on the 
side of the hill hack .,1 the plain, thev heard a man driving or "talkino- to his 
oxen .as they expressed it. After carefully examining his movements thev 



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saw him leave hi* work and go t<i the garrison in the middle of the day. 
Knowing that he would return soon, they secreted themselves in the edge of 
the woods, and while he was occupied with his work, sprang out and seized 
upon him before he was aware of their presence, or could make any defense, 
threatening him with death if he made a noise or resisted. After securing 
him with thongs they commenced a hastj' retreat, intending to take him to 
Detroit, and get a large ransom. Somewhere on the Miami or at Sandusky he 
fell siek and could not travel, and he finally died of his sickness. A Mrs. 
Whittaker, wife of a storekeeper and trader with the Indians at Sanduskv, 
lias since related the same account. That the Indians left him at her house. 
where he died of a disease like a pleurisy, without having received anv verv 
ill usage from his captors, other than the means necessary to prevent his es- 
cape. This is probably a correct account of his fate; and, although his fate 
was a melancholy one. among strangers, and far away from the sympathy and 
care of his friends, yet it is a relief to know he did not perish at the stake, or 
by the tomahawks of the savages". 

Doctor Goodale well remembered being stationed, when a boy on the 
farm at Belpre, to watch for the approach of Indians while his father and as- 
sistants were at work in the fields. When he came to Franklinton, he brought 
with him his widowed mother, and engaged in the practice of medicine, 
which profession he had studied in the office of Doctor Leonard |ewett at 
Belpre. Hut the trade of the frontier was at that time so profitable that he 
was soon drawn into mercantile business and opened a store, which he con- 
ducted with great success. Dart of his stock consisted of drugs and medi- 
cines, forwhich there was a great demand. Meanwhile he gave to the poorhis 
services as a physician free of charge. Like other business men of Franklin- 
ton, he made large investments in the lands of the vicinity, and reaped there- 
from a liberal profit. He enlisted as a volunteer in the War of 1812, became an 
assistant surgeon in Colonel, afterward Governor MeArthur's regiment, and 
was taken captive at Hull's surrender and sent to Maiden. He was afterward 
exchanged at Cleveland. 

In 1611, according to Judge Swan, there was neither church, nor school 
house, nor pleasure carriage in Franklin county, nor was there 
a bridge over any stream within the compass of a hundred miles. 
Goods were imported principally from Philadelphia, in wagons, and 
our exports, consisting of horses, cattle and hogs, carried themselves to 
market. The mails were brought to us once a week on horseback, if not pre- 
vented by high water. There was not in the county a chair for every two per- 
sons, nor a knife and fork for every four. The proportion of rough population 
was very large. With that class, to say that he woidd tight, was to praise a 
man, and it w as against him if he refused to drink. Aged persons and in- 
valids, how e\ er. were respected and protected, and could avoid drinking ami 
lighting with impunity; but even they could not safely interfere to interrupt a 
tight. There was one virtue that of hospitality, not confined to anv one 
class." 

The vicissitudes of these early settlers were manifold. On the arrival 
of an intending settler from tin- East, he first chose a spot for a clearing, then- 
girdled the larger trees, and cut down and burned the smaller ones. Corn was 
then planted by cutting holes in the ground with a hoe or an axe. and drop- 
ping a few kernels into each cavity. When buckwheat was sown, it was 
necessary to watch it at the ripening season, to keep the wild turkeys from 
destroying it. In Blendon township, in 1807, the wild deer were accustomed to 
come into the clearing around the family cabin of a settler to browse on the 
branches of the fallen trees. The settler was a soldier of the War of Independ- 
ence, and had brought with him the long rifle be had used in the battle of 
Hunker Hill. With this weapon, rested on the comb of the roof, he frequently 

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MICHAEL HALM 



MRS MARY HALM 



MICHAEL HALM. 

Michael H I m 

n Canton i Abraham 
H 1 1 i was Miss E i /der His fattier was 

marrii L and had eighl hili iren i y Lne nd vhom 
two son: and om d iugh; irareliving 

The subject of lb Ci twford 

county, Ohi> ["aught for hools, 

worked on the farm, in the tannery and m the brick yard Crojan, 

too. In 1842 he earn ind eng iged with A VV l: up cabinet 

making business, h he 

prentice and rece neym m's ■ of the 
time. 

In 1844 he began I ius ss on hi i iwi i an ount forming a partnership with Mr. 

William M. Stiles, under the firm nam &Halm,intb which 

High The 

capital of the firm con it, two 

dollars and fifty cents -worth of lumbei whii h the "fin i Lr broad 

ders from the canal landing to heii place of bu im A1 hi end of eleven months 

the firm was dissolve I by I Mr Halm 
continuing the business aboveuntil 18 

At the time when Mr Halm took hold if the fii 

r en him by the Secretary of State to con ru i pi 

rig oi the standard weights and msasui ntract 
hi most profital de oi any work which had ever fallen in hi 

the road tor a succes his he bought an h Thomas 



Brotherlin, and continued ltuntil 1364, under the firm name and style of Brotherlin, 
Halm & Company 

In 1864 Mr. Brotherlin died, and his interest in the firm was purchased by Mr. 
John H. Ford, and its style was Halm, Ford & Stage. Tnis firm was dissolved in 1865, 
and Mr. Halm continued the business with Mr. Cnarles C. Bellows, who put in $3,000 
capital, under the firm name Halm & Bsllows. A little later the late C. P. L. Butler put 
$12, OOO capital into the concern and the title of the firm was changed to Halm, Bel- 
lows and Butler, continuing until 1883, at which time Mi . Butler sold out to his asso- 
ciates who incorporated the Halm & Bellows Furniture Company and continued until 
1892, -when they were succeeded by McAllister, Mohler & Company. 

Since that time Mr. Halm has lived in comparative retirement still taking an ac- 
tive interest, however, in the public and business affairs of the city. He was married 
on the 14th of March 1844, to Miss Mary Markley, and they have reared a family of 
three sons and three daughters, who have proved themselves worthy the care and af- 
fection of their parents. 

Mr. Halm is a thorough Republican, a member of the order of Odd Fellows, and 
for many years ably represented the Fourth Ward in the City Council, being one of its 
strongest and ablest members, progressive in all his ideas and doing much for the up- 
building of Columbus. As a manufacturer he was not only successful but added much 
to the fame of Columbus as the centre of the furniture trade, his wares having a wide 
sale far beyond the confines of the city, county, and state. In every relation of life he 
has proven himself an A-l man, and his adopted city is justly and properly proud of 
him. He has resided since 1848 at the homestead, 198 East Mound street. 



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shot the deer by moonlight, from the top of his cabin. The surrounding for 
<>st was very dense, the trees very large, logs and swamps frequent, and of 
roads there were none. The family obtained its first supplies of com from Pick- 
away comity, in exchange for baskets manufactured at the home fireside 
Night seldom tailed to bring visitations of wolves, howling dismally. Some- 
times, to make their musical powers more impressive, these serenaders gath- 
ered in a circle around the cabin. Cows and other stock were permitted to 
range at will in the woods, where they were hunted up and driven home in the 
evening. The animals hunted for the "salt licks," and in doing so would 

sometimes wander away tor several miles. On one occasion a neighbor] d 

damsel got over the creek, while driving the cows home, by holding on to the 
caudal extremity of one of the animals and making it swim. "She didn't °- e 1 
very wet," observes the historian of the event, "There wasn't much on hereto 
wet, only a linen frock." 

Few frontier housekeepers were so fortunate as to possess any porcelain 

dishes. The table utensils were mainly articles of w 1 or pewter. Knives 

and forks were rarities. Baking was done by spreading the meal dough on a 
clean board and placing it before the tire, under watch of one of the voun»er 
members of the family. 

Eastern made fabrics were so scarce and expensive as to he bevond the 
reach of most of the settlers. Deerskin, flax and the fibre of the nettle were, 
therefore, used in the tireside manufacture of materials for clothing. By the 
mixture of flax and wool, when wool could he obtained, a coarse "cloth" was 
made, called "linsey-woolsey." "Sheepsgray" was a compound of the wool of 
black sheep and white. The spinning wheel, kept constantly going, furnished 
the yarn from which woolen and linen cloths were made. Deer hides were 
first thoroughly soaked in the nearest running stream, then scraped and dried. 
They were next tramped in a leathern hag tilled with water mingled with the 
brains of wild animals. After each tramping, the hides were thoroughly 
wrung out. To keep them soft they were sometimes smoked. Finally, they 

were colored with ochre, rubbed with pumice. A single family would s e- 

times dress as many as a hundred deerskins in this wav, in the course of the 
winter. To manufacture the buckskin thus produced into gloves, moccasins 
and other articles of clothing, furnished useful occupation for many a leisure 
hour in the wilderness of solitudes. A buckskin suit over a flax shirt was con- 
sidered full dress for a man. The outside masculine garment was a hunting 
shirt, with a cape around the shoulders and a skirt nearly to the knees, the 
front open with heavy foldings on the chest, and the whole fringed and belted. 
Trousers of heavy cloth or deerskin were worn or, in lieu of them, buckskin 
leggings. Women who were so fortunate as to have shoes, saved them for 
Sunday use, and carried them on the way to church, until they neared the 
place where services were held, when they sat down on a log to draw them on. 
Themenwent barefoot or wore moccasins'. Their buckskin clothes were very 
comfortable when dry, but just the reverse when wet. Hats and caps wen- 
made of the native furs. The pioneer woman's usual garments were made ol 
linsey-woolsey, or a homemade mixture of linen and cotton, and were fabri- 
cated with little regard for ornament. Vet the ingenuity of the sex seldom 
failed to find some resource for personal embellishment. A typical belle of the 
wilderness has been thus described: "A smiling face, fresh " but dark, a full 
head of smoothly combed hair tied up behind in a twist knot; a dress made 
out of seven yards of linsey-woolsey, closely tits the natural form and reaches 
to within six inches of the floor. It is fancifully and uniquely striped with 
copperas, butternut and indigo, alternating. Thebeltis made of homespun, 
but is colored with imported dye, and a row of buttons down the back is also 
set on a bright stripe. Heavy cowhide shoes conceal substantial feet and 
shapely ankles." Hooks were rare in the frontier settlements, and schools 

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were a long time in coming. A school teacher who received a salary of ten 
dollars a month, payable in produce, was considered fortunate. 

Some of die social customs of the early period have been described by 
tlu- Hun. Henry C. Noble, of Columbus, as follows: -A wedding engaged then, 
as now, the attention of the whole neighborhood, and the frolic was anticipated 
by old and young with eager expectation. In the morning the groom and his 
attendants started from his father's house to reach the bride's before noon, for 
the wedding, by the inexorable law of fashion, must occur before dinner. The 
horses, for all came on horseback, were caparisoned with old saddles, old 
bridles or halters, packsaddles with a blanket thrown over them, and a rope or 
a string for a girth or reins as often as leather. They formed a procession as 
well as thrv could along the narrow roads. Sometimes an ambuscade of mis- 
chievous young men was formed who fired off their guns and frightened the 
horses, and caused the girls to shriek. The "race for the buttle" took place be- 
tween two or more young men racing over this rough road to the bride's house, 
the victor to receive a bottle of whisky, which he bote back in triumph and 
passed along the line for each one to take a drink in turn. Then came the arri- 
\ al at the bride's house, the ceremony, the dinner and the dance, all conducted 
with the greatest fun and frolic until morning. Sometimes those who were 
not invited would revenge themselves by cutting off the manes, foretops and 
1 ails of the horses of the wedding party. The log-rolling,harvesting and husking 
bees the for men, and the quilting and apple-butter making for the women, fur- 
nished frequent occasions for social intercourse. Rifle shooting was a pastime 
which men loved, as it gave them an opportunity of testing their skill with that 
necessary weapon of defense, and means, often, of subsistence. When a beet 
was the prize, if was divided into six quarters by this queer arrangement; the 
two hindquarters were the highest prizes, the 1 wo forequarters the next, the hide 
and tallow the fifth, and the lead shot into the mark the sixth. 

The following graphic picture of an old-time apple-cutting frolic, is thus 
described by the pen of W. H. Venable, L. L. D.: "The middle-aged and the 
voung of a whole neighborhood assembled at some spacious farm house to 
peel and pare great heaps of apples for drying, or making into "butter"by stew- 
ing into boiled cider. The love fortunes of the men and maids were deter- 
mined by the counting of apple-seeds; and whoever removed the entire skin 
of a pippin in one long ribbon, whirled the lucky streamer thrice around his 
head, and let it fall behind him on the floor, a quick fancy, in the form the rib- 
lion assumed, made out the monogram of his or her intended mate. Alterthe 
apples were cut and the cider boiled, the floor was cleared lor a frolic, technic- 
ally so called, and merry were the dancers and loud the songs with which our 
fathers and mothers beguiled the flying hours. The fiddler was a man of im- 
portance, and when, after midnight, he called the "Virginia Reel", such shout- 
ing, such laughing, such clatter of hilarious feet upon the sanded puncheon 
floor, started the screech-owl out of doors, and waked the baby from its sweet 
slumber in the sugar trough. I will not deny that Tom Wilkins, who came to 
the frolic dressed in a green hunting shirt and deerskin trousers, drank some- 
thing stronger than hard cider, and was bolder than he should have been in 
his gallant attentions to Susan. Hut let bye-go nes be bj-e gones. The apple 
cutting was fifty years ago, and Tom and Susan have danced the dance of life, 
and their tombstones are decorous enough." "Hills' Wyandot", one of the last 
Indians in this section, had his lodge on the west hank of the Scioto, where 
he had many a drunken bout with boon white companions. Once in his 
youth, Billy had seen a large black bear swimming across the river at that 
point, and had plunged in, and slain the audacious prowler, in midstream, 
with his hunting knife. Proud of this exploit, the old Indian, one winter daw 
insisted on showing a couple of visitors, with whom he had been drinking 
freelv, how he had killed the bear. Against remonstrance he plunged into the 

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swirling current, laden with floating ice, and, alter whooping and floundering 
awhile in the antics of intoxication, sank and was drowned in the act ofkillino 
an imaginary hear. Bands of Indians from the headwaters of the Scioto used 
to come to Franklinton to trade, hringing furs, skins, haskets, maple sugar, 
cranberries, dry venison, and other articles, for which they would accept pay 
only in silver. Having obtained the coin they hough! ammunition, tobacco, 
knives, "squaw-axes", "squaw cloth" (broadcloth), pigments lor tattooing, 
blankets, brightly colored calicoes, and finally a supply of whiskv lor the 
"high drunk" with which they usually closed their "trading transactions. 
These orgies, in which the whole hand participated, except a few old men and 
women, who abstained to take care of the rest, were accompanied with much 
singing, dancing, brawling and fighting, and must have made it cpiite lively 
for the Franklintouians. 

An exciting experience with a bear occurred in 1809. "While some of 

Lucas Sullivant's workmen were plowing, a nearly grown hlack hear came 
along very leisurely, without apparently being in the least disturbed bv the 
immediate vicinity of the men and horses. One of the men, unhitching his 
horses, look a singletree, with a heavy tracechain attached, and mounting his 
horse, rode up alongside the hear, and began thrashing him with the chain. 
The bear at first showed fight but, wincing under the heavy blows, started ofl 

at a lively pace, the man following, and with an occasional applicati f the 

tracechain rinding little difficulty in driving him in any direction he chose, and 
finally, in about a quarter of a mile, succeeded in guiding him right into the 
door-yard of the Mansion House, where he was immediately attacked bv sever- 
al dogs. A tierce battle ensued, in which the hear killed one of the dogs, and 
fought his way across the garden into the next lot, where he took refuge in 
the angle formed by the fence anil house, and protected in his rear, stood al 

hay. A crowd of men and boys, with fresh dogs, s( gathered, and a regular 

bear-baiting began. The bear, standing on his hind legs in his corner, receiv- 
ed the attack in front from the eager but inexperienced dogs, and with a 
hearty hug and rip with his hind claws, sent one yelping cur after another out 
of the fight. It was soon evident that, so far as the dogs were concerned it 
was a drawn battle, and measures were devised to capture the bear alive 
For this purpose a rope was procured, with a slipnoose al one end, which was 
attempted to be thrown over his head, but which he with surprisingdexteritv, 
cast aside each time. At this j unci lire a man by the name of Corbus made his 
appearance and, being pretty full of whiskv, undertook to place the rope over 
the bear's head. When he got sufficiently close, the bear struck him a blow 
with his paw, whereupon Corbus dropped the rope and pitched in with his lists 
and feet, and a very exciting and famous rough ami tumble hear tight took 
place; but the poor beast, being much weakened and exhausted from his pre- 
vious efforts, the human brute came off best, and killed the bear. This 
exploit was long the talk of the village." 

David Waggoner Deshler was a gentleman who early came to Columbus, 
and was more prominent than any other in promoting the banking interests 
of the community. He was burn in Allentown, Northampton county, Penn- 
sylvania, in I7!»L>, settled in Columbus in 1817, and worked at his trade' of cabi- 
net maker for three years, his first work being under a contract wit h t he Stale, 
to build the alcoves for the State Library, then recently established bv Govern- 
or Worthington. These alcoves st I over fifty years" (first in the old State of- 
fice building, in the room over the auditor's office, and afterward in the new- 
State House, until the remodeling of the Library in its present spacious apart 
ments. One of them, as built by Mr. Deshler's own hands, is now standing in 
the City Library, to which il was presented by his sons, tilled with books, and 
endowed with a perpetual annuity of one bun 1 red dollars to keep it replenish- 
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mercantile career, in « Inch he continued for ten years, and during thai entire 
time he served, also, as justice of the peace. About 1830 he went into the in- 
surance business, representing the old Pennsylvania Fire and Life Insurance 
Company, until 1834 when he was chosen cashier of the Clinton Hank of Co- 
lumbus. He held this position for twenty years, or up to the time of the expi- 
ration of the bank's charter in 1854. He then united with a few of the old stock- 
holders, and established the private banking firm called the Clinton Bank, sim- 
ply dropping the clause, "of Columbus," from the old name. Phis arrange- 
ment continued for a few years, when the Clinton was merged into the Frank- 
lin branch of the Ohio State Hank, of which Mr. Deshler was made president. 
After a few more years the same parties bought out the Exchange branch, and 
Mr. Deshler was made made president of that also, thus holding the office of 
president in two banks at the same time ; and when, at length, these two in- 
stitutions were changed into national banks, he continued in the same rela- 
tion to them, and was president of both at the time of his death in 1869. His 
business career was certainly a remarkable one for the versatility evinced and 
the great success achieved. Mr. William G. Deshler, the well-known Colum- 
bus banker, succeeded bis father as president of the National Exchange Hank. 

RIVAL ASPIRANTS FOR THE CAPITAL 

Columbus is probably the only place known in history which, before it 
was settled, was selected as the seat of government of a great state. But it was 
not without opposition that it became the capital. Strong efforts were made 
by the citizens of Franklinton, Delaware, Worthington, Zauesville, Lancaster 
and Newark, and every point in their favor was made the most of in their 
petitions to the Legislature, praying that their respective towns might bemade 
the choice in the selection of an appropriate site for the State Capital. Other 
sections also presented their claims to a hearing. The town of Worthington 
was probably the strongest claimant, outside of those who favored the "East 
bank of the Scioto", and we append the address of its inhabitants. The origi- 
nal bears the date of February 12, 1808: 
"To the Honorable, The General Assembly of the State of Ohio:" 

"We, the undersigned, citizens and proprietors of Worthington and its 
vicinity, in Franklin county, understanding that the present General Assembly 
will have it constitutionally in their power to fix the permanent seat of govern- 
ment of this State, and provide for the erection of public buildings, for the ac- 
commodation of tin- Legislature and the officers of state; and as this or a 
succeeding legislature will ti x upon a place for the permanent seat of g ivern- 
ment, beg leave respectfully to represent, That, in our opinion, the town 
of Worthington is more eligibly situated for the scat of government 
than any other town now settled, or any other position which can be 
chosen in this State. "The situation of this town will be perfectly central, 
taking all matters into consideration, and is almost so as it respects terri- 
tory. "Phe center of Worthington is in the third quarter of the second town- 
ship in the eighteenth range of the United States Military lands, and 
about one and a quarter miles southwesterly from the center of said sec- 
ond township. 

"By referring to the State map.it will beseen that this town is exactly in 
a middle position, between the ( >hio river at the mouth of Scioto and the San 
dusky bay. west of the Connecticut Reserve; varying, therefore, so far only 
from the middle of the State, south, as the northeast corner of said Reserve and 
the country west of Lake Erie, about the Miami of the Lake, would carry it. 
which cannot, we apprehend, exceed nine or ten miles, by the best calculation. 

On an east and west line from the Ohio river to the western boundary of 
tin- State, Worthington is about twelve or thirteen miles from the center, west; 
but when the slant made by the Ohio river on the southeasl part is compared 

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WILLIAM FUERSTE 



Thei' wrably known, or more highly es- 

teemed and resj n n William 1 manufacturer of 266 South 

High street, who has built up a splei is business by his industry and 

native abiln He is n nmarried ma i rn in Germany on the 31st day of 

October, 1846. He is theson of G ' Fuersti His father was a har- 

ness maker, from whom h>- i uh- in the land of his na- 

tivity. He was educa ong wiih his three brothers, one 

of whom is living, having is deceased. He emigrated to the United 

States in 1861 when he w is fifteen . i oming direct to Columbus where his 

brothers were established m the harness making trade as C. & H. Fuerste. and with 
i ie thoroughly learned the trade. 

Up to the year 1900 he worked with this firm. At that time there was a change 
of proprietors, but no change in : .'■ he firm His brother Charles Fuerste died 

in 1899, and his brother Herman died in the fall of 1900. The business then passed into 
the hands of William Fuerste and Wilhelmina Loechler, the daughter of his brother 
Charles, but was and is still continued as C. & H. Fuerste r ■■, hem. 

This firm has been prominent in Col imbus tor more than forty-six 

years, and its fan e has [hout the United States but into other 

countries, being noted for the ex ibility of its work, which never fails 

to come fully up - : - equine equipments ever 

factured in the United Stati me from Lb The firm conducts a 

general business in the manufa - and carries a general line 

of horse furnishii whips, robi repairing as well as manu- 

facturing, and makes -iess and equipments. 

It is the largest in the retail line of any similar establishment in Columbus and central 
Ohio, and has always been noted for U nd finish of its goods. Mr. Fuerste 

commands the h ntire business community in Columbus. as well as 

Lnitssocia it the homestead of his deceased 

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with the projecting north west corner, about the said Miami oi the Lake, il will 
be found thai this town is nol more than seventeen or eighteen miles south 
mid west of the real center of the State. "H will also be recollected by the 
Legislature, and admitted by all, that the western part of ibis State, from the 
more even surface "I the country, and better quality of the soil, generally, lias 
and niiisl always have a greater population than the eastern, according to the 
extent of territory. Worthington is situated mi the east side of the main cast 
brand i id the Scioto, (commonly called Whetstone river), nine miles fr< mi its con- 
fluence with tin* west branch. This river is a tine navigable stream as far up 
as this town, equally so with the Scioto at Pranklinton; for although the Whet- 
stone is not quite so large a-- the other branch at high water, it is a mure en- 
during stream and lias lull as much water as the west lurk in the dry season 
in proportion to its size. This river is also as much narrower than the main 
Scioto, as it has less water and has higher hanks; and oi course is ot equal 
depth at least with the main river below the lurks, and being verv straight, of 
an easy ami gentle current and oi sufficient width, (from ten to twelve rods), 
is fully sufficient for the largest Orleans boats to descend, or large keel boats 
to ascend In and from the town in the proper seasons. Another very import- 
ant advantage is derived from this river at this particular point. Immediately 
above the center of the town, there begins .nil continues northward up said 
river Inr several miles, a succession nf falls, made bv liars of solid ruck run- 
ning across the stream, which furnish a number of the lust mill seats in this 
State, a principal pari oi which are now improved and improvingfor various 
kinds nf mills and water works and this accommodation is found in the center 
of an extensive, rich body oi land, equal to any, without exception in the west 
em country. Above these falls the river becomes still ami gentle again anil 
continues so and nf about nine or ten rods in width, entirely to the Sandusky 
plains, there approaching very near to the east branch oi the Sandusky river; 
so that, by erecting locks and slopes at the three or four mill dams upon the 
highest of those falls (which, from the solidity of the foundation might be 
dune at no great expense), salt, goods, etc., might he brought from the lakes by 
waterto this town with a very short portage. And thus might the mill dams 
now made and erecting upon the river, while they answer the first important 
end proposed, l»- also subservient to the better navigation of those falls. 

There are now in operation at and above this town, three saw mills, two 
grist mills and several other useful water machines, and three other mills are 
now building. By means of so early attention being paid to these important 
erections, the settlements in this vicinity have progressed in building and other 
improvements beyond any oilier settlement in this part of the State, forthe 
time, and have fur three years past supplied and do now supplv all the towns 
and settlements below for more than thirty miles upon the Scioto, with all 
their sawed timber for building, as also with their grinding, to a great distance. 

Worthington is also situated on a high and handsome piece of ground, 
commanding a very extensive view of the country on all sides. In point oi 
elegance for building ground, it is nut exceeded, if equalled, by any situation 
in the State, and with respect to healthiness, four years' experience has proved 
it wit hunt a parallel. 

The road from Zanesville from the forks of Kicking to the counties of 
Champaign and Miami, and the road from Chillicothe to Sandusky, cross at 
right angles in the center of this town, and several other important roads from 
different parts of the State, intersect with them near the same point. 

From a consideration of these several particulars (with many others oi 
minor importance), we have drawn the following conclusion: That this town is a 
more vent nil and eligible situation fur the seat nf government than unr other 
that can lie found in this State. 

With respect to accommodations for the members of the Legislature ilttr- 

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ing their session, should the General Assembly think proper to change the seat 
of government at the next session, (which, however, we <1<> not expect), and 
should fix it at this town, we can say with confidence, that the houses now 
built and building (that will he finished within one year), will be fully sufli- 
cient for that purpose. 

We would also state, for the general information of the General Assetn- 
hlv, that a large and commodious building is now preparing for an academy, 
in which will be three spacious rooms, either two of which will he of full ca- 
pacity to accommodate the two branches of the Legislature and which, when 
furnished, will he offered for the use of the State, in (he proper season, until 
the State buildings can be erected. This house will he ready as soon as re- 
quired. Also an eligible lot tor the erection of said public buildings shall he 
furnished upon the public ground. 

Being also informed that the citizens of several of the towns have 
opened subscriptions for the purpose of offeringto the Legislature private con- 
tributions toward the expenses of erecting the public buildings for the accom- 
modation of government; although we have thought there was reason to doubt 
the propriety of such measure, yet, from present circumstances, we have been 
induced to follow the example, as the following subscription will show; and 
we confidently trust in the candor of the Legislature, that they will not attribute 
the tender of this, our proposed contribution, to improper motives. We dis- 
claim the idea of purchasing, or offering to purchase privileges which of right 
might belong to another pari of the State, or which the public interest 
would require to be elsewhere established. On the contrary, conscious as we 
are, that the true interest of the State will lie best promoted by that which our 
interest and sense of propriety has induced us herein t > suggest to the consid- 
eration of the General Assembly, we have no other motives in this offer, than to 
render more secure what we deem a natural privilege, and to manifest to the 
Legislature, and to the State, that the citizens of this town and its vicinity, will 
not be behind their neighbors in contributing, according to their abilities, to 
lessen the public expenses to the citizens of the more remote parts of the State, 
who cannot partake so fully the benefits of a central position (which is the on- 
ly consideration, we conceive, to justify those who first introduced this mode of 
procedure), also to counteract, in some degree, an undue weight, which might 
otherwise operate against the joint interest of the State and this town. "All 
of which we respectfully submit to the consideration of the General Assembly, 
in full confidence that a concern so important to the State, will be justly 
weighed, and that the advantageous situation of the town of Worthington for 
the permanent seat of the State Government, will be duly noticed, notwith- 
standing the present infancy of the settlement. Therefore we, the undersign- 
ed citizens and proprietors of Worthington and its vicinity, in Frankin county, 
do each of us, in his individual capacity, promise and engage to pay to the 
treasurer of the State of < )hio, for the time being, the sum or sums annexed to 
our names respectively, for the purpose of erecting a state house in said town, 
for the accommodation of the Legislature and other officers of the government. 
provided this offer shall be accepted by the General Assembly, and the seat of 
government of this State be permanently fixed by law at Worthington. within 
two years from the rising of the present Assembly, and not otherwise. The 
sums so subscribed to be paid in four equal annual installments; the first 
installments thereof to become due at the end of one year from the acceptance 
of the subscription and the passage of the law fixing the seat of government as 
aforesaid, and the other three in annual succession thereafter, subject to such 
other restrictions only as shall he immediately annexed to our respective 
signatures ; the money or other property so subscribed to be applied to the 
building of a state house in said Worthington, and to no other purpose." 
Dated Worthington, January 29, 1808. 

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Sl'USt KIIJEKS. 

James Kilbourne $2,0C0 [esse Andrews •••■ 

James Kilbourne for \ T orton and Truetnan Case 

Kilb::urne 1,1 00 k',,|, ; rt |,,sIh-. 

James Kilbourne for Jed. Xorton.2,000 Isaac Partlett... 
I lines Kilbrmrne, cash for |. Day- |er: mi ih I: mini m 

I'm hi land, l.oiii) Averv Power.. 

I zr i Gnsw-ld ioo \ ii'i in L irp: nl; r 

Lemuel G. Humphrey 100 [ohn Carpenter 

Ad na Bristol Kin [ohn Patterson. .. . 

Charles Thompson, loo Tl las Brown 

Aaron Strong 120 Azariah Rool 

George Case loo < ) r l a ndo II. Barker 

William Watson, mi Moses Bvxhe 

J ::s; l>h baft* 1,000 >I:)s: s B\ xhv [r 

William Robe 200 Ralph Siach 

Moses Maynard ;joo [acob Av 

Timothy bee 200 Discovery Olnev 

Asa Gillet 200 Augustus Ford ' 

A s Maxlield loo [„i„, Murphv 

Samuel \\ ilson loo |,,| m || t .| t 

Daniel M. Brown loo Michael Kli 

Asahel Hart loo EHManvell 

J" lln < foodricb 2,000 Benjamin Carpenter 

Noah Andrews 1,000 Cephas Cone. 

Joel Buttles loo | ):m i,.| Alden 

Glass Cochran 2(0 William Fancher 

Josiah Topping 200 Enoch Dominick 

Chancey Barker |oo (jjlberl Carpenter 

David Prist,,! Iio Gilbert Weeks 

Azariah Pinney 1, o Daniel Weeks 

Jophar Topping :{oo [oseph Latshaw 

Ebenezer Brown "o Nathaniel Landon 

Joseph C. Matthews 200 David Landon 

Roswell Willcox 200 Samuel Landon 

Thomas Palmer 200 [ona Williams.. . . 

William Thompson, to be paid Jeremiah Curtiss. 

1:m,ls 400 Ezekiel Benjamin 

Isaac Fisher, to he paid in lauds 200 Thomas Butler 

AbialCase loo Moses Carpenter 

Demmon Coe loo |,,| m Welch 

William Goremely r,o Nathaniel Mall. 

William McCurdy ioo |,,i m [ohnson... 

Ehphalet Barker 200 David" Lewis 

Alexander M::rnson,Jr loo PhiP I b: idh \ 

James H. Hills ioo Isaac Lewis. *.. . 

J iuks Ivussell |r loo Ui: st. L. -,\ is 

James Russell "o Ainasa Delano, payable in h 

Cruger \\right i;,o out of the third t,. unship 

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rsrea P. Case l.-,o , ,.,.„,,, ,,,„,,, ulll .,, tll( . 

Israel Case, to be paid in boards buildingof theState House 

: "" 1 " ,l "' r property 1,10 shall commence 

John B. Manning no Daniel Weeks, |r 

William Morrison Iin Stephen Mavi'iard 



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Simoon Wilcox 350 Eber Mavnard ICO 

BelaM. Tuller 150 [nab Norton 300 

Alexander Morrison '-'<<> Edwards Phelps 100 

Ahner P. Pinney 100 Oliver Clark 50 

William Vining |n(l Reuben Carpenter ."() 

Isaac Case... 200 Samuel Beach 150 

Daniel Benjamin 50 Levi Pinney 50 

Obed ISIak.lv 100 Ezekiel Brown 50 

Seth Watson" K'<> Wm. Luce •_'.". 

Samuel Beach, Jr 1< <( Silas Dunham 25 

John Case... 150 James Harper 15 

Levi Goodrich 50 Hector Kil bourne 35 

David Buell UK) fohn Wilson 30 

Roswell Tuller 100 Anijah Royce 4<> 

George Case, |r 50 Nathaniel W. Little I«K) 

Bela Goodrich 75 John Topping 150 

Elias Vining 50 Daniel Munsee 25 

Preserved Leonard 5(K) 136 subscribers $25,334 

At a general meeting of the citizens of Worthington and its vicinity, for 
the purpose of collecting subscriptions towards erecting a State house in said 
town (in case the permanent seat of government should be there established) 
Major |ames Kilbourne was unanimously elected agent to present the address 
adopted by this meeting to the Honorable, the General Assembly, as also to 
tender to the government, on behalf of said citizens, their proposed contributions 
for the purpose aforesaid. 

Wm. Robe, Clerk. 
Worthington, < >., February 3. 1SOS. 

! 'The agent appointed as above begs leave to observe that for want of 
time this subscription had not a full circulation, and that there is good reason 
to expect considerable additions, also that the subscribers are many and the 
sums small, and there is none who is not able and willing to pay his subscrip- 
tion in case the end is obtained. 

Jambs Kilbourne." 

This proposal to make the state seat in Worthington is said to have 
counted a majority in its favor; but in the closing hours of the session a 
supreme effort was made, in which Foos, Snllivant. Starling, and other alert 
citizens of Franklinton took part ; and when the test finally came a decided 
majority was found in favor of Columbus. 

Sales of lots and the improving of the new settlement at once began, 
and the work was prosecuted witli the rude energy characteristic of the days 
of pioneer life. For a time havoc was let loose upon the forest and soon many 
a stately tree lay prone. The most shapely trees were used in making the 
walls of cabins or split into clapboards, which served the purposes of sawed 
lumber. of which little could be had. The dropped undergrowth and branches 
and superfluous logs were piled in heaps and burned. For want of funds and 
time to remove them, the stumps were permitted to remain and for along time 
impeded the streets. The actual thoroughfare, therefore, at tirst disdained the 
surveyor's boundaries and took such devious courses as convenience and the 
condition of the ground might suggest. A few settlers were housed by au- 
tumn, but most of the cabin builders made arrangements to occupy their 
domiciles the following spring. 

The influx of settlers when that season opened, and during the re- 
mainderof the year 1813, was considered large. It was sufficient to increase 
the population of Columbus by the end of the year to about three hundred. 
There were several arrivals from Franklinton. several from Worthington, and 

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HERMAN FUERSTE. Deceased 



CHARLES FREDERICK FUERSTE AND FAMILY 




JOHN L GILL Deceased. 



DR. WM AULD- Deceased 
I irsl Superintendent ol thr Central \syh 



JUDGE BATES. Deceased. 



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si good many from Chillicothe and other settlements down the valley. These 
newcomers located chiefly on Broad, Front, Town, State and Rich streets, and 
on High street, west of the Capitol Square. Front was then expected to he 
the principal residence street and became such for the time being. One of the 
first mercantile ventures in the village was that of the Worthington Manufac- 
turing Company, which opened an assortment of dry goods, hardware and 
groceries in a small brick building erected on the subsequent site of the block 
known as the Broadway Exchange, a few rods north of the Neil House. |,,el 
Buttles was manager of this establishment. McLene & Green opened a gen- 
eral store about the same time in a small log cabin which stood just east of 
the spot on which Mechanics' Hall was afterwards built, on the south side of 
Hast Rich street. In the autumn of 1812, John Collett erected a two-story 
brick tavern on the second lot south of State" street, west side of High. The 
pioneer inn for guests was opened in 1813, under the management of Volney 
Payne. Collet! took charge of it himself from 1814 until 1816, when he sold it 
to Robert Russell. Among other taverns opened about the same time as Col- 
lett's was one on Front street, corner of Sugar alley, kept by Daniel Kooser 
and one by McCollum, known as the Black Bear, on the northwest corner of 
front and Broad streets. A fourth, kept at the northeast corner of High and 
Rich by two brothers, ex boatmen, named I >av, was disguised as a grocery, but 
became so notorious for its brawls among Scioto river navigators as to be pop- 
ularly styled the "War Office," and the cases of combat were generally 
carried to Squire Shields to be "disposed of according to law." The s. pi ire was 
rather an eccentric old genius from the Emerald Isle, and disposed of business 
in short order. He was a [.reather; first of the Methodist then of the New 

Light < )rder, and could preach a g 1 sermon on as short notice as any other 

man. He could lay as many brick in a day as a common brick-layer would in 
t wo, and in the surveying and platting of lands and also in his official business 
as a justice of the peace, he was equally expeditious, but, in all things rough 
and careless, apparently disdaining precision. 

The squire was remarkable for his equanimity of temper or his ability 
to control it. < )n one occasion, when in his office, one of his rough customers 
very abruptly called him a liar, to which tin' squire coolly replied ill his broad, 

Irish brogue: "Pooh, man, we are all liars. I can prove y< ne!" at which the 

other bristled up as though about to fight. The squire turned to a pile of 
notes that had been sued before him, and picking out one of his hero's notes 
and presenting the name to him, asked if that was bis signature, to which the 
man replied: "Ves, and what of it?" The squire read : "Three months after date 
1 promise to pay," etc. "And did you pay?" "I will pay when I am ready," 
was the reply. "There, sir," said the squire,"] have proved you a liar under 
your own hand," and returning the note to its place, without further ado. sat 
down to his writing. 

In the year 1813 David S. Uroderick opened a "respectable tavern" in 
frame buildings at the southeast corner of High and Town streets, and named 
it the "Columbus Inn." In the spring of 1810 James B. Gardiner opened a 
good tavern, for that time, in a wooden building, fronting on Friend street, just 
west ol High, on what was afterward known as the I Inward lot. In the spring of 
ISIS, Uroderick having retired from public life, Mr. Gardiner removed to 
that stand and hoisted the sign of the "Rose Tree," in full bloom, with the 
scriptural quotation: "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose." This stand 
was afterward kept by various landlords, amongst whom was Samuel Barr, 
whilst owner of the property. It was for a time known as the Franklin House 
and afterward as the City House. When Gardiner removed from Friend street, 
he was succeeded at that stand by Jarvis Pike, who raised the sign of "Yankee 
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In the spring of ISln the census of Columbus was taken by James Mar- 
shall, and amounted to about seven hundred. By tliis time there were some 
half dozen or more stores, among which win- those of Alexander Morrison. 
foel Buttles, I lenry Brown, Delano & Cutler. J. vV R. \V. McCoy, and a printing 
office which issued a weekly newspaper. 



CHAPTER X 

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COLUMBUS AS F\ BOROUGH. 

t )n the tenth of February, 1816, the town was incorporated as the "Bor- 
ough of Columbus," the ad authorizing the same being passed by the < reneral 
Assembly, sitting at Chillicothe. Hy this statute it was made lawful for the 
qualified electors of six mouths' residence to meet at the Columbus Inn on the 

first Monday of the next ensuing May. and el se "nine suitable persons, being 

citizens, freeholders or housekeepers, and citizens of said town, to serve as its 
mayor, recorder and common councilmen.'" The persons so elected were re 
quired to choose from their own number a mayor, a recorder and a treasurer, 
all of whom should continue to act as me in hers of the council, the mayor being 
also its president. Thus organized, the hoard was made a " bod y corporate and 
politic, endowed with perpetual succession, under the name and style of 'the 
mayor and council of the borough of Columbus."' It was further empowered 
to enact laws and ordinances, to levy taxes, erect ami repair public buildings, 
recen e, possess and convey any real or personal estate for the use of said town 
of Columbus, anil to appoint an assessor, a town marshal, clerk of the market, 
a town surveyor and such other subordinate officers as might be deemed neces- 
sary. The preparation of the tax duplicate was made the duty of the recorder, 
tlie collection of the taxes that of the marshal. The term of office of the 
councilmen was tixed at three years, three members to be elected annually, 
but tin- thirds of the first board were required to serve, respectively, for one, 
two and three year terms, to be assigned by lot. 'flic choice of councilmen 
was made by general ticket, on the fust Tuesday of May, annually, all the elec- 
tors of the town voting at the same poll. The first borough election was held 
at the ••Columbus [nil," May 6, 1816, and tin- council then chosen met at the 
sameplace on the 13th of May. and organized. Its members, in the order of 
their terms of service, from one to three years, as determined by lot, were Jar 
vis Pike, John Cutler. Henry Brown, Robert Armstrong, Michael Patton, )rv 
emiah Armstrong, Caleb Houston. Robert \V. McCoy and John Kerr. Jarvis 
I 'ike was chosen Mayor, R. \Y. McCoy. Recorder and Robert Armstrong, Treas 
urer. David Liggett was appointed Assessor, Samuel King, Marshal and Wil- 
liam Long, Clerk of the market. After ordering a purchase of stationery, the 
fust meeting adjourned, as appears by the minutes, to the Thursday following 
the organization of the council. 

On the twent\ second of April. 1*17. at a meeting of the council, held at 
the house' of |olin Collett, the treasurer's accounts for the first year id' the 
borough were rendered. The state of the treasury, as reported by John Kerr 
and Henrv Brown, who were appointed to examine the books, made the follow- 
ing exhibit : 

Small bills in circulation $210,831 , 

Fees d Hi' the Common Council 88.50 

Due the Recorder for stationery 1 Dm 

Draft due Recorder, paid by him to Samuel King 

for services as Marshal, third quarter 20.00 

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Fivepercent to Treasurer for money received, 

(amount received 311.15.) I.">.'_'7 

Ten percent to Treasurer for issuing corporation 

l>i lis amounting to .")."). 7.1 .1.1.17 

John Cutler's hill for stal ionery L'.lil i , 

Cr. Total f.'ii.Tsi., 

By cash i n th e h a nds of Sa m uel Ki tig 1 1 i.l.i 1 1 i , 



I >educt pay due I lie coi 



L»(i 1 . 1 7 1 | 

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$172.67i , 
On motion the pay due to the mem hers was relinquished "for the benefit 
"1 the corporation." Christian Heyl was chosen Treasurer, succeeding fer- 
emiah Armstrong, who resigned. This council passed an order in March, INI 7, 
declaring the market house on High street a nuisance and ordering its re- 
moval. It had been erected by voluntary contributions, but had never been 

much used. 

In the hitter part of August, 1817, Columbus was visited for the first 
time by President Monroe and party, who were returning fr a tour of in- 
spection ol the fortifications in the Northwest. The President and party ar- 
rived at Worth ingto n from Detroit, having made the journey thence on horse- 
back, "moving generally, in a canter." Mr. Monroe wore an "old-fashioned 
three-cornered hat," but was otherwise plainly attired in civilian costume, and 
his face was rndd\ from the exposure to the summer sun. The famous Frank- 
lin Dragoons, Captain Vance, escorted him from Worthington to Columbus 
where he was met and entertained hv a committee of citizens, composed of 
Lucas Sullivant, Abner Lord, Thomas Backus, Joseph Foos, A. I. McDowell, 
Gustavus Swan, Ralph Osborn, Christian Heyl, Robert \V. McCoy, Joel Hut- 
ties, Hiram M. Curry, John Kerr, Henry Brown and William Doherty. The 
President was received at the State 1 louse, where a neat and appropriate ad- 
dress ol welcome was given by the lion. Hiram M. Curry, Treasurer of State 
at that time. In his reply the President made scum- graceful compliments to 
the "Infant City" as he termed it. and the event proved a most pleasing affair. 

The outbreak of the War of Isl'j imparted a great increase of business in 
Columbus and Franklinton. Troops were continually passing and repassing, 
and there were occasions when there were as many as three thousand soldiers 
await orders in the camp along the west hank id' the riser. Through the 
sale of refreshments to the troops of the Northwestern Army some of the 
pioneers acquired menus enough to pay for their homes. The purchases and 
disbursements of the military agents of the government were also heavy, and 
all kindsof produce brought high prices. lint the (lose id' the war brought a 
great reaction, and much suffering ensued. The hall section owned by Mr. 
Starling, on which the town was in greater part located, had its title brought 
into question, as we have related elsewhere in this volume, and this, with 
other similar suits, greatly reduced the value of property. Mr. Starling suc- 
cessfully defended his rights, much to the relief and gratification of his fellow 
citizens, and in honor of his victory a grand jollification was held at the 
National House, the predecessor of the presenl Neil House. Sullivant, in his 
biography of Starling, says that "the grand proprietor, his lawyers, and several 
trie in Is, had tarried too long over t lie wine and were all put to bed in one large 
room. At a later hour it w as d( term i tied to give t hem a serenade, as expressive 
ol the general joy produced hv the occasion. Accordingly [ohn Young, the 
proprietor of the Fagle Ci iffee House, and a warm admirer of Mr. Starling, with 
ureal exertion gathered a strong orchestra of drums, ti fes, Hddlers, clarionets, 
and horns, and proceeded to the hotel. But the great prelude, more remark- 



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able for noise and vigor than music or harmony, suddenly aroused the sleepers, 
and they arose in haste to ascertain the cause. Mr. Starling was very tall, six 
feet, six inches in height, but easy and flexible in movement. In the room 
with him was John Bailhache, quite a small man, once editor of the Ohio State 
Journal. Somehow, in the darkness and confusion of ideas, Starling managed 
to thrust himself into Bailhache's breeches, with his feet ami legs sticking out 
nearly a yard below, and the little editor, minus his own garments, got into 
Starling's boots and long-tailed coat, which covered him all over and still 
dragged behind like a fashionable lady's train of the present day. Others were 
desperately struggling to force their nether extremities through the sleeves of 
their coats, and all were sweating and swearing when they were found in this 
ludicrous guise and informed that the crowd awaited their presence and 
acknowledgment of the unusual honor of a serenade." 

There is nothing that so graphically portrays the condition of the first 
settlers of the borough as their domestic life. The following interesting article 
describing the typical home and housewife of the borough was written by Mrs. 
Emily Stewart, nee Merion, t lie subject of whose sketch was the pioneer life 
of William Merion, Sr., who built a cabin and settled on his lands, at the 
corner of High and Moler streets, in 1810. Referring to Mr. Merion, she writes : 

"Everyone who worked on a farm at that time expected to be boarded 
and lodged. The school teacher "boarded around.' There were no cooking 
stoves, sewing, knitting or washing machines, and even the plain washboard 
was not used here until about 1830. It is evident that managing the house- 
keeping department of this family was no small matter. Every garment worn 
by the family was made from the raw material. The flax had to be spun, 
woven, bleached, and made into garments. The table linen, toweling, bedding, 
and even the ticking ami sewing thread were handmade. The wool of a hun- 
dred sheep was brought in at shearing time. Mrs. Merion bad it washed, 
picked, carded (in early times by hand cards), spun, scoured, dyed, woven and 
made into flannel, jeans, blankets, linsey, coverlets, and stocking yarn. Then 
it had to be made into clothing. The men's clothing was all homemade ; even 
their suspenders were knitted. Each member of the family had two suits 
throughout, two pairs of stockings, and one pair of mittens to begin the winter 
with. The floors were covered with beautiful carpets, not rag, but all wool of 
the brightest colors of her own dyeing. The milk of fifteen to twenty cows 
was brought in twice a day to be turned into butter and cheese. It is impossible 
to do justice to the cooking of those days. Turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens, 
spareribs, beef roast, whole pigs, etc., were hung by twine cords which were 
fastened to hooks in the mantel and roasted before the wood tire. Chickens, 
quail, squirrels, and tenderloin were first dipped in melted butter and broiled on 
the gridiron over wood coals. The corn pone that was baked in the Dutch oven 
all night, and was hot for breakfast, was matched by johnnycakes baked on a 
board before the tire, and chicken pies with not less than three and sometimes 
five fat chickens in one pie. The boiled dinner consisted of ham or shoulder, 
a hag holding not less than three quarts being tilled with meat, vegetables, and 
pudding batter, which were all boiled together. The pudding sauce was thick, 
sweet cream and sugar, or maple syrup. The brick oven which held four pans 
oJ bread and twelve pies, was heated every day in summer and twice a week 
in winter. Fruit in its season was pared and dried in the sun. Canning was 
unknown. Tomatoes, of which a few plants were placed in the flower beds, 
were purely ornamental, and were known as Jerusalem apples. Soda, then 
known as pearl ash, was not to be had. Mrs. Merion made it by leaching 
hickory ashes, boiling the lye into potash, and putting it in an earthen vessel 
and baking it in thi' oven until it dried and whitened. With this and butter- 
milk she made delicious biscuit, batter cakes and corn bread. Her table linen 
was of the whitest, her china always polished, and her table butter alwavs 

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GEORGE K. ELLIOTT 

George K. Elliott was born in Columbus. Franklin county, Ohio, on August 28, 
1855, son of David S. Elliott and Eliza A. (Kinnard) Elliott. His lather -was one of the 
oldest settlers of Franklin county , a business man of great executive ability ,as well as of 
spotless reputation ana one of the foremost capitalists of Columbus. There were five 
members in the family all of whom are living, and have their homes in this city, and 
their names are : George K., James E . Al n a nam Lincoln, Fannie and Helen Elliott. 

George K. obtained his education in the public and high schools of Columbus, 
which are fully equal to any in the coui i 1 on completing his studies entered a 

commercial house. A.t the age nree he became connected with the hard- 

ware establishment of J. S. Abbott & Company, one of the oldest mercantile houses of 
the Capital City, with whi nice continued .for the past dozen years as a mem- 

ber of the firm, and as the n ol the establishment, the business has been 

directed with the most prosperous success. Mr. Elliott's entire commercial career has 
been passed in the hardware interest, and he fully understands all the requirements of 
that trade. 

On January 28. 1886, Mr. Elliott was married to Miss Ora E. Thompson, a lady of 
refined personality, most favorably known in social circles. Politically, Mr. Elliott is 
a member of the Ri publi m p irtj tn I in both business and private life he has ever 
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stamped, in early times with four hearts, Later with hanging pears. sin- un- 
like the woman described by Solomon : "Sin- seeketh wool and flax, and work 
t-t 1 1 willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle and her 
hands hold the distaff." 

She raised her family without nerves. They never heard of nervousness 
while under her care. She was without fear. Returning from Franklinton in 
1814, alone on horseback, she was overtaken hy darkness while crossing the 
river at the old lord, near the present lower bridge of the lower Hocking \ 'a I 
ley Railway. A gang of wolves chased her nearly to her own door. When 
asked whether or not she was frightened, she said : " I am a good rider and was 
on a good horse which nothing could overtake. What had I to lie afraid "I - 

The pioneer's wife had no time to improve her mind. All her time was 
spent in work. The long winter evenings were occupied with sewing, knitting, 
or spinning on the little wheel. The family reading was the Bible, Life of 
[osephus, History of the United States, French Revolution, Life of Benjamin 
Franklin, and the weekly paper. The mail came once a month in early times, 
and the postage, which was not prepaid, was twenty-five cents on each letter. 
Mrs. Merion liked to have some one read aloud in the evenings, hut they had 
had no lights, except a large lamp, or a home-made tallow dip candle. Then- 
was a standi ng offer in her family of live dollars to any one of her children 
that would read the Bible through aloud to the family. There were several 
that read one dollar's worth. Nathaniel read the Old Testament hut did tiol 
get into the New. His mother was so pleased, however, that she paid him in 
full." 

As another historian writes of domestic pioneer life: "Pine-knots, tal- 
low candles and lard-oil lamps furnished light. The embers in the fire-place 
were seldom suffered to burn out, hut when the last coal chanced to expire, the 
lire was re-kindled by striking a spark from the flint into a piece of tinder. The 
tinder-box was to our ancestors what the match box is to us. Sometimes, 
when the tiie went out. a burning brand was borrowed from the hearth of a 
neighbor. Bread was baked in Dutch ovens or hake pans, sel over beds of 
live coals raked Upon the hearth, anil meats and vegetables were boiled in 
pots hung by hooks upon a strong piece of green timber, called the 'lugpole,' 
which was placed across the wide chimney flue, just above the blaze. In time 
the lugpole gave place to the iron crane. There was invented also a cooking 
utensil of tin, called a reflector, by means of which biscuits were baked. Corn 
bread was often prepared in the form of a johnny cake a corruption of journey 

cake a loaf baked u| a 'johnny board,' about two feet longand eighl inches 

wide, on which the dough was spread and then exposed to the tire. In Ken 
tucky the slaves used to bake similar cakes on a hoe and called them hoe-cakes." 
Of the commodities of the table, the following extract from a letter written by 
a pioneer matron of 1817, is interesting : "Everything is cheap and plenty ex 
cept salt and coffee, and a few other grocery articles which come high, owing 
to the distance from which they are transported, which is from Philadelphia 
or Baltimore. Sugar is cheaper than at Easton; (she had come from Easton, 
Pa.,) we can get it in the spring of the year for 12U cents a pound, owing to it^ 
being the production of our own State. Salt will come lower in a short time. 
as there are many salt works in this part of the country, and some near Co 
lumbus. We can't boast of as many luxuries as you can, but we have some 
which von have not ; one in particular is peaches. Such fruit I never saw b( 
fore. One of the neighbors sent me a basketful, several of which measured a 
full quarter of a yard in circumference. I have not seen any pears this fall, or 
any plums except wild ones, which we have in great abundance. Venison is 
sold here for four shillings for a whole deer, and turkeys for twenty-five cents. 
Rabbits, pigeons and all kinds of game are very cheap. They are brought here, 
particularly venison, by the Indians, who live not far off. I wished for Lydia 

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the other day, as I had a delightful hoiled salmon fordinner, which was caught 
in the Scioto. 1 suppose it weighed between four and live pounds. That with 
the fish called the bass, not quite so large, sold for twenty-five cents. We have 
no shad in this part of the country, but we have other kinds offish which are 
caught at Lake Erie and sent here salted up in barrels. 

"I have very good neighbors. People here are remarkably kind to 
strangers. Several of the neighbor women have told me to come and get any 
kind of vegetables out of their gardens. There is a little boy who brings me 
cream every morning for breakfast. Our house is getting along very well. 
All the dry boards made use of here are kiln dried, as no board yard is kept 
here. We sold our horse and wagon for more than they cost us. The horse 
we traded to a man for the plastering of our house, which is the same as cash." 
As before mentioned the first board of councilmen of the Borough of Co- 
lumbus, comprised Robert W. McCoy, John Cutler, Robert Armstrong, Henry 
Brown, Caleb Houston, Michael Patton, Jeremiah Armstrong, Jarvis Pike and 
fohn Kerr. James B. Gardiner, who appears to have been the wit of the day, 
composed, off hand, the following humorous lines, in reference to the occupations 
of the members of the council, which he would occasionally repeat, to the 
amusement of his hearers: 

"I sell buckram and tape McCoy 

I sell crocks and leather Cutler 

I am the gentleman's ape, R. Armstrong 

I am all that together Brown 

I build houses and barns Houston 

1 do the public carving Patton 

1 sell cakes and beer J. Armstrong 

I am almost starving Pike 

I sell lots and the like, / „ 

And dabble in speculation, \ 
We and His Majesty Pike 
Make a splendid corporation." 
Mr. Pike was called "his majesty" here because of his having been chos- 
en Mayor, and president of the council. Mr. Gardiner was a very apt hand at 
turning off amusing and satirical verse, and was in the habit of using the sig- 
nature "Cokelsy," until he was familiarly known by that name to all his ac- 
quaintances, and was frequently so addressed by his jocular friends. Hut in 
addition to his humorous effusions, Mr. Gardiner also was the composer of 
some very excellent patriotic and sentimental poetry, for Fourth of [ulv cele- 
brations and other occasions. He removed from Columbus to Greene county 
about the year 1823, and, while there, was elected to represent that county in 
the State Legislature. He returned to Columbus some years later, and, in 
1834, was elected State Printer for three years. His death occurred in April, 
1837, at the age of forty-eight years. 

The second president of the Franklin Hank of Columbus, which was or- 
ganized in February, 1816, was Benjamin Gardiner, who was elected to the po- 
sition in 1818. This man, whose true name was Barzillia Gannet, shamefully 
imposed upon the citizens of Columbus. He had left his wife and family in 
one of the eastern states, under discreditable circumstances, and obtained an 
appointment under the name of Benjamin Gardiner as quartermaster in the 
army and was stationed at Franklinton during the war. He was grave and 
dignified in his appearance and manners, and obtained a high reputation in 
the church and society generally, and married into a respectable connection in 
this county. Hut, unfortunately for him, his history eventually became 
known here, and to avoid a prosecution for bigamy, he left clandestinely, and 
was never heard of, except, perhaps, by a few confidential friends. 

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SPRINGS OF COLUMBUS 

In its early days, before it w;is properly drained, Columbus abounded 
with springs. The entire East Broad street region was filled with springs, 
one nl which, issuing in the street a short distance beyond Cleveland avenue, 
is said to have supplied the old State House with water, conducted to it by 
piping. When the sewers were laid, the waters from these springs and of the 
swamp were absorbed, and so strong was the current which gushed into 
the channel cut for the Broad street sewer, that the progress of that was se- 
riously interfered with. Spring street took its name from numerous natural 
fountains which issued in its vicinity and fed a brook of clear water known as 
Doe Run. This rivulet had two or three branches, one of which extended 
through the grounds now occupied by the railways. Another, which had its 
origin in a copious spring near the present church of St. Patrick, ran south- 
westerly to a point near Fourth street, between Spring and Long, when, by a 
sharp bend, it changed direction to Spring. Meandering through a wide and 
treacherous bog, known as the Cat 'Pail swamp, Doe Run was continent on 
Spring street with Lizard creek, the waters id' which were gathered from the 
springs of the Broad street morass, and descended Third street from a point 
where now rises the cathedral. Pursuing its westward course, after being fed 
by Doe Run, Lizard creek crossed High strict by a depression of ten or til 
teen feet, and thence rushed down a gulley twenty-live feet to the Scioto river. 
The High street roadways at first descended to the lied of this creek, hut after- 
wards leaped it by a wooden bridge. Schoolboys used to catch minnows in 
this creek and amuse themselves in stoning the water snakes, which glided in 
and out among the rocks in the bed of the creek on Chestnut street. 

Of all the bogs of the borough, says the historian, Lee, that of Lizard 
creek seems to have been the most untrustworthy for all pedestrians, whether 
men or animals. Wheels, of course, dared not venture into it, nor could a 
horse, much less a cow, expect to get through it without human assistance, 
but a judicious man might get over it by cautiously stepping on the hum 
mocks, called in the borough dialect "niggerheads," formed by tufts of swamp 
grass. A "nigger-head" violently jumped on, however, would suddenly dis- 
appear, together with the jumper. On West, no less than on East Spring street 
the bog was totally unreliable. A landowner, John M. Kerr, offered town lots 
there at one time for five dollars apiece, without takers. In times of freshet 
Lizard creek asserted itself tremendously, and became a roaring torrent, being 
sometimes deep enough to swim a horse. Although no traces of it are now to 
be seen, as late as May, is:i:5, tin- council of the borough provided by ordinance 
for graveling Third street, mi both sides of it, and for repairing two culverts 
over it on Fourth street. The same ordinance provided for draining a pond at 
the east end of State street opposite the residence of Judge Parish, for repair- 
ing the bridge at "tin- smith end of High street," for filling up holes on Front 
street, and for making a culvert at the corner of that street and Rich. About 
a quarter of a mile east of the Union Station a sulphur spring gushed out. 
The ground where the station now stands and all the territory round about 
was of a swampy nature. 

On East Broad street, near its junction with Twentieth, lay an inconven 
ient body of water, commonly known as the "Crooked-wood Pond," in which 
the bovsof tin- borough were accustomed to angle for catfish. A practicable 
road was finally carried through this slough by rolling logs intuit. Some of 



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these logs were encountered in cutting for the sewer, five or six feet beneath 
the present surface of the street. From this point eastward to Alum creek 
most of the street was laid with a cord uroy track as late as 1830. Going west- 
ward, the outlying swales of the great Broad street bog began to be encoun- 
tered in the neighborhood of Monroe and Garfield avenues. 

On the side where the Fourth Street Markethouse now stands, was a 
pond in which hoys often went swimming. The northern extremity of this 
pond was a few rods south of the present corner of State and Fourth. Horses 
have been mired in a marshy place where the First Baptist Church now 
stands, and often extricated with difficulty. 

Brooks which descended Fourth and Main streets poured unitedly into 
Peters' Run, and turned the wheels of Conger's flouring mill, which, in 1825, 
stood in the ravine back of the Hoster Brewery. The Fourth street brook 
drained a portion of the marshy territory east of High street, and was a living 
stream the year round. It sometimes became so rampant in rainy weather as 
to sweep away the worm fences along its banks. The Fourth street run began 
near the present High School building, coursed westerly on State street, formed 
Hoskins' Pond where the Market house stands, and near the present junction 
of Fourth and Main streets was joined in forming Peters' Run by a brook the 
source of which was near the corner of Rich street and Washington avenue. 
The grounds of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb were originally 
swampy, and overgrown with the hushes of the wild blackberry. Dick's Pond, 
a favorite skating place in winter, was at the junction of Third and Broad 
streets, its deepest pari being the present site of Trinity Church. Xear the 
northeast corner of High and Broad streets, the surface of the ground was 
depressed about four feet, forming a pond which was also a winter resort of 
the skaters. Among the other earlv springs of the borough was one on the 
east side of the Scioto, just northed' the present Location of the State Street 
bridge, on what was afterward known as Wharf lot No. 7S7. A so-called "foun- 
tain spring house" was kept there in 1840 bj 7 S. Doherty. 

Peters' Run took its name from Tunis Deters, Jr., who came to Colum- 
bus from Pickaway county in 1830, established a large tannery in the vicinity, 
and built his dwelling at the spot which now forms the southeast corner of 
High and Beck streets. At his own expense Mr. Peters erected, of brick, on 
Mound street, a Baptist church building, which was demolished when the 
street came to he graded some years later. His descendants became prominent 
in the manufacturing interests of Columbus. 

A group of cabins on the corner of Spring and Fourth streets took the 
name of "Jonesburgh," from that of its proprietor, David Jones, who owned a 
very large tract of land in the Spring street region, east of High. On this 
ground |ones erected, ultimately, a score or more of small tenements which he 
rented mostly to < iermau families, after people of thai nationality began to ar- 
rive. < )ne of his tenants was Jimmy Uncles, an eccentric character, somewhat 
intemperate, who was in perpetual contention with the proprietary lord of the 
swamp. During one of their quarrels, Uncles placed an old wooden pump 
stock in position, pointing from his window, and declared his purpose to bom- 
bard "King David's dominions". Thenceforward 'King David Jones" was one 
of the colloquialisms id' the borough. ( )u another occasion, when sued by Jones 
before the justice of the peace for the collection of some claim, Uncles put ill a 
counter claim for services to the plaintiff in "reading and expounding the 
Script ures". 

It was many years before even the principal streets of Columbus were 
cleared of tree stumps. In an article on the subject, Reuben E. Champion 
said that Long street was "ornamented" with stumps as late as 1834, and fur- 
ther wrote: "( rtling out 1 .road street, on it- south side, after passing Third, all 
was commons and farms not a house until we came to where Seventh street 

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JAMES S ABBOTT. 



Was born September, 1811, in Canton, Connecticut, and removed to this County 
in 1816 with his parents and seven children. His father, Samuel Abbott, also born in 
Connecticut, was a man of large mora Unfluence and universally respected. His mother, 
Lois Ives, daughter of Captain James Ives, was born in Great Barrington, Massachu- 
setts. The subject of this sketch, one of the best known residents and most influential 
citizens, began his business life as a clerk in a large retail store, with the usual stock 
for country trade, at Worthington, Ohio. In 1835 he associated himself in Columbus, 
with a large grocery house. In 1842 he was chief clerk in the Columbus Post Office. 
In 1845 he engaged in the hardware trade. From 1872-'76 he served, most acceptably, 
as chief clerk of the Franklin County Courts. In 1879 he resumed the hardware busi- 
ness under the firm name of J. S. Abbott & Company. Although of advanced age, Mr. 
Abbott is active and in possession of all the unusually keen, mental faculties for which 
he has ever been noted. Columbus, since hecame here.hasdeveloped from a village into 
a cosmopolitan city of imposing proportions. and he has given substantial aid in pro- 
moting its growth and progress. It is almost needless to add that he commands the 
respect of the entire community. 



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now is, and there si I a small log inn on the Ridgeway farm. Beyond thai 

there was nothing bul woods to Alum creek. On the corner of Fourth, north 
side of Broad street, was the residence of Doctor Hoge, the venerated minister 
ol the Presbyterian church. Later, Peter Hayden erected his residence on the 
northeast corner. There were no houses on the east until you came to where 
W. A. Piatt's house was built; there was also a small house on the Hubbard 
farm. Prom thence il was mud to Alum creek. The lot at the southeast cor- 
nerof Broad and Third, where how stand- Trinity Church, was the 'Circus 
Lot'. The Champion farm contained aboul three hundred acres, and embraced 
must ..I the land between Broad street and the Livingstone Road, the western 
boundary being about opposite the old Lunatic Asylum; that was out oft he world 
: '"d luit little of it was even fenced. Where now stand the courthouse and Lu- 
theran church, was a beautiful mound, and about onehundred yards south was 
'Nigger Hollow', the end ofcreation in that direction". The land called "Circus 
Lot" embraced part of the Capitol Square grounds, in rear of the United States 
court building, and "Nigger Hollow" was where the colored people resided. 
Its citizens were mostly emancipated slaves, of whom a large number settled 
here in 1828. On the Champion farm, about a mile from the State House, 
grew an immense oak tree, which was one of the local wonders. Its diameter 
was nearly six feet, just above the ground. It was cut down in 1839 and pro- 
duced three hundred and five fence-rails and ten and a half cords of lire wood. 
In its immediate vicinity grew several other oaks nearly as large. 

THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. 

In the summer of 1833 the dreaded plague of cholera made its first ap- 
pearance in Franklin count}'. It tirsl broke out in the early part of the sum- 
mer, in a neighbor] I on the canal, in Madison township, hut was con line. I to 

a territory covering an area of a lew miles only. It was on the fourteenth of 
July that it first appeared in Columbu.S, and it continued its dread visitation 
until about the firs! of ( )ctober. The first to fall victim to the disease was Mr. 
Stagg, who resided ,-it the west ,-i\ t \ of Rich street, opposite the [ewetl Block. 
During the entire period of the prevalence of the plague there were about two 
hundred deaths in the town, notwithstanding the fact that the entire popula- 
tion was but about three thousand, and of this number it was estimated that 
about one-third had lied to tin' country. There was also much sickness from 
fevers prevailing at the time, and one disease would quite frequently run into 
another, so that in many cases it was impossible to determine to what disease 
to attribute the death of the patient, although it is believed that about two 
thirds of the deaths were attributable to cholera. Of the entire number the 
Board ot Health discriminated one hundred as being of cholera proper. The 
number that was more or less attributable to cholera has been variously esti- 
mated at from one hundred t ie hundred and fifty. The great mortality and 

consequent terror of ibis season far surpassed any pestilence that ever afflicted 
Columbus, before orsince. ( )utside tin- city, beside the section alluded to, no 
greater than the usual percentage of sickness prevailed. Among those who 
fell victims to the epidemic were the following well known citizens: The Hor- 
ton Howard family, consisting of Mr. Horton, his wife and daughter, two 

grand children and son-in-law, Mr. Litt le; James W Is and wife, C. C. Beard 

and wife, Ebenezer Thomas, William John, John B. Compston, Benjamin 
Sweetzer, Henry Jewett, Nimrod Rochester, Mr. White, coachmaker, and his 
wife, and Mrs. Zachariah Mills. 

A census of the borough taken during the last week of April, 1829, shows 
the population to have been as follows: 

Males under four years of age 1.13 

between four and fifteen 280 

lilt eei I and t went \ -one 153 

over twenty-one 122 

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[\»tal males IC08 

Females under four 14J) 

•• between lour and fifteen 282 

fifteen and eighteen 193 

•• over eighteen 383 

Total females lOOti 

(Iran, I total 201 I 

Thus it will he seen the sexes were pretty evenly halaneed in niunhers, 
there heing but two males more than females, and of the total population one 
hundred and -i\t\ persons were of African descent. 

The succeeding census, taken in IS30 h> Robert Ware, shows the popu- 
lation to have been 2438, of whom 1343 were males ami I09n females, whites; 
and 2KS, male and female, blacks. 

INCORPORATED AS A CITY. 

l'.\ action of the General Assembly, on March 3, 1834, the Borough of Co- 
lumbus was incorporated as a city. This was just about that important 
period in tin- world's history, when the steam railroad ami the telegraph sys 
tern had had their practical use demonstrated. The official, professional ami 
business men ami houses in the city in the spring of that year, were as fol- 
lows: United States Officers: William Miner, Clerk of the United States 
Courts; Marshal for the District of Ohio. John Patterson: District Attorney, 
\oah II. Swayne; Bela Latham. Postmaster; Superintendent of \atioual 
Road, Henry Brewerton; Engineer and Inspector of National Road, David 
Scott; Indian Agent, [ohn McElvain. State Officers: Secretary of State, lieu 
iamin Hinkson; Treasurer of State. Henry Brown; Auditor of State. |ohn A. 
Bryan; Chief Clerk in Auditor's Office, Timothy Griffith; Keeper of the Ohio 
Penitentiary, William W. Gault; Superintendent of new Penitentiary, X. Med 
burv; State Librarian, Zachariah Mills; Adjutant General, SainuelC. Andrews: 
Ouartermaster (ieneral, Christopher Xiswanger. Practicing Lawyers: fins 
tavus Swan, Orris Parish, Noah H. Swayne, 1". B.Wilcox, Lyne Starling, jr., 
M. L< iilbert. Mease Smith. John G. Miller, Samuel C. Andrew s, John D. Mini 
ford. Practicing Physicians: Samuel Parsons, John M. Edmiston, M. 1!. 
Wright, Peter |acksou, Peleg Sisson, Robert Thompson, William M. Awl, X. 
M. Miller. S. Z. Seltzer, J. S. Landes, P. H. Eberly. Officiating Clergymen: 
lames Hoge, I >. D., 1 Yesbyterian ; William I 'rest on. Episcopalian; L. 1 >. Gurley, 
Methodist; George |effries and Edward Davis. Baptist; Russell Bigelow, 
Thomas Asbury ami |esse F. Wiscoin. agents for Methodist Temperanet So 
cietv.Merchauts in dr\ goods and groceries: Buttles & Matthews, Stewart & 
Higgins, I). Woodbury! |. .V S. Stone. A. P. Stone, John Greenwood, D. W. 
Deshler, McCoy & Work. John Brooks, Reuben Brooks, David Brooks, T. Peters 
& Son, Saunders & Frye, Bond & Walbridge, Burr & Gregory, M. Xorthrup, 
Brotherton & Kooken, [oshua Baldwin & Co., Lemuel Reynolds, Olmsted & 
St. Clair, Robert Russell & Co.; auction store, C. W. Kent. Wholesale Drug- 
sts: O. & S. Crosby, Sumner Clark, J. S. & 1 >. Landes; Booksellers and sta- 
tioners: 1. N. Whiting, B. & J. Turubull; tin and hardware: W. >I. Kasson & 
Co., W. A. Gill & Co.; shoes, hosiery, etc., Wm. W. Blake; plate, jewelry, etc., 
Win. A. Piatt: wholesale grocers, Sherwood & Gregory, McElvain, Dalzell & 
Co.. Finley & Hanford; grocer and wholesale liquors, John i'oung. 

There were in addition to the above a number of less important concerns, 
such as leather stores, hat factories, comb factory, and some small groceries, 
also the following -taverns." as they were then called: National Hotel, owned 
by [ohn Noble; Franklin House, by J. Robinson t V Sou; Globe Hotel, by 
Robert Russell; Lion Hotel, by feremiah Strong; Swan Hotel, by Christian 
Heyl; Eagle Hotel, by David Brooks; White Horse (wagon yard"), by Aim>s 
Meneelv; Farmers ami Mechanics' Tavern, by T. Cadwallader; large boarding 
house, by Era * irover. 

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In the autumn d1 183."), the lirsl theater was erected in Columbus, h 
was a large, frame building, on the wot side "I IIillIi street, In tweeu limml 
and (iay, and the initial performance was given in the winter following, l>_\ a 
dramatie eoiiij)aiiv, under the management "I Messrs. Dean iV McKinnev, and 
it was occupied, during the winter seasons, under different managers, until 
about the year IS41, when it linalh closed. In 1841:5 the building was pur 
chased h\ M. J. Gilbert, who I tirely remodeled, and for some years it 

was conducted under the name of the "Cit\ Hall." Finally it was divided into 
two, part <il it removed, and the remainder converted into private dwellings. 

Wln-ii Co lu minis hecame a < i t v on March :i, 1 v ;; |, it was divided into three 
wards. The first ward embraced all the corporation north ol State street; the 
second, all between State and Rich; and the third, all south of Rich street. 
The act provided that each ward should be represented b\ four councilmen to 
be elected on the second Monday of April nexl ensuing. In tin- first council 
hoard the terms of service were (•■ In- determined by lot, so that one new mem- 
ber should I"- elected annually from each ward. A mayor was 1m Ik- elected l>i 
ennially by tin- people. Tin- other municipal officers were to be appointed by 
the council, who were also empowered to fill a vacancy in the office ol mayor 
by appointment. The tit- t election under tin- new city charter was held on 
the 14th, being the second Monday in April, 18IU, and it resulted in the election 
of |iihu Brooks as Mayor for two years. The councilmen elected that year 
were: Henry Brown, Otis Crosby, k'obert W. McCoy, Joseph Ridgway, Sr., one 
year each; William Long, [onathan Neeramer, Francis Stewart, Noah li. 
Swayne, elected t" serve two years each, and Christian Heyl, \\ i Iliain T. Martin, 
William Miner and |ohn Patterson, three years each. Tin- Christian Heyl 
here mentioned was the first (iermau emigrant to settle in the borough. He 
was a lad of thirteen years when he came to the country with his parents in 
1800, and the voyage from Bremen t < ► Baltimore occupied twenty-three weeks. 
lb- came to Fraliklinton in IM:i. hut found that place tilled with soldiers ol the 
Northwestern army. Labor was scarce, all the houses were occupied, and he 
could obtain no help to aid him in building one; so he crossed 1 he Scioto, and 
settled in Columbus, where he had not at lirsl intended to loea'.e. hut where 
he afterward became ti foremo.- ci izen and proprietor of the Swan Hotel. The 
story of the manner in which he established a home in the wilderness has 
been '. li us graphically described I >y him: "I succeeded in Lie: : i n^ a very rough 
eal ii u "ii the southeast corner of Rich and High streets, where the Eagle Drug 

Store now i-. The ace nidations were very ] r indeed, but siill I had to 

pay $125 rent, and the cabins were not worth twenty dollars. They belonged 
to Nichols and Mr. Bradney. la the fall of the same year I ved t" Colum- 
bus. We w ere i h ice i la \ i \ from Lancaster to Col u in bu s ; the roads 
were very bad indeed. We had two heavily loaded wagons, with a five-horse 
team to each, and they had very hard work to gel along. The second day we 
intended to get as far as Williams' Tavern, aboul live miles from Columbus, 
on tin/ old Lancaster road, but we did not reach it. and so had to camp on the 
banks of the Big Bell v, as i was then called. On the last day we arrived in 
Columbus about three o'clock in he al ernoon. The road from the "Id Merion 
farm was laid out, bu1 the logs were not rolled out of the way. We therefore 
had to wend our way as best we could. When we came to South Columbus, 
as it was called, at MeGowan Run, the road was fenced. Old Mr. McOowan 
refused '." Ie1 me go through hi- gates. I tried to prevail on him to let me go 
through. I also found thai the ,,1,| man was fond of a little good old whisky. 
1 promised to make him a present "I some, and the gates were at once opened. 
We then passed on without am further trouble, and arrived at my great hotel, 
which I opened, and buil a fire, and go1 my widowed sister to cook some -up 
per while we unloaded tin- wagons. After all was unloa led, I table, 

which was the lid of my dough tray, laid across two barrels id' flour set end 
wise. I rolled barrels • a dour ach side l"i" -cuts, and we made out . <> take 



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our supper, ami as we were very hungry, I think it was the besl meal I ever 
ate in Columbus. < >ld Mr. Mc< iowan did not fail to call next day for the prize 
[ had offered him. I then went on and built myself an oven to carry on the 
nakinw business. I had to gel all my supplies from Lancaster, Fairfield 
count}', for a number of years, this being a new county, and Franklinton the 
headquarters of the army, where a great many troops were located and, con- 
sequently, provisions scarce. We had to go to Franklinton for all our dry 
goods, as there was at that time no store in Columbus. In the Spring of the 
year 1814, Green & McLene, of Lancaster, started a small dry goods store in a 
cabin on the same lot where 1 lived. A second store was opened in a little 
house by the Worthington Manufacturing Company, and was managed by 
Joel Buttles. The first winter that 1 was in Columbus ] had my firewood very 
convenient, as 1 cut it oft' of the lot where I lived. My cabin was divided into 
three rooms or, rather, three stalls. A widowed sister kept house for me. and 
having fixed up the old house pretty comfortably, I carried on the baking 
business quite briskly. In May, 1814, 1 married Esther Alsbach in Fairfield 
county, Ohio. When she first saw my great hotel, she seemed a little surprised, 
hut soon became contented. I did business in the old cabins for two years. 1 
then purchased a lot on the same square, and built upon it the house that is 
now the Franklin House. I kept a hotel there for twenty-eight years, and then 
traded it off for a farm live miles northeast of Columbus on Alum Creek". 

THE OLD STATE HOUSE. 

This building, destroyed by fire about a half century ago, or to he more 
exact, in 1852, was built in 1814, by the four original proprietors of Columbus 
Kerr. Starling, McLaughlin and Johnston under the superintendence of Wil- 
liam Ludlow, who, on February 10, 1814, had been appointed "Director of the 
Town of Columbus," by the General Assembly, and who was reappointed a 
year later. Although neither an architect nor a man familiar with building, 
he is described as "a faithful agent and a man of some talent and unquestioned 
integrity," and under his direction the greater part of the construction of the 
public buildings was completed. The State House w as a common hrick build- 
in^, but excellently adapted to the purposes for which it was designed. The 
freestone for the doorsand window sills was brought on wagons from Black- 
lick, fourteen miles east from the city through swamps and mire. The bricks 
used in its construction were made in part of the ancient mound which for- 
merly stood at the intersection of High and Mound streets. In this mound, 
as in other similar works of antiquity, were found numerous human skele- 
tons, so that what once formed human bodies, centuries afterward formed part 
,,f the walls of the Ohio State House. The building was seventy-live feet 
north and south on High street, and the principal entrance was in the center 
of the south front. It was two stories high, with a square roof, rising to a bal- 
conv, from whence rose a spire one hundred and six feet above the ground. 
Above the balcony hung a well-toned hell. ( )n the roof adjoining the balcony, 
on two sides, were neat railed walks, from which a spectator migh! view the 
whole town as upon a map. and had also a fine view of the winding Scioto, and 
of the level country around as far asthe eye could reach. 

The foundation of the building was of dressed stone, to the height of 
two feet, and there was a belt of dressed stone marking the height of the first 
storv. The Hall of the House of Representatives was on the fust floor, and 
connected with it wen- two committee rooms and a gallery. A stairway on the 
left of the east entrance led to the gallery of the Representatives' Hall, and 
one on the right led to the Senate Chamber in the second story, which had 
also two committee rooms. A door on the west front opened directly into the 
Hall of the House, from High street, and one on the east side of this Hall 
opened into the wood yard. The legislative halls were warmed bygreat wood 
fires built and kept glowing in the spacious fire-places ornamented with huge 

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WILLIAM ALEXANDER TAYLOR 



William Alexander Taylor was born in Harrison township. Perry county. Ohio, 
April 25, 1837. His father was Thomas Taylor, a soldier of the War of 1812, who was 
the son of Thomas Taylor of Loudon county, Virginia, a soldier of the "War of the Revo- 
lution. His mother was Miss Mary Owens, the daughter of Joshua Owens, of Faquier 
county, Virginia, a planter and lawyer, who served as Lieutenant of Engineers in the 
Revolution. Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were present at the sur- 
render of Lord Cornwallis. at Yorktown. He traces his ancestry back to the Taylors of 
Gloucestershire. England, in the sixteenth century, -whence they migrated to Holland, 
and a little later to Irelani i religious persecutions, they being Dissenters from 

the Established Church. I i • tendant marriages make his paternal 

descent through English, Di 

On the maternal sidi re dates back to the Griffiths, Willoughbys, Ev 

and Owenses, who were Welsh and Scotch, and many of whom were men of letters, 
lawyers, bards and teachers. More directly he is descended from the Kenton-Owens 
line" being a grand nephew of General Simon Kenton. His father -who was one of a 
family of eighteen, in company with his Revolutionary sire, came from Alche, Viigmia. 
at the close of the War of 1812. and took up land in Perry county, where they lived as 
farmers the rest of their lives. Thomas. Sr, dying in 1822, and Thomas, Jr. in 1865. aged 



respectively seventy-nine and eighty years. This migration to Ohio, constituted t he 
bridal trip ol the younger Thomas and Mary Tayloi. 

To them were born twelve children, all of whom grew to maturity, viz : Joshua O., 
Amelia, Thomas Evan, Elizabeth, James, Sarah J.,Jonn S., Mary A., Catherine, George 
W., William A., and Albert Gallatin. Of these only the ninth and eleventh born, are 
living, Catherine being a resident of Indianapolis, and William A., of Columbus. 
Thomas Evan was wounded in the action at Antietam, Maryland, from the effects ol 
which he died two days later, while a prisoner of war, at Danville, Vr gmia. Albeit 
Gallatin was killed in the charge at Mission Ridge, Tennessee, and James died in I8t0, 
the direct result of injuries and exposure in the military service. All of these except 
Mary A., who died at twenty, and Albert G., married, and the most of them reared 
large families. He served with his brothers in the Civil War. 

William A. was educated in and graduated from Science Hill Academy, an "im- 
posing"log cabin, situated on alofty ridge midway between the then cities, and now vil- 
lages, of Roseville and Saltillo, in district No. 6, Harrison township, at the ageof eigh- 
teen. He then began teaching, continuing to pick up some additional education here 
and there, meantime reading law, at the suggestion of Gen. James M. Comly, with the 
firm of Muzzy & Butler, of New Lexington, and was examined for admission to the bar 
of the Supreme Court, at the December term of 1858, Morrison R. Waite.NoahH. Swayne 
and Samuel Galloway being the examining committee, who generally rated him at 
one hundred per cent. He formed a partnership with Hon. John M. Buell under the 
firm name of Buell & Taylor with offices at Zanesville and New Lexington, and prac- 
ticed for a few years and then entered the ranks of journalism almost simultaneously 
with his boyhood friend, Januaris A.MacGahan, the Liberator of Bulgaria. He was one 
of the editors and proprietors of the Perry County Democrat. In 1861 he was associ- 
ated with the Cincinnati Enquirer as contributor and correspondent, and after the war 
went upon its editorial staff with Joseph B. McCullagh. Inl868 he became chief edito- 
rial writer on the Pittsburg Post, where he continued until the beginning of 1872. when 
he went upon the editorial staff of the New York Sun. Near the close of 1873 he re- 
sumed his editorial position on the Pittsburg Post, where he remained until the close of 
1876, when he became managing editor of the Pittsburg Telegraph, owned by Ralph 
Bageley , the manufacturer and capitalist. In 1878 he came to Columbus where he has 
since resided and for three years was editorial writer on the Columbus Democrat, Co- 
lumbus Times, Columbus Courier, The Saturday Critic, and later the Democratie Call, 
respectively, all of which were of ephemeral existence. Early in the eighties he again 
went upon the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, taking chargeof State politics, 
and continuedin activeservice until 1900, and is still a special contributor toits columns. 

He was married November 10, 1870, to Miss Jane Allen Tarrier, of Zanesville, who 
was descended from Pennsylvania and Maryland Revolutionary stock, and whose 
father Capt. George W. Tarrier was engaged in boating on the Muskingum, Ohio and 
Mississippi rivers for many years, and was one of the California Argonauts in 1849. 
One son, Aubrey Clarence, was born to them in Allegheny City, December28, 1875, who 
after securing a thorough education in the preparation of "Ohio Statesmen" and 'Ohio 
in Congress", died in Zanesville, Ohio, November 26, 1898, while editor of the Even- 
ing News of that City. 

William A. Taylor is the author of the following among other historical, political, 
and literary volumes : "Eighteen Presidents and Contemporaneous Rulers : "The Peril 
of the Republic;" "Ohio Statesmen and Hundred Year Book;" "Roses and Rue;" "Five 
Fair Women;" "Ohio in Congress from 1803 to 1901 :" "Monograph of Ohio's Govern- 
ors;" "Twilight or Dawn?" and is now engaged in the preparation of a comprehensive 
General History of Ohio from its earliest historical traces. He also engages in lectur- 
ing on historical, philosophic, literary and humorous subjects. He is a Democrat of the 
most pronounced type, and takes an active interest in the affairs and management of 
his party, and has been connected with its State committee for more than twenty 
years. He has spoken in every county and every considerable town in Ohio, in Penn- 
sylvania, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia, 
and other States. In 1892 when he headed the Democratic ticket for Secretary of State, 
he spoke in every county seat and all the larger towns of the State. He started in 
against a Republican majority of seventy-five thousand, and his competitor, Samuel M. 
Taylor, was elected b3>- one thousand. He was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 
1893, and was again defeated. He was clerk of the State Senate during the Sixty - 
ninth General Assembly. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution : 
Grand Army of the Republic ;the Old Northwest Genealogical Society ; the Ohio Arch- 
aeological and Historical Society ; the Author's and Writer's Guild : First Vice Presi- 
dent of the State Society S. A. R., past President of the Pittsburg Press Club, the Curtis 
Press Club, the Columbus Press Club, the Ohio and Hocking Valley Press Association 
and the Ohio Democratic Editorial Association, and an honorary member of the Pitts- 
burg, New York, Washington, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Toledo, Zanesville and 
other Press Clubs, and a Chancellor of the American Institute of Civics. New York, 
being Vice Chancellor for Ohio. 



COLUMBUS 

brass-topped andirons. No marble was used in the construction of this primi- 
tive Capitol, but the wooden columns used both for strength and ornament in 
the Hall of the House of Representatives, the workmanship of William Alt- 
man, were handsomely turned and painted in imitation of clouded marble. 
Over the west and south doors there were built into the walls neatly dressed 
stones with patriotic inscriptions. That over the western entrance had in- 
scribed upon it the following from Barlow's "Columbiad: 
"Equality of rights is Nat lire's plan, 
And following Nature is the march of man. 
Based on its rock of right your empire lies, 
( >n walls of wisdom let the fabric rise. 
Preserve your principles, their force unfold, 
Let nations prove them, and let kings behold. 
Equality your tirst tirm grounded stand. 
Then free election, then your Federal band; 
This holy triad should forever shine, 
The great compendium of all rights divine, 
Creed of all schools, whence youths by millions draw 
Theirtheme of right, their decalogue of law, 
'Till man shall wonder (in these schools inured) 
How wars were made, bow tyrants were endured." 
After the stone carver had completed cutting these lines, Mr. Ludlow, 
the State Director, tirm in bis belief that this public was a nation and not a 
confederacy had the word "Federal" covered with the word "Union," but a good 
many years after the composition with which the work was done fell off, and 
the original word "Federal" again appeared. 

Over the southern entrance appeared another quotation from the same 
poem. Above the east door were these lines, the composition of Director Dud- 
low: 

"General good the object of legislation, 
Perfected by a knowledge of man's wants, 
And nature's abounding means applied, 
Establishing principles opposed to monopoly." 
The old State House, after having stood the estimated term of one gen- 
eration, ami witnessed the transformation of a primeval forest into a thriving 
city, was destroyed by tire on the tirst day of February, 1852. The lire was 
first discovered by the night watchman, burning the floor in the center ol the 
Senate chamber. The firemen bad succeeded in almost subduing the flames, 
when it was found the woodwork overhead was in flames. The tire quickly 
communicated with the roof and ascended to the steeple. The fire apparatus 
available was utterly inadequate to cope witli the flames and it soon became 
apparent that the venerable edifice, which had been the theatre of patriotism 
and zeal for the public good for so many years, was doomed. The burning 
building cast a lurid light on the Sabbath morning sky, and as the burning 
belfry swayed to and fro, as if buffeted by the Fire King, its clear toned old 
bell, whose notes were so familiar to the citizens, rang out a brief parting re- 
quiem, before parting from its old-time abiding place. 

The Ohio State Journal, of the second of February, gives the following 
edifying account of this disastrous lire: 

"Great Conflagration!— The State House Destroyed! Yesterday, (Sunday) 
morning, about four o'clock, the cry of fire rang through our streets. It was 
soon ascertained that the old State House was on tire. The watch first discov- 
ered it in the center of the Senate Chamber, and on the floor. This was nearly 
extinguished, when it was discovered that the timbers overhead were on lire. 
Soon it burned out through the roof and the entire belfry was quickly inflames. 
The engines could not reach the tire, and it was evident that the venerable old 

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edifice, in which the Legislature of Ohio had met for the last thirty-five years, 
was doomed to destruction. The belfry, after burning brilliantly for a few 
minutes, came down with a crash upon the floor of the Senate Chamber. The 
roof then gradually fell in. and the upper story of the building was a mass of 
flames. An effort was now made to confine the tire to the Senate Chamber 
and upper rooms, but there was too heavy a mass of burning matter on the 
tloor to be extinguished, and soon the flames reached the Hall of the House of 
Representatives. The origin of the tire has not yet been ascertained. The 
disks, chairs and furniture had been removed, and the entire building was 
then resigned to its fate. In the Senate Chamber very little was saved. We 
learn that the clerk's papers were all secured, but that a large mass of docu- 
ments, journals, constitutional debates, etc., were consumed." 

During the remainder of the session, the House met in Neil's Odeon 
Hall, and the Senate in the L'nited States Court House. In 1853 the House 
again met in Odeon Hall and the Senate in Ambos Hall, and again, in 1854, 
these halls were used. In 1855 there was no session of the Legislature, it being 
the only year since the organization of the State without a legislative session, 
although the State constitution provided for biennial sessions only. In 187)1! 
the Odeon and Ambos Halls were again occupied and in 1 S.~) 7 the Senate and 
House of Representatives met, for the first time, in their respective halls in 
the new State House. 

The tirst carpet ever laid in the Hall of the House of Representatives, in 
the old State House was made by a dozen or more ladies at a sewing circle held 
by them in that chamber in 1816. The party was suggested by Governor 
YVorthington, who favored them with his presence, and furnished the fair 
sewers with some of the choice apples for which his Ross county orchard 
was famous. In the evening they were also invited to a "tea", given 
them by Mrs. John Martin, at her residence just opposite the State 
House. Of those who assisted in the construction of the old State 
I louse, who were st i 11 living in 1858, there were Jacob Hare, who kept 
a team and helped to haul the stone for the foundation; Conrad Heyl, 
principal painter, and George B. Harvey, who was employed on it as carpenter 
through its whole construction. In 1815, in accordance with a contract entered 
into by them, with the State, the Proprietors' Association erected a two storied 
building, twenty live by one hundred and fifty feet, fronting on High street. 
It stood on the State House Square, in a line with the State House, and sixty 
feet north of it. This building designed for the State officers, was of the 
same material and general construction as the State House. The foundation 
was of rough stone, with a belt of dressed stone, marking the height of the 
first story. The principal entrance was in the center of the front, on High 
street. A door, toward the north end, opened into the office of the Secretary of 
State, and two doors, toward the south end, opened into the State Auditor's 
office. On the left of the central entrance was the Governor's office, and, on 
the right, the office of the State Treasurer. From the entrance hall, and direct 
ly opposite the front door, a winding stairway led to the second story. This 
was appropriated to the use of the State Library, though used, in early times, 
for the offices of the quartermaster and adjutant general, and, occasionally, 
for other public offices. The building was removed in the spring of 1857, pre- 
paratory to the grading of the public square, fhe l'nited States Court House 
was built in 1820 and stood in a line with the State House and State offices, 
and about fifty or sixty feet north of the latter. It was also a plain brick build- 
ing, two stories high, with a rough stone foundation. It was probably about 
forty-five or forty-six feet square, and the roof ascended from the four sides to 
a circular dome in the center. The front had a recess entrance about the size 
of a large portico, but within the line of the front wall. fhe same recess ex- 
tended up through the second story, thus affording a pleasant view of the 

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streel From the second story. On Hit- lower floor there was a hall through the 
center, and two rooms on each side, one of which was used for the office of the 
clerk of the United States Court, one as an office lor the marshal, and one ;is ;i 
jury room. The building was paid for in part by the State appropriating a 
certain amount of uncurrent funds of the Miami Exporting Company then in 
treasury, to that purpose; but the greater amount was raised by donations 
from the citizens of Columbus and the United States Courts wen' removed 
from Chillicothe about the year 1N'_M. Harvey 1 >. Evans was then Clerk of the 
Court, and Dr. John Hamm, of Zanesville, marshal. At Evans' death, in 1823, 
he was succeeded in the clerkship by Win. K. Bond, then of Chillicothe; ami 
about the year 1S'_'!», Bond was succeeded by William Miner, who held the 
office for many years. Dr. Hamm as marshal, was succeeded by William 
Doherty, and Doherty, by General John Patterson, from |efferson count}', 

and be by a man of his own name, John Patters of' Adams county. 

and Patterson by Demas Adams, Adams by John McElvain, McElvain by 
1). A. Robertson, of Fairfield, Robertson, by G.W. Jones.of Knox, and [ones by 
J. H. Robinson, of Cincinnati. In the spring of 1855, the State having been 
divided into two districts, the United States Courts were removed from Colum- 
bus to Cincinnati and the Court I louse here was shortly afterward torn down. 
Back of the United States Court House stood a long, one story brick bouse. 
This building was erected by the county, in 1829, for county officers, and was 
divided into four apartments, with an outside for each. The north room was 
for the clerk of the court, the next one to it for the recorder, the next for the 
treasurer, and the fourth or south one for the county auditor. The county 
offices were kept here from the time the building was erected until the sum 
mer of 1840, when the}' were removed to the new county Court House, at tin- 
corner of Mound and High streets. The former building was not removed 
until the spring of 1857, when the State I louse Square was graded. 

The primitive state of the Capital at the period when the State buildings 
were erected, is amply illustrated by the fact that the fuel then used by the 
only paper here, the "Western Intelligencer," was the wood secured by felling 
the forest trees on High street. 

When the General Assembly convened here for its fust session, Decem- 
ber 2, 1816, the members generally came on horse-back, and sent their horses 
to the country for the winter. Several boarded in Franklinton and one or two 
in the country. On the adjournment of the General Assembly several of the 
members Hying in the country bordering on the Ohio river, below Portsmouth, 
descended the Scioto in skiffs. 

On the twenty-eighth of January, 1S17, the General Assembly passed an 
act requesting the ( rovernor to appoint one or more skilled mechanics to meet 
such persons as might be named by the proprietors of Columbus for the pur- 
pose of "measuring, valuing and assessing the joiner's work done on the State 
House and public offices." The act further authorized the governor, provided 
he could agree with the proprietors, to adjust their accounts with the State, 
without the mediation id' a commission, ami to issue to them an order on the 
treasurer in full payment of whatever balance should be found to be duethem, 
oyer and above the sum they were compelled by the terms of their contract to 
expend in the erection of the public buildings, offices and penitentiary. 

In furtherance of this act an amicable settlement was reached. After 
making a deduction of six or seven per cent, from the charges for carpenter 
work, a balance of thirty-five thousand dollars, oyer and above the fifty thous- 
and required to beexpended, was found to be due and was paid to the proprie- 
tors, whose responsible contracts with the State were thus happily and satis- 
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CAPITOL SQUARE 

The public square, in the centerof which now stands the Capitol <>f < )lii<>, 
one <>1 the most imposing specimens on the western continent, was originally 
cleared of its native timber etc., by Jarvis Pike, commonly known as "Judge 
l'ike" (he having once been a judge in the State of New York), under the di- 
rection of Governor Worthington, about the years lsir> and INK!. He enclosed 
it with a rough rail fence, and raised from it successive crops of wheat ami 
corn. The fence having fallen into decay, the square lav in common for a 
number of years. Under the direction of Alfred Kelly, when agent of the State, 
it was enclosed in 1844, by a neat and substantial fence, with cedar posts, and 
handsome palings painted white. About the same time Mr. Kelly caused elm 
trees to be removed from the forest and planted on the north, east and west of 
the square, thus preserving an open view of the noble western facade of the 
Capitol. Their trunks were then from four to six inches in diameter, but a fruit- 
ful soil and genial climate have changed them into monarchs of their kind, 
bearing their coronals of spreading boughs, with kingly grace. The neat fence, 
with painted palings, was removed in 1859, and the square was enclosed by 
an unsightly board fence about twelve feet high, as a guard against the escape 
of convicts engaged in dressing stone for the new Capitol. A substantial iron 
fence, set in a freestone base, was completed in lS(i7, along the west side of the 
square, and on the north and south sides, half the distance from the western 
to the eastern side. The fence enclosing the other half of the square was of 
wood. Frequent attempts were made to induce the Legislature to extend the 
fence so as to enclose the other half of the square, but without success. 
Among the objections to its extension, it was urged that the fence was not 
only too massive, but it was so high as to obstruct the view, and greatly in- 
jure the appearance of the Capitol as seen from the street. After persistent ag- 
itation of the subject, the Legislature, in 1.S71, appropriated eighteen thousand 
dollars to procure and put up around the State House grounds a new fence, to 
be done under the direction of the comptroller of the treasury, with the advice 
and consent of the governor and treasurer. A design for the new fence, by 
Frank Krumm, was adopted, and a contract entered into with L. Schaeffer & 
Son, of Springfield, < )hio, to build the same at twenty-one thousand, one hun- 
dred and nineteen dollars and thirty cents. The fence was put in place the 
following year, and, in accordance with the design, gates were placed at the 
corners of the square, and walks constructed to intersect the carriageways 
that encircle the Capitol. The .State House Square comprises ten acres, and 
has a considerable elevation above the Scioto. With earth, taken chiefly from 
the canal and river, it has been raised in the center from four to six feet, and 
has been so graded as to form a gentle descent from that point in all directions. 
There were formerly carriage ways, but these have long since been excluded, 
and pedestrians only are allowed. The square was originally laid out and or- 
namented after a plan drawn by John Clnsker of Cincinnati. The general 
idea, as carried out in the plan, contemplated a pleasing variety of evergreens, 
deciduous trees and shrubbery, so arranged, in groups, as to afford unob- 
structed views of the Capitol, and, at the same time, gratify the natural taste 
for order and beauty. The ornamentation now comprises stately trees and 
well kept lawns, which in summer time present a never-tiring scene of beauty. 
A pleasing feature is found in the large number of squirrels that are con- 
stantly frisking about the grounds, and which are so tame that they approach 
visitors without fear, and will even climb up into one's pockets in search of 
nuts. To children, particularly, they an' a constant delight. 

In 1857 an attempt was made to bore an artesian well within the Capitol 
grounds. The work was begun in July of that year, and continued every year 
up to October 1, 1860, when the venture was pronounced a failure, after the 




WILLIAM SHEPARD 



William Shepard wai born November 25 ' mandaigua, New York. His 

grandfather, William Shepard, was an officer in the Revolution and in the French- 
Indian wars that prei eded it. He was also a member of Congress and a member of the 
Society of the Cincinnati The farmly was of good Massachusetts stock. Charles 
Shepard, father of the subject of this sketch, went to New York from Springfield, Mas- 
sachusetts, and was a farmer. His son William was raised on a farm, finished his edu- 
cation at the Canandaigua Academy, studied medicine at Rochester and Cincinnati, 
and was graduated at the Eclectic Medical College, in Cincinnati, in 1853, and the same 
year he established Shepaid's sanitarium, east of this city, which has been the lead- 
ing institution of its kind in Central Ohio ever since. In themany years that the sani- 
tarium has been in existence, thousands of patients have made it their home, and 
much good has resulted and Dr. Shepard needs no higher praise than this : He is held 
in universal respect and esteem by those who come under his treatment. Dr. Shepard, 
during his residence of about half a century in the county, has gained and retained the 
respect of the people. He has amassed a fine competence, has been a public-spirited 
citizen, helped beautify and impiove his section, and has been a useful man of busi- 
ness, as well as a successful one. In 1885 Dr. Shepard was placed on the Republi- 
can ticket as candidate for representative from this county. He was elected by over 
thirteen hundred majority, and he and his colleague, H. C. Taylor, were the first Re- 
p i : icans who had been thus honored in the count, v loi twenty -five years. He made a 
most useful member for the county and at the succeeding congressional election he 
was the candidate of his party against J. H. Outhwaite, and cut his majority down 
twelve hundred or more. He is a Mason, as was his Revolutionary grandfather before 
him, and has been through all the degrees, including the thirty-third. Dr. Shepard 
was married to Miss Charlotte E. Rose, daughter of Helen Rose, of Granville, in 1852. 
Mrs. Shepard was of excellent Puritan stock, and her father was one of the original 
company that came from Granville, Massachusetts, and settled at and founded Gran- 
ville, Ohio. Mrs. Shepai idymu hloved he died in 1887. 



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well had been sunk a depth of two thousand seven hundred and seventy-five 
feet. The undertaking, however, was not withoul value, as it served to show 
the geological formations which underlie the capital. 



CHAPTER XII 

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TROUBLES OVER A NEW STATE HOUSE. 

( >n the 26th of January, 1838, the Legislature passed an act calling for the 
erection of a new State House on the public square at Columbus, and 1 h is was 
made the occasion of a grand illumination of the city. Colonel Noble, proprietor 
of the National Hotel, where the Neil House in >\v stands, had candles arranged 
in his front windows in such a manner as to form letters and to spell the 
words "New State House." 

In pursuance of carrying into execution the intentions of the act, |oseph 
Ridgway, [r., of Columbus, William A. Adams of Zanesville, and William B. 
Van Hook of Butler county, were, by joint resolution, appointed commission 
ers for carrying the law into effect. They were required to give notice in cer- 
tain newspapers, and to offer a premium of five hundred dollars for the besl 
plan submitted, to be approved by the Legislature, upon which said I muse should 
at once he put under course of const nut ion. A number of plans were furnish- 
ed by various competitors for the premium, and Henry Walters oi Cincinnati, 
received the premium, though, alter final consideration, his plan was not 
adopted; hut from the various plans furnished, the commissioners formed and 
adopted one somewhat different from any of the plans presented, though em 
bracing all their commendable features. In the spring of 1839, the commis- 
sioners nppointed William Van Hook, one of their own body, to assume the 
superintendence of the work. A high hoard fence was put up around the 
Square, and a good workshop erected within, where preparations had been 
made to have the convicts from the Penitentiary employed in the cutting of 
stone and other d ut ies. An immense quantity id' building stone, obtained at 
Sullivant's limestone quarry, had been delivered on the ground during the pre 
ceding year. 

On the Fourth of July, 1839, amid suitabla ceremonies, the corner stone 
of the new edifice was laid, and the foundation subsequently raised to a level 
with the earth when the inclemency of the weather stopped thr work, as was 
supposed, until the following spring. Hut, it appears, the real cause lor the 
cessation of work was due to another source entirely. There had been for 
some time more or less ill feeling, on the part ol other towns in the central 
portion of the State, toward Columbus as the capital. The city was charged 
with putting on metropolitan airs, which, we think, should not he an unpar- 
donable offense. An incident occurred in the legislative session of \s;\\\ In 
that served to kindle this comparatively latent spark ot envy into a flame. 
There was an investigation by the Legislature of certain charges againsl Wil- 
liam H. Lloyd, a member from Cu3'ahoga county, lor forgery in altering cer- 
tain accounts and papers. After the investigation a paper signed by sixtj 
three citizens ol Columbus, principally young men, expressing undiminished 
confidence in Mr. Lloyd's integrity, appeared in the Columbus State Journal of 
February 17. with the signers' names attached. Many members of the Legisla- 
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nouncing it us an unwarrantable intermeddling with the proceedings of the 
General Assembly. While the excitement was still :it fever point, George B. 
Flood, representative from Licking county, on the day following the obnox- 
ious publication, introduced into the House a bill repealing the act for the 

ereetion of a new State House. It finally passed both branches of the Legis- 
lature, and became a law on the tenth of March. By this action, the work on 
the new State House was suspended for more than six years. The whole cost, 
as far as the preparations and work on the new Capitol had progressed, ap- 
pears to have been $41,585.22, an amount entirely too large to be wasted merely 
for the gratification of personal animosities. 

After the passage of the repealing act, the subject of removing the seat 
of the State Government from Columbus was more earnestly agitated than 
before. Every conceivable objection was urged against the permanent loca- 
tion of the capital on the banks of the Seioto. The site was declared to be the 
most unhealthy one that could have been selected in the entire State. Besides 
this, it was urged by some, that the capital should be nearer the center than 
Columbus was. For about three years the question of removal was discussed, 
when, at the session of the Legislature in 1842-3, the subject was referred to a 
committee, who made elaborate majority and minority reports. The majority 
took the ground that the General Assembly could not pass an act for the re- 
moval of the seat of government from the location established by a former 
act, without a violation of the faith of the State. The two reports were prin- 
cipally confined to the discussion of this proposition. 

The minority report recommended the adoption of joint resolutions, re- 
questing the Governor to issue his proclamation, setting forth that the time 
had arrived for the permanent establishment of the seat of government, and 
inviting proposals for its location. These resolutions were adopted by the 
Senate on the sixth of March, 1843, by a vote of eighteen to sixteen, but were, 
the next day, defeated in the House, by a vote of thirty-six to twenty-nine. 
This seems to have put a final quietus to the agitation regarding the removal 
of the State Capital from Columbus. 

RETURN OF THE CHOLERA. 

The Asiatic cholera reappeared in Columbus on the 21st of June, 1849. 
Its first victims were four members of the family of George B. Smith, residing 
in the |ewett Block, near the place where the same fatal disease began its rav- 
ages in IS?:?. The alarm and the fearful epidemic spread with almost equal 
rapidity. Main residents left the city. Isaac Dalton, N. W.Smith, George B. 
Harvey, W. W. Lollard and James Cherry were appointed a board of health, 
and they made daily reports and were very vigilant in the discharge of their 
duties. It was about the middle of September when the disease abated, and 
the board reported one hundred and sixty-two deaths in the city by cholera. 
The report did not include one hundred and sixteen deaths in the Penitentiary, 
which made the total number of victims 272. 

Among those who succumbed to the cholera in the summer of 1849, 
were the following well known citizens: Dr. B. F.Gerard, Dr. Horace Lathrop, 
General Edgar Gale, Samuel Preston, Abraham Mettles, William Cook and 
son, Robert Thompson and wife. Dr. Isaac F. Taylor, Christian Karst, Joseph 
Murray, Bernard Herk, Christian Hertz and John Whisker. 

The cholera demon's appetite was not yet satiated, for we find it return 
ing for more victims the following year. The first to die of the disease in 1850 
was Mrs. Robert Russell, who died July Sth. at the United States Hotel, on the 
northwest corner of High and Town streets. Forthwith the disease raged 
and spread with the same virulence and fatality as in the preceding year, till 
about the middle of September. The population of the city was then 17,882, 
and about one-fourth tied from the face of the destroyer. 



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A Board oi Health was organized , i i •- members being < ieorge P. Harvev' 
Isaac Dalton and W. W. Pollard, who made daily reports from fuly - 1 to Sep 
tember I. During that period three hundred and two deaths were reported 
two hundred and nine from cholera and ninety-three from other diseases. As 
the disease had prevailed more than two weeks before any reports were made, 
the deaths from cholera were supposed to be about two hundred and twenty 
five, and from other diseases about a hundred. Among those who died during 
the prevalence of the epidemic in the summer of 1850 were the following: 
Elijah Converse, David S. Doherty, Emanuel Doherty, William Doherty, [ohn 
W'illard and son, William G. Alexander and his wife and three children, a son 
and three daughters of James B. Griffith, | < >l ■ ■ ■ Barcus, [oseph Ridgway, [r., 
Robert Owen, Timothy Griffith, Dr. fames P. McGill, Henrv W'ass, Isaac Tay- 
lor, liinnian Hurd, Mrs. Matthew Gooding, Mrs. I-:. B.Armstrong, and Miss 
Fanny Huston. 

The cholera did not make its appearance in 1851, hut in 1852 it made a 
visitation, though with much less virulence than in 1849 and in 1850. The first 
victim in 1852 was Philip I. ink, who died on June Id, in the southeastern part 
of the city, and among others to die wen- William English and wile, Nelson 
Compton, Miss Henrietta < tale, John Met Juireand Newton Mattoon. The year 
IS,")!! passed over without a visit from the plague, hut in 1854 a lew cases were 
reported, including among those that proved fatal, John Peal and his wife an. I 
son, two children of M r. West water, [ohn Reason and [onathan Phillips and 
daughter. Since 1854, happily, the cholera has not visited the city. 

BLOCKING LEGISLATION. 

There were two important events, occurring in two successive vears, 
which, though relating chiefly to the State Legislature, were so inter- 
woven with the history of Columbus, and created such intense interest here, 
that they are worthy of passing attention. It must he remembered that these 
scenes were enacted in the old Stale I louse, and under our first State Constitu- 
tion. 

The General Assembly, as required by the Constitution, met on the first 
Monday of December, 1848. The Senate organized by electing a Speaker, hut 
the House of Representatives could not organize. The difficulty is thus ex 
plained: 

The apportionment law, passed at the preceding session, assigned to Ham- 
ilton county five representatives the first eight wards ,,| Cincinnati, compos- 
ing the first election district, entitled to two representatives; and the residue of 
the county, composing the second district, entitled to three representatives. 

At the annual election in October, 1848, (ieorge E. Pugh and Alexander 
Pierce, with three others, all Democrats, hail the highest number of votes 
given in the whole county; while Oliver M. Spencer and George W. Runyan, 
W'higs, had the highest number of votes given in the first district. The two 
justices who assisted the clerk of the county in making out the abstract of the 
votes, declared Spencer and Runyan duly elect.nl Representatives from the first 
district of Hamilton county; while the clerk, on the other hand, gave to Pugh 
and Pierce, as well as to the three other Democrats, whose elect ion was not dis 
puted, Certificates of election as representatives from Hamilton county. The 
whole controversy turned principally upon the question whether, under the 
Constitution, the Legislature had authority to divide a county into two ormore 
districts for the election of members of the Assembly. 

At an early hour on Monday morning, December 1, the Democratic mem 
hers of the II. .use took possession of the Speaker's chair, the Clerk's desk, and 
the right side of the Hall, Benjamin F. Leiter, of Stark county, acting as their 
chairman. The Whig members entered soon afterward and took possession of 
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their chairman. The Democrats swore in forty-two members, including Hugh 
and Pierce of Hamilton county; and the Whigs swore in thirty-two members, 
including Spencer and Runyan of Cincinnati, making in all seventy-four mem- 
bers — two more than the Constitution allowed. By that instrument a quorum 
consisted of two-thirds, or forty-eight memhers; so either side could do noth- 
ing but sit and call over the counties for members elect to presenttheir creden- 
tials and be sworn in. Of the eight Free-Soil memhers, some had been sworn 
in by the Democratic, and others by the Whig side of the House. In order to 
keep possession of the Speaker's chair, which was deemed a matter of primary 
importance, the Democrats sat day and night without adjourning or taking a 
recess. Various propositions for a compromise were made and rejected. Both 
sides continued to call over the counties for memhers from day to day. At 
length, after about three weeks spent in this way, a proposition, presented by 
the Free-Soil members, was agreed to on the 22nd of December, to the effect 
that the seventy memhers, whose election was not disputed, should form an or- 
ganization, with Mr. Leiter as chairman, and proceed to determine the right to 
the two disputed seats. 

After a lengthy discussion, a vote was reached on the first of January, 
1849, when the claims of Messrs. Pugh and Pierce to seats in the organization 
of the House, were rejected by a tie vote of 35 to 35. The like claims of Messrs. 
Spencer and Runyan were then set aside by a vote of 32 to 38. So all the four 
claimants of the two disputed Hamilton county seats were told to stand until 
after the organization. The House was organized, with seventy memhers, on 
January 3rd, by the choice of John G. Breslin, Democrat, for Speaker, after a 
month spent in enacting a legislative farce. It is proper to add that, on Janu- 
ary 20th, a resolution was adopted, by a vote of 32 to 31, declaring Messrs. 
Pugh and Pierce constitutionally memhers of the House from Hamilton county. 

At the beginning of the next session, held in the winter of 1849-18.10, it 
was the Senate and not the House, that failed to organize. There being in those 
days no Lieutenant Covernor to preside in the Senate, that body had, like the 
House, to elect a speaker as a first step toward organization. A prolonged con- 
troversy, similar to that in the House at the beginning of the preceding ses- 
sion, arose in the Senate. It was the Hamilton county case over again. The 
Senate consisted of thirty-six memhers, half of them holding over from the 
preceding year. Of the new memhers, one was to come from Hamilton county, 
There were two claimants to this seat William F. Johnson, Democrat, and 
Lewis Broadwell, Whig. 

The Senate met on Monday, December 3. James Myers, Democrat, of 
Lucas county, took possession of the chair, and called the Senate to order. Mr. 
Broadwell presented an abstract showing that he had received a majority of 
votes cast for Senator, in the district composed of the first eight wards of Cin- 
cinnati. The certificate of the clerk of Hamilton county was presented by Mr. 
Johnson, setting forth that he was duly elected Senator from Hamilton county. 
So the question came up as to which of the two men was legally entitled to the 
disputed seat. On that point the thirty-five senators, on whom devolved the 
settlement of the question, became, as the dispute progressed, divided as fol- 
lows: eighteen for Broadwell and seventeen for Johnson. 

At the instance of their respective friends, both Johnson and Broadwell 
were sworn in as Senators. Yet as the chairman (Mr. Myers), and as Mr. 
Knapp, the clerk of the previous Senate, who was acting as clerk of this, re- 
cognized Mr. Johnson, and refused to recognize Mr. Broadwell as Senator, 
the voting on all questions on organization uniformly resulted in a tie. Various 
attempts at compromise, and long ami spirited discussions ensued. At length, 
on the twelfth of December, after a motion to proceed to the election of a 
Speaker had been lost by the usual tie vote, the chairman directed the Senators 
to prepare their ballots for Speaker. Sixteen days more elapsed, when, on De- 

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SHEPARD'S SANITARIUM 

The Sanitarium was established by Dr Shepard in 1853--then first known as a 
Water Cure as all such institutions were named in those days. It has continued to ex- 
ist--keeping pace with the times, changing its name years ago to ••Sanitarium," and is 
devoted to the treatment of all forms of chronic disease, and the home for such cases as 
through age or incurable invalidism are better taken care of, more comfortably in such 
institutions than in private homes. The institution has widened its sphere of useful- 
ness, and is to-day a useful and enterprising establishment, and by reason of its age a 
landmark in the city and county. 

Removed and distant from theold establishment, he has added a branch institu- 
tion for the care and treatment of such who suffer from mental derangement, under a 
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cember 28, on the three hundred and first bidlot, Harrison G. Blake, of Medina 
county, having received sixteen votes, being a majority of all the votes east. 
was declared by the chairman duly elected and took his seat as Speaker. One 
of the tirst arts of the Speaker was to recognize Mr. Broadwell, when the hit 
ter rose to speak. As the clerk still persisted in refusing to call Mr. Broad- 
well's name the Speaker called it himself. By this means it often happened 
that thirty seven votes were east one more than the constitutional number of 
Senators. The opponents to Mr. Broadwell's claim to a seat were greatly irri- 
tated by Speaker Blake's course. They heaped epithets upon him, and charged 
him with a breach of faith, while the other side were, of course, equally zeal 
ous defending the Speaker. 

On the the third of January, 1850, Mr. Swift of Summit county offered 
a preamble and resolution which added fuel to the tire already existing. The 
preamble set forth that Blake had solemnly pledged himself to Swift that if 
the latter would vote for Blake as Speaker, he, Blake, would vote for Johnson 
to retain his seat as Senator until the right to the same should be finally deter- 
mined by the Senate; and would not, until such final session, recognize Broad- 
well as Senator. The preamble also charged the Speaker with a forfeiture of 
his pledge, and concluded with a resolution removing him from the office of 
Speaker. Upon this proceeding the Speaker vacated his chair, anil called up 
another senator to supply his place. But this step raised snch a storm about 
his ears from those dissatisfied with his course that he resumed the chair. 
He ruled Mi- Swift's resolution out of order, and thereupon an appeal was 
taken from the decision. Then came the tug of war. A prolonged and violent 
debate ensued in which the motives and conduct of the Speaker were con- 
demned by one party and vindicated by the other. Thus matters went until 
January 17. when resolutions were adopted providing that Mr. fohnson should 
be permitted to retain his seat, until the com in it tee on privileges and elect ions 
should report upon the right to the seat. Upon the adoption of these resolu- 
tions Mr. Swift re-introduced his resolution for the removal of the Speaker, 
which they promptfy ruled out of order. Mr. Myers then offered a resolution 
for the like purpose, which was also ruled out of order. An appeal was taken 
but this was also ruled out of order. 

< )n the next day, the 18th id' January, ami near the close of the seventh 
week (d the session, Mr. Blake resigned his position; and Charles C. Convers, 
of Muskingum county, was elected Speaker. Thus after a bitter, memorable 
Struggle the Senate was at last organized. Mr. Johnson continued to sit as 
Senator until the 27th of February, when the seat was declared vacant; and 
Mr. Broadwell, by a vote of I 1 to 13, was admitted to a seat as Senator from the 
first district of Hamilton county. 

EXECUTIONER'S DAY. 

About four years prior to the above events, a tragic scene was emu-ted 
in Columbus. On February 9, 1844, two persons, William Clark, a white man, 
and Esther, a colored woman, were executed for murder in the tirst degree. At 
the time they committed the murders both were convicts in the Penitentiary. 
Clark was convicted of killing Cyrus Sells, one of the prison guards, at a sin- 
gle blow, with a cooper's axe; and Esther, of beating to death with a lire-shovel 
a white female prisoner. Both were tried and convicted at the same term of 
the Court of Common 1 'leas. The defense set up in Clark's case was insanity; 
in the case of the woman, that the killing was not premeditated, and was, con- 
sequently, not murder in the tirst degree. The executions took placeon the low 
ground at the southeast corner of Mound and Scioto streets and wen' wit 
nessed by an immense crowd of people. Sullivan Sweet, a citizen of Colum- 
bus, was pushed down in the crowd and trampled upon by a horse, and he was 
so severely injured, that death ensued in a few hours. 

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IN SLAVERY DAYS. 

The mart} red Lincoln shivered the shackles of the slave none too soon. 
Slavery had long been ;i menace and a disgrace to the American Republic, and 
historv can never, in a sufficiently appreciable degree, record the many dia- 
bolical, fiendish cruelties that were practiced under the «>ld slave laws. Hap- 
pily, for the white, u<> less than the black race, slavery no longer exists, but the 
impress it has left upon our national life, will take generations to efface. 

Few events in the history of Columbus have excited a deeper or more 
general interest than the arrest, under th.> fugitive slave law, of Jerry Finney, 
a colored man. who had resided in the city fourteen or fifteen years. ( )u the 
nighl of the 27th of March, 1846, Jerry was, by some means, (whether taken 
there by force or deceived by false representations), arrested in the office of 
William Henderson, a justice of the peace in Franklinton, as a fugitive slave. 
He was at once delivered over by the justice to the persons claiming him, one 
of whom, Alexander C. Forbes, held a power of attorney from Mrs. Bethsheba 
ile Long, of Frankfort, Kentucky, to whom it was claimed that Jerry owed ser- 
vice or labor. Handcuffs were put upon the alleged slave; he was placed in a 
carriage that was in waiting at the door, and taken to Cincinnati, thence to 
Kentucky, and returned to the woman who claimed that she was his rightful 
owner. 

As |errv was familiarly known in Columbus, having been cook or waiter 
at nearly all the hotels and houses of entertainment, his sudden disappearance 
and especially the cause and manner of it, produced intense excitement and 
hitter comment. Persons suspected of being concerned in his removal were 
arrested and held to bail on the charge of kidnapping. They were William 
Henderson, |acob Armitage, Henry Henderson, Daniel A. Porter and Daniel 
Zinn. At the ensuing July term of the Court of Common Pleas, a hill of in- 
dictment was returned against these persons, and Alexander C. Forbes, for the 
unlawful seizure ami carrying away of Jerry. 

All the defendants, except Forbes, who hail not been arrested, were put 
upon trial at the September term of theCourt. The prosecuting attorney, A. 
F. Perry and William Dennison, Jr., conducted the prosecution, and X. H. 
Swayne and F.J. Matthews managed the defense. The trial occupied several 
davs and excited much interest in the city and throughout the country. During 
its progress, one of the jurors, Dr. George Rickey, was discharged on account 
of serious illness. It was agreed on the part of the State and of all the de- 
fendants, to proceed with the remaining eleven jurors. The trial ended in the 
jury returning a verdict of "guilty" as to William Henderson, and of "not 
guilty" regarding the other defendants. The latter were discharged and Hen- 
derson was remanded to jail. 

Numerous exceptions had been taken on the trial by the defendant's 
counsel to the rulings of the court. The case was taken to the State Supreme 
Court on writ of error. The principal error relied on was that it was not com 
petent to a defendant on trial in a criminal case to waive his objection to the 
absence of a juror, and that it was error in the Court below to try the case with 
only eleven jurors. This point was sustained by tin- Supreme Court, and Hen- 
derson was set at liberty. 

By authority id' our State Legislature. William Johnson, a noted lawyer, 
instituted legal proceedings in Kentucky, in order to test certain questions of 
law, which would, it was claimed, result in the liberation of Jerry. Mr. John- 
sou argued his case before the Kentucky court with signal ability; hut the de- 
cision was against him, and Jerry remained in bondage. .Not long afterward, a 
sufficient amount of money was raised in Columbus to purchase Jerry's tree 
dom, and restore him to his family. He was returned home, hut only a short 
time afterward to end his life, a victim to that dread malady, consumption. 

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TEN YEARS OF MARKED GROWTH. 

'I'lif ■ 1 . •< ; i • i . In. in 1842 to 1852 was a very prosperous one for Columbus. 
During the period from the taking of the Federal census in 1840 to the per 
formance of the same task in 1850, the city had increased its population from 
H,048 to 17,871, or al the rate of nearly two hundred percent. Prom 1842 to 
1852 over thirty additions were made to the city and laid off in lots. The value 
of real estate in Columbus, assessed for taxation in 1852, was set down al 
$3,113, B12; and of personal property, al $1,648,305, to which must be added the 
amount returned by the banks for taxation, $1,219,770.73, and the amounl re 
turned by insurance companies, $2,197.73, the whole presenting a grand total of 
property in the city, entered on the duplicate for taxation, of $r>,01 1,185.48. Thus 
notwithstanding the attempt to remove the State Capital, the suspension of 
work on the State House for six or seven years, the visitation of cholera in two 
successive seasons, and other formidable obstacles calculated in impede its 
progress, Columbus continued, during the fourth decade of it- existence, to ad- 
vance steadily and rapidly in the development of wealth and general prosper 
itv. During this period there were more substantial improvements made here 
than at any previous period oi similar length; amongst them were the Gwynne 
Block, on Town street, between Third and Fourth streets, the new Market 
house on Town street, and many other improvements in thai neighborhood; 
numerous good buildings mi High street, north of Broad, and many fine resi 
dences in the east end of Town street. 

BALLOON ASCENSIONS. 

While tin-re are prominenl scientists oi to day who are making a special 
study of, and are firm in the conviction that aerial navigation of a practical 
nature is upon the eve oi realization, and many successful trial voyages have 
been made; yet, all attempts in this line made in thedaysof the formergenera 
tion, were looked upon as being nothing more than n foolhardy, though brave, 
risk of life or limb, and as a spectacle to thrill the public and win its applause. 

There have been several balloon ascensions made from Columbus, thai 
now form ,i part of it*- history. The first two, made over ;i half century ago 
showed, as a writer [Studer] has said that "Columbus, in this, her fourth de 
cade, was beginning to be regarded, by those who provided costly entertain- 
ments for the people, as a place with metropolitan curiosity and tastes." The 
first balloon ascension from Columbus took place on fuly 1, IM'.', by Richard 
Clayton. This was his thirtieth ascension, and the programme of the event 
announced that: "He will take hi> departure from a spacious amphitheatre 
erected for that purpose, on the Capitol Square, at fiveo'clock, I'. M. To gen 
erate all the necessary quantity of hydrogen gas for the inflation of this stu 
pendous vessel, 2,800 pounds of oil of vitriol, 3,000 pounds of iron and 15,(KK) 
pounds of water have to he used." 

Mr. Clayton, who was a celebrated aeronaut from Cincinnati, made a 
beautiful ascent, which was witnessed by a vast concourse of people. Follow 
inj4 is the interesting account of this trip, written by Mr. Clayton himself: 

'Precisely at the time announced in my advertisement, I took my depart- 
ure from the earth, fhe weather was calm, hut the atmosphere was ex t remely 
hazy, 'fhe enclosure from which the ascension was made contained the mos1 
respectable and influential citizens of Columbus and its vicinity. As I arose, 
hats and handkerchiefs were waved, the military gave a salute, and an ap 
proving smile beamed from a thousand lovely countenances, giving buoyancy 
to one's feelings ami adding enchantment to the scene. fhe movement of the 
balloon was so steady that no sensation ot motion was experienced; the 
earth appeared to gradually tall away from my feet, and the spectators to 
dwindle into dwarfs ami blend, al last, into masses. A gentle breeze wafted 

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me nearly in a northerly dirctiou, a little to the righl of the Delaware road. A 
number of persons on horseback endeavored to keep u|> with me, who together 
with their horses, resembled the toys of children moving with snail like veloc- 
ity. On attaining the altitude of half a mile and a distance of five or six mi Irs 
from the ii t \ . I caughl a different current of air, which bore me in an easterly 
direction. 

••Alter feasting a few minutes upon the beautiful view beneath me,] turned 
mv attention to the balloon, and arranged various articles in my little car so as 
to have no confusion at the time "I' landing. Phis being done, I took some re- 
freshments which an old acquaintance and intimate friend had prepared for me. 
On passing from one current of air to another a slight agitation takes 
place in the silken envelope. At halt past live o'clock Columbus bore 
west, southwest, distance about ten miles. At a: la the thermometer stood at 
52°; threw over ballast, ascended rapidly and moved eastward with increased 
velocity; At ."">:.'>."> gained the altitude of two miles; looked back to see 
Columbus, hut it was lost in the hazy vapor. The thermometer now stood ISS"; 
a great quantity of water poured down upon me from the neck of the balloon. 
'Phis water was taken into the balloon in the form of vapor when the gas was 
generating, and, afterward, when it was exposed to extreme cold, condensed 
and fell in copious showers of rain upon me. Being drenched with water, and 
the thermometer down to US". I felt extremely chilly and rather sick at the 
stomach; the sickness was occasioned partly, perhaps, by inhaling a goodly 
quantity of hydrogen gas. A teaspoonful or two of brandy and a little excel- 
lent cake, prepared h\ a friend of mini-, restored me to my proper feelings. 

•■| was now rapidly descending to a warmer and pleasant er region ; crossed 
the main canal at six o'clock, bet ween Hebron and New ai k.and had a fine view of 
both towns; could hear the shouts of the inhabitants and hear the sound of a 
baud of music. A few miles beyond Newark. I approached the earth; voices 
sounded in every direction, calling upon me to come down. When, within ca- 
ble distance of the ground, 1 perceived two persons at walk in a cornfield 
neither of whom had seen the balloon, for their backs were towards me. To 
one >>f these men I shouted to take hold of my rope. He gazed around him 
to see where the voice came from, but did not think for a moment of looking 
upward s.and consequently did not see the balloon until it reached the ground. 
Not the slightest difficulty was experienced in landing. Persons came run- 
ning from all points. The balloon was conducted in its inflated state to the 
house of Mr. Seymour, where 1 remained all night and received the kindest and 
most hospitable treatment. My lauding was effected at twenty minutes aftersix 
o'clock, after remaining in the atmosphere one hour and twenty minutes, and 
on the farm id' Mr. Seymour, five miles east of Newark, and thirty-eight miles 
east by north of Columbus". 

Nine years afterward, on the Fourth of J ul y.l Sal , the second balloon ascen 
sion was made from an enclosure erected by John >l. Kinney, at the junction 
of Broad and Seventh streets. The event was witnessed by a great assemblage 
id' people, gathered together from all parts of the surrounding country. The 
aeronaut was John Wise, of Lancaster.Pennsylvania. The balloon having been 
inflated. Mr. Wise stepped into his car. gave the signal to let loose, and soared 
skyward .greeted b\ the shouts of many thousands of delighted spectators. His 
airship drifted in a southerly direction, and landed without accident about six 
mill's from its starting point, from which Mr. Wise returned the same evening. 

Mr. Wise made a second ascension in Columbus, on September 26, 1851, 
in his balloon "Ulysses," from Kinney's Museum, and was accompanied on this 
trip, said to have been his one hundred and twenty fourth, by his wife and son 
Charles. The balloon floated in a northeasterly course and landed on Mr. 
Noble's farm, about four miles from Columbus. Here Charles Wise alighted 
and Mr. and Mrs. Wise reascended to a height of about ten thousand feet. 

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WM. A PLATT. Deceased. 



HENRY C. NOBLE 





M. C. LILLEY. Deceased. 



DR. LINCOLN COODALE 



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W hen they alighted t\ Ion < orners.about ten miles- fi 

I u in bus. 

The third ascension from tli - made on October '2M, J -~ , 

Monsieur Godard, a i-"rench aeronaut, and In- l>rother, from tlie < Capita] i 
f;iir grounds.a -liort <li-l ;i Mi e soul beast Irom lli<- section 

I 'la' «• on |-.:i-t Broad -t reel . Tliisasci'iisioii was jilho made pursuant to an en- 
({agemeni with Mr. John M. Kinney, and I'. W. Huntington of the I 
[{an k and R. H. Thompson, an employee in the post office, accompanied the ' 
ards one of whom suspended himself head down ward to a rope some fifteen or 
ty feel long, which hung from (he car, and in that position waved a flag as he 
floated through space. The party alighted safely.in ;i pond mar Reynoldsburg, 
and returned to the city the same day. The French had also intended making an 
■ nsion on ho but could not fulfill the project, • .■.vinL' to the inability 

of the gas company to furnish in one da v gas enough to inflate their huge bal- 
loon, the "Ville de I ' i 

On September \'.i, 1804, a successful - made by William 

Shotts, in ;i beautiful balloon named "General '.nmi." On |uly 1. 1881, an 
cension was made from the northeast corner of the < apitol Square, by Charles 
H. Grimley, in a balloon of 22,000 cubii city, on which the name ' 

lumbus," was shown in large letters. When the ascension was made, about 
three o'clock in the afternoon, about fifteen thousand in atten- 

dance. When unfastened, the balloon ascended majestically and sailed off in 
a southeasterly direction. The landing v. as made, w if li much difficulty, about 
two and a half hours later, in the woods oi [ames Brisbine, eight miles south- 
east ol Lancaster, in the northwest corner of k'n- I diip. The dis- 
tance covered was about forty miles. Since that time numerous ascensions 
have occurred, but none '•( anv great moment. 



'TERX 

COLUMBUS " [NUEDJ 

F. Ml BLE DEFRLCATION 

Reports of heavy defalcations are common enough in these days of great 
banking and mercantile houses and immense corporations, l>ui the occurrence 
■ ■I such an event a half century ago, created great attention and talk, and 
proved more than a "nine days' wonder." Such a sensation was afforded our 
<iti/.<-n- in the fifties. On the morning of June 13, 1857 ih<- public was -t;iri b-<l 
by the announcement that William II. Gibson had resigned, and that then 
a defalcation of over a half million of dollars to be charged to him or to his 
brother-in-law, John G, Breslin who had preceded him in office or both. 
Breslin was a Demoi rat, Gibson a Republican, and both resided in Tiffin, Ohio. 
A short time after Gibson's resignation, Governor Chase appointed Alfred P. 
Stone State I reasurer, who at the ensuing State election, was elected t<. that 
office. Such an intense feeling had been aroused by the discovery of this fraud 
upon the citizens of Ohio, that, on the evening of June 1 8, I -"7. an indignation 
meeting was held in front ol theCityBank, <-n State street. Dr. K. \. liarr 
was chairman, and [ames l\. \>.r. secretary of this gathering. W. T. Bascom, 
Jam.- II. Stauring, Henry Miller, \V. T. Hay. William Miller and < . Breyfogle 
were appointed a committee on resolutions, and the report tendered by them 
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Cox, William Dennison, Dr. William Trevitt, William T. Bascom, Henry Miller 
and Joseph H. Geiger. These speakers* indignantly denounced the gross out- 
rage "that had been perpetrated upon the tax payers of Ohio by an officer, or 
officers, who had shamefully abused the people's trust. It was urged that the 
guilty party or parties should have meted out to him or them the severest penal- 
ties of the law. Finally a resolution was expressed to vote in future, irrespec- 
tive of party ties, for such men, and such men only, whose antecedents and 
own personal character should guarantee their honesty and capacity to manage 
the people's money with safety and honesty of purpose. 

CHOLERA IN THE PENITENTIARY. 

Elsewhere in this volume will be found mention of the cholera epidem- 
ics that have visited Columbus, but special attention must be given to the 
breaking out of the scourge among the convicts of the Ohio Penitentiary. It 
was soon after the plague made its appearance in the Capital City in the sum- 
mer of lfS:W, that it made its appearance in the prison, at that time located on 
the old penitentiary lot. On the 17th of July, when it invaded the prison walls, 
there were three hundred and three convicts, and of these but few escaped an 
attack of illness, more or less severe. The ordinary routine was almost wholly 
suspended. The hospital contained about one hundred cases; of these forty 
cases were pronounced genuine cholera, and eleven prisoners died of the dis- 
ease. 

Not since its organization in 1815, has the Ohio Penitentiary been so se- 
verely scourged by an epidemic as by the cholera in 184K. Although every pos- 
sible precaution was taken, yet over one-fourth of the prison inmates suc- 
cumbed to the disease. Columbus had suffered from the plague for about ten 
days before it appeared in the prison. The first cases were reported the thir- 
tieth of [une, and two deaths from cholera occurred on that day. Dr. H. Lath- 
rop, the regular physician, being absent at the time, Dr. William Trevitt was 
called in. This was in the morning. Dr. Lathrop returned in the afternoon of 
fune 30th, but retained the services of Dr. Trevitt, and the latter succeeded Dr. 
"Lathrop as regular prison physician, on July third, when that gentleman him- 
self was stricken with cholera. The numberof new cases now occurring num- 
bered between fifty and sixty. Having partially recovered, Dr. Lathrop re- 
turned to his post on the sixth of July, though this action was opposed by his 
friends. On that day there were three deaths; live on the seventh, and eight 
the dav following. Cholera had now been rampant in the prison for nine days, 
and out of four hundred and thirteen prisoners, three hundred and ninety-six 
had been prescribed for by the physicians for the disease in some of its stages, 
and there had been twenty-one deaths. The twelfth of June recorded twelve 
more deaths, and. in the alarming condition of affairs, the directors sought ad- 
ditional medical skill, calling to the assistance of Drs. Lathrop and Trevitt 
such eminent medical practitioners as Drs. B. F. Gard, Robert Thompson, J. B. 
Thompson, J. Morrison, and Norman Gay, while a number of medical students 
and citizens were also engaged as attendants and nurses. The serious state of 
affairs had caused a regular panic among the prisoners, and the situation be- 
came pitifully distressing. All labor was suspended in the workshops and on 
the State House. The hospital was overcrowded with the sick, the dying, and 
the ghastly corpses of the newly dead. The idle workshops were quickly met- 
amorphosed into hospitals, divided into wards, and physicians and nurses as- 
signed to each. To add to the difficulty of the situation, many of the guards 
became panic-stricken, and fled when their services were most needed, and their 
places had to be filled, though the task was a difficult one. From pressure of 
necessity, the erstwhile strict discipline of the prison was relaxed, the prison- 
ers being allowed almost unrestrained intercourse. Thus, every opportunity 
was afforded them to reveal their true characters. Some exhibited manly he- 

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roism or stoical indifference, while others displayed the most timid, nervous 
and striking; agitation. The impulse to flee was checked by frowning prison 
walls, while sore distress and death reigned on every hand. To pass through 
the prison yard at this time was a severe trial both of heart and nerve, and it 
was impossible, without emotions deep and soul-stirring, to meet the eager 
overwrought throng that crowded about one at every step, and hear their piti- 
ful pleadings: "In the name of < rod, sir, can we not have our pardons?" "Will 
not the governor come and have mercy on us?" "Must we be kept here to die?" 
"I plead for my liberty, my life!" The scene can be better imagined than de- 
scribed. It was gruesome enough, from any standpoint. Many of the prison- 
ers entreated earnestly, importunately, not to be locked up in their cells, prom- 
ising the best behavior in return for such indulgence. The Warden, persuaded 
that a relaxation of discipline would be beneficial, determined to try the ex- 
periment of leaving the prisoners out of their cells. Many feared that un- 
pleasant consequences would result from this course, and predicted insubordi- 
nation, mutiny and revolt. Hut these fears were not realized. The prisoners 
seemed to be deeply grateful for the forbearance shown them, and the interest 
taken in their welfare. They rendered very efficient aid when help was so 
much needed, and, in many cases, were bold and unflinching in administering 
to the relief of the sick. For sixteen days and nights no key was turned upon 
a prisoner. Yet, during all that time, perfect order and due subordination pre- 
vailed, and these days and nights were a veritable reign of terror. Many of 
the convicts were pardoned by the governor, but it was soon found that the 
prisoners were safer within the walls than on the exterior. Their presence out- 
side created a panic, people shunning a pardoned convict as a walking pesti- 
lence, and, if attacked by cholera, he was almost certain to perish for want of 
care. 

On the tenth of June the disease attained its culminating point in the 
prison. On that day the mortality was greater than on any other day, the num- 
ber of deaths being twenty-two, and on that day, too, after exhausting profes- 
sional service, Drs. Lathrop and (iard returned to their homes, and never 
again made an appearance at the Penitentiary. Both were attacked with the 
fell disease, against whose ravages they had fought so long and well, and 
neither of them left his room afterward. Dr. Lathrop's was the second at- 
tack, and he died the next day, the eleventh; Dr. (iard died on the following 
Monday, the fifteenth. Thus ended the lives of these brave men, martyrs to 
their professional zeal ami large-hearted humanity. 

On July 11, Dr. G. W. Maris took the place of Dr. (iard at the prison. 
From July K>th there was a gradual decrease of the mortality in the prison. 
On the 11th the deaths were sixteen; on the next day twelve; on the 13th seven, 
and six on each of the two succeeding days. After that the deaths were never 
more than three on any one day, and generally but one, until July MO. when the 
last death from cholera occurred, the last victim expiring just one month after 
the first two were attacked. 

After the breaking out of the pestilence in the Penitentiary, the prisoners 
numbered four hundred and thirteen. One hundred and sixteen died from 
cholera, five from other diseases. By deaths and pardons, the number of pris- 
oners was reduced to two hundred and seventy three. When the disease had 
died out, the usual prison discipline was resumed, the prisoners returned in 
good order to their cells and to their ordinary course of life in the prison, with- 
out complaint. 

It is a remarkable fact that not a death occurred in the Penitentiary from 
the eighth of August, 1849, until the thirtieth of June 1S50, an exemption from 
mortality not known in the prison since the removal to the new Penitentiary 
in 1834. While the cholera prevailed in Columbus in 1850, there was sickness 
in the Penitentiary, but no deaths until June 30. Between August 30 and Xo- 

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veniber 29, twenty-two deaths occurred from an aggravated form of dysentery 
and other diseases, bul none oi them were by the regular physician attributed 
to cholera. 

THE FIRST SONG FESTIVAL. 

The first S;engerfes1 or song festival, held in Columbus, by the North 
American Sa?ngerbund,or Song Union, occurred on Saturday and Monday.June 
5 and 7. 1852. The festival was opened on Saturday morning, by the presenta- 
tion, on behalf of the German ladies of the city, of a beautiful banner to the 
Columbus Maennerchor. Before the presentation exorcises, a procession was 
formed, with Captain Schneider's company in the lead, preceded by several 
bands of music, and followed by the musical societies from Cleveland, Louis- 
ville, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Dayton, behind whom came the Capital City 
Gvmnastic Association and their brethren from other cities. When the pro- 
cession reached the front of the court house, a semi-circle was formed, facing 
the donors of the banner. In a neat, appropriate speech, the presentation was 
made, on behalf of the lady donors, by Miss Wirt. The procession then was re- 
formed, and marched through the principal streets. In the evening a concert 
was given in Neil's new hall, by the singing societies, and this feature, a de- 
cided novelty to the citizens, excited much favorable comment. The great day 
of the festival was Monday, when the different musical organizations, after 
marching through the principal streets, proceeded to Stewart's Grove, where a 
collation was served. Prior to this, however, an address had been delivered at 
the grove, by Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati. The address in German, was 
eloquently delivered, and is said to have "brought tears to many eves." After 
the collation, the president of the day. Jacob Iveinhard, made a short address 
in German, and then, in succession, introduced Messrs. Galloway, Dennison 
an«l Neil, all of whom extended the royal hand of welcome to the visitors. The 
gymnastic exercises, as well as the musical numbers, proved a favorable sur- 
prise. At six o'clock in the evening, a large procession formed in line, preceded 
by Captain Schneider's company, with bauds of music, gym nasts.song societies, 
etc., together with citizens formed on the left of the military, and a march was 
made in line order into the city, thence up High to Town street, and from 
there to the Citv Hall. Here a farewell song was rendered in impressive style, 
and the festival closed with a grand ball, given that same evening at the 
Odeon. Phis, the fourth Ssengerfest ever held in Ohio, was one of the most 
successful, and many similar events have since been enjoyed by our citizens. 

THE SAENGER3UND FESTIVAL. 

The next ureal historical event ><<i this character held here took place in 
1865. At the general convention of the German Saengerbund of North Amer- 
ica, held at Buffalo, | ii 1 \ 25, 1S60, resolutions were adopted, resolving to hold 
the next festival .A the Bund at Columbus. Hut the outbreak of the great 
Civil War caused a postponement of the event, until 1865, when "grim war" 
having "smoothed bis wrinkled front." the original proposition was adhered to 
and greal preparations were made to have the affair pass off in a manner that 
would lastingly redound t > the credit of thecity. The dates determined upon 
by the central committee were the 29th, 30th and 31st of August and tin- first 
oi' September. As a result of this resolution a large meeting of the citizens of 
Columbus was held Ma\ 12, 1865, for the purpose of making arrangements for 
the proposed festival. The officers chosen were: 1 'resident. Peter Ambos; 
Vice-President, fames G. Hull; Corresponding Secretary, Henry Olnhausen; 
Treasurer, Louis I loster, and an executive committee of ten. while committees 
were also appointed on finance, ou picnics and buildings, on decorations ami 
proi essions, and on hotel accommodations. 

Both German and other citizens were, for several weeks before the time 



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-,11th of South Public Lane, 
reception, ;m<l llatr- were (lis 
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appointed, busily employed in making preparations, which, as the dav drew 
nearer, began to assume definite shape. Schreiner's Hall, opposite the Court 
House, was made the headquarters, and the large reception room in the second 
story, was decorated with wreaths and fringes of evergreen, and with the 
flags ol the twenty-eight singing societies thai had signified their intention of 
participating in the festival. Inscriptions, surrounded with evergreen wreaths, 
contained the name of and a welcome to each society. The front ol the huild 
ing was wreathed with arches of evergreen, and over the main entrance was 
inscribed in large letters, the word "Welcome." 

In a similar manner, hut with an endless variety as regards the designs, 
mottoes and general ornamentation, were the decorations of Wenger's and 
Zettler's Halls, the headquarters of the Columbus Maennerchor in Hetteshei 
mer's building on From street, the South Fire Engine House and numerous 
hoti Is, business houses and private residences. A handsome arch, on which 
wreaths of evergreen surmounted festoons of r<-<\, white and blue, was erected 
across High streel in the depression or hollow 

Tuesday, Vugust 251, was the day of tin 
played from almosl every building in the i 
American red, while and blue being intermingled and blended with the old 
German black, red and gold. Flags, arches and circlets of evergreens and 
flowers, and emblematic devices and mottoes were shown on every hand. 
giving the city a truly gala appearance, and people thronged the street, as it 
in anticipation of some greal event. During the daj' sixteen singing socii tii - 
arrived and were escorted to the headquarters at Schreiner's Hall, by the band 
of the Eighteenth Regiment, I'nited States Infantry. 

The reception concert took place at the Opera House, in the evening. 
The address ol welcome was made by James < ■. Bull, mayor of the city, follow- 
ing which a flag was presented to the Saengerbund, on behalf of the German 
ladies of the city. This flag was made in Ww York City and cost $4.50. On 
the white side of the flag a magnificenl embroidered eagle spread his wines 
over a lyre; beneath the lyre in a hook of music were the word-- of the song 
"Stand firm, my country." The whole was surrounded by grapes and leaves, 
with stars over the lyre, representing the societies participating in the festival. 
The inscription in violet col ore. I German letters, was as follows: "First German 
Saengerbund of North America, founded June 2, 1849." Theother side, of blue 
silk, ho re the i n script ion : "Donated by the German ladies of Columbus, Ohio, 
at the Thirteenth L'nion Festival, August 29, 1865. The presentation address 
was made by Miss Frederika Theobald, on behalf of the lady donor-. The flag 
was received, in behalf of t he Saengerbund, and the address made in German 
by Otto Dressel, of Columbus. The excellent concert which followed consisted 
of instrumental music by the orchestra and vocal music by the Columbus 
Maennerchor and the Maennerchor Ladies' Club. 

The grand concert of the Saengerbund took place at the opera House on 
Wednesday evening August 30, and, apart from the singers, about 1500 
person- wen- present. On the platform, in the rear of the stage, were about 
four hundred singers, belonging to the different societies taking part in the 
festival. The music rendered sin, wed a high order of talent. The prize con- 
cert took place at the Opera House on Thursday evening, before another 
immense audience. The judges were H. M. Groenland, founder of the North 
American Saengerbund, Professor Xorthnagel, Karl Schoppelrei, Emil Foerster 
and Karl Spoh r. Twelve prizes were competed for; the first prize was awarded to 
the Cincinnati Maennerchor, the second to the New York Lieder-Kranz. 

On Friday came the closing hours of the Saengerfest. Early in the 
morning an immense concourse of people, numbering many thousands, 
assembled at the west end of the Capitol. The different singing societies, with 
bands playing and flags waving, met at thai point and formed a grand pro 



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cession, which proceeded to City Park, in the southern part of the city, where 
;i picnic was held. From a large platform speeches were made by Dr. J. 
Eberhardt, of Wheeling, in German, and R. B. Warden, of Columbus, in 
English. Then followed a banquet, songs, toasts, speeches, arid general merry 
making. In the evening after distribution of the prizes awarded to the different 
societies, a grand ball took place i:t Wenger and Zettler's halls, between which 
communication had been established, making them practically as one hall. A 
dense crowd was present and music and dancing formed the finale of the 
festival. 

A NOTABLE CRIMINAL 

A murder occurred in the Ohio State Penitentiary, on May 27,1858, when 
Albert Myers, for no known cause, killed Bartlett Neville, a fellow convict, the 
deed being committed with an axe. Myers was tried at the ensuing June term 
of the Court of Common Pleas, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, 
and sentenced by fudge Hates to be hung on the third of September following. 
As the plea of insanity had been set up for him on his trial, and as his strange 
behavior in jail led many intelligent and humane persons to believe that such 
might he the fact, Governor Chase was induced to grant Myers a reprieve until 
December 17. Examination proved the plea id' insanity could not stand, and 
so, on the last named date. Myers was executed by Sheriff Silar W. Park. The 
indifference of Myers to his impending fate was the cause of general comment, 
lie actually seemed to desire his execution, his conduct and language appear- 
ing to justify the opinion that he had committed the murder to escape confine- 
ment in the penitentiary, even if he forfeited his life, and that he dreaded 
nothing so much as a commutation of his sentence into imprisonment for 
life. After his execution an examination revealed the fait that he had a large, 
and apparently a perfectly healthy, normal brain. 

OTHER MURDERS IN THE FIFTIES. 

A number of killings that created intense excitement occurred during 
the early fifties. In April 1851, a homicide was committed at the Franklin 
House, Columbus, Grundy Taylor, proprietor. The victim was George Parcels, 
the perpetrator of the crime, Thomas W. Spencer. Both were friends and the 
tragedy began with playful jokes. These were succeeded by a burst of passion 
on tin- pari of Spencer, who, in his frenzied state, discharged a pistol at and 
killed Parcels. Spencer was arrested, indicted for murder in the first degree, 
tried at the March term of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1852, found guilty of 
manslaughter, and sentenced to six years' confinement in the State Penitentiary. 
A Iter serving a sear, he was pardoned by Governor Wood. 

In May, 1851, George W. Slocum killed his wife on the farm of Jacob 
Hare, some three miles from Columbus, jealousy being the causeof the 
traii'edv. Slocum was indicted lor murder in the first degree, tried at the June 
term, 1851, and convicted of murder in tin- second degree, and sentenced to 
imprisonment for life. 

On April '_'7, 1854, Cyrus Heche, a Columbus police officer, was killed by 
William [ones, alias William Morgan. Jones had committed some burglaries 
in Licking county, was arrested, but made his escape, and was pursued by 
Licking county officers, who believed him to be at the Scioto Hotel, in Colum- 
bus. Beebe, bv request, accompanied them to aid in making the arrest. Sev- 
eral pistol shots were fired on both sides, when Beebe was shot by Jones, who 
ran and made his escape from the crowd. The city council offered a reward of 
$.100 for his apprehension, but no positive intelligence was heard of his where- 
abouts until the summer of 1857, wh en he was arrested in Wisconsin and 
brought to Franklin county jail. In November of that year he was tried, 
found guilty id' murder in the second degree and sentenced to the penitentiary 
for life. 

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On the fourth of July, IS,"."), Henry Foster, a young man aged nineteen, a 
native of Columbus, was killed on the street by a pistol shot, lired by a num- 
ber of the association of Turners, an organization composed of voung Ger- 
mans. The object of this association was to encourage athletic exercises. On 
this occasion they were marching along the street in procession when, it ap- 
pears, they were assaulted by some boys, Foster among the number. The at- 
tack was returned and from tin throwing of stones, the tiring of pistols en- 
sued, when Foster was shot down and died in a few hours. Great excitement 
resulted; about thirty Turners were arrested and hurried into jail, and from 
thence they were taken before Squire Field for examination. A number were 
held to hail, hut on trial no conviction was ever had, as the individual who dis- 
charged the fatal shot could not he identified. 

In April, 1856, Nicholas Kelley, aged eighteen, son of X. J. Kelley, of Co- 
lumbus, was shot by a ( iermaii named Christian I lenold, on the river bank near 
the Harrisburg bridge, in the vicinity of Columbus, for a trifling provocation. 
Henold was indicted for murder in the first degree. He was tried in July, 
1856, the jury returning a verdict of murder in the second degree, and he was 
sentenced for life to the penitentiary. 



CHAPTER XIV 

COLUMBUS (CONTINUED) 

OLD TIMETflVERNS. 

"I will take mini' pleasure at mine inn." 
An interesting theme for research and contemplation is that of the old 
time taverns and coffee houses of the early days of Columbus, when naught 
hut primitive conditions did prevail. The taverns id' those days answered the 
purposes that our hotels of the present day do, and many were the scenes of 
hilarity and old-time border hospitality that were witnessed therein. Some of 
the foremost citizens ol Columbus in the days when it was a borough, were 
proprietors of taverns, and these houses of entertainment were the headquar- 
ters for the politicians and government officials of the day, when visiting the 
capital in the fulfillment of the duties which they were elected to perform. 
While some of those who essayed the part of Boniface met with failure, yet 
the majority accumulated a competence and became representative men in the 
community. While in these latter days of the nineteenth century some people 
attach a stigma to those who conduct inns, or saloons, as they are now called, 
no such aspersion was east in the century's early days. In fact, a tavern was 
considered, in a great measure, an unmitigated blessing, and its proprietor, in 
consequence, achieved the popularity due to his enterprise and the accommo- 
dations which he offered the public. To gather at the tavern and discuss the 
political situation, the abilities or short comings of candidates for office, the 
movements of residents of the borough, the new arrivals, and all the gossip of 
the hour was the recognized "proper thing" to do. Neigh borliuess was, at 
any rate, thus encouraged, and, no doubt, much good resulted from these 
friendly gatherings. 

The first tavern here was opened in 1813 by Yolnev Payne, near the cor- 
ner of State and High streets, and the sign that was hung outside its entrance 
in 1816 was "The Lion and The Eagle." Payne was succeeded by John Col lett, 

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the hitter by fohn McEIvain, ami later Colletl again became owner. About 
1818 he sold out to Robert Russell, who changed the name of the tavern to "The 
Globe." Mr. Russell, who was better known in the community as "Uncle Hob," 
had originally come to Franklin county from Lancaster, in 1805, making his 
way hither through the woods, by following the "blazed" trees. Under his ride 
the "< lle.be" became recognized as one of the best inns west of the Alleghenies. 
He sold out to a Mr. Robinson, but, alter a few years, re-purchased it. and con- 
tinued in the ownership up to 1847. The first borough council held its sessions 
in the Columbus Inn, which was opened in 1S|."">, by David S. Broderick, and 
stood at the southeast corner of High and Town streets, a frame building. 
This afterward became the well-known City House, and also for a while was 
"Robinson's Tavern." In 1818, on the retirement of Mr. Broderick.he was suc- 
ceeded by laines B. Gardiner, whose sign bore a rose bush in bloom, with the 
inscription: '-The wilderness shall blossom as the rose." 

The old Columbus Inn, or what had once been that famed hostelry, was 
torn down on April '.i, 1S,")4. and. regarding this event the Ohio State Journal, 
of April 4, thus rings its knell: "Yesterday, the workmen commenced, at the 
coiner of High and Town streets, in removing the venerable old two-story 
white frames formerly known as the City I Iotel. This building isclassic in the 
early annals of Columbus, and many reminiscences of bye-gone years are as- 
sociated with it. At an early day, David S. Broderick, father of the late Col- 
onel fohn C. Broderick, did the honors of host there. He was succeeded by 
the facetious "Cokelev." who not only entertained his quests with provant, for 
which he was expert caterer, but abundantly amused them with his overflowing 
wit and humor. After him came James Robinson, Samuel Hair, Colonel P. II. 
Olmstead, and we know not how many others. For several years past the 
building has served as a sort of makeshift, and been temporarily occupied by 
provision men, hucksters and mechanic shops until better apartments could 
be obtained." ( >u the site of the old tavern, when the work of demolition was 
complete, a handsome block of business houses was erected by Mr. D. W. 
Deshler. 

The history of this old building ami its final fate, is illustrative in no 
small degree, of the changes that are made by time, the steady developmentof 
a community from a backwoods settlement into a metropolitan city and of the 
••survival of the fittest." 

Where the ( >dd Fellows' building now stands, the "White Horse Tavern" 
originally had its site, and rsaiah Voris, of Franklinton, was its first landlord. 
He was succeeded in 1829, by David Brooks, and the place afterward became 
known as the "Eagle Hotel." The White Horse was a one and a half story 
frame in front, with a long narrow annex in the rear, supplemented by a com- 
modious barn, which occupied the entire rear portion of its grounds. An up- 
stairs veranda, with which the rooms on that floor communicated, opened upon 
the ample dooryard, and furnished a pleasant resting place in summer. The 
dining room was ranged with long tables, and warmed from a great open tire- 
place, in which, in winter, a huge log tire blazed, and cast its cheery light ami 
warmth on the assembled guests. 

TheRed Lion Hotel, located on South High street, between Rich and 
Town, was one of the earliest taverns, as well as one id' the most noted, and 
its landlord was [eremiah Armstrong. The White Horse Tavern stood nearly 
opposite. The terms were reasonable, the charges being "one dollar per day 
for man and horse." The house was famous as tin- headquarters of several of 
the governors, including Morrow, Trimble ami McArthur. General Harrison, 
on his visits here, always stopped at the "Red Lion," as likewise did Clay. Ew- 
ing, Sherman and other national characters. In 1850 the front of the tavern 
was removed and the remainder was fitted up lor shops id' different kinds. 

The "Black Hear" was a pioneer tavern; it was succeeded by the "Erin 

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DR. ALEXANDER NEIL. 

Dr. A ' he most noted and widely known physicians and sur- 

geons in O ; ware county. Ohio, December 21, 1838. His father 

was Charles Neil, a civil engineer, and jrof Delaware county, and his mother 

wasMiss Elizabeth Walker, ol a Vnginia iamily. Four sons were bom to 

them. Two died when young and Dr. Alexander Neil died on the 14th day of February 
1901, after sever incident to his military ser. 

Dr. John "Walker Nei lan of Delaware hisbrother, survives him. 

Dr. Alexander Neil v. schools of Eden , Delaware county, 

Ohio We- • and graduated in 1858 with the de- 

>i A. B. He ' ge of Ohio and the Cincinnati College 

of Medicine and Surgery, from which he graduated in 1861, and entered upon his pro- 
fession. Early in that year he was appointed surgeon of the 12th Regiment West Vir- 
ginia V. I., and served as surgeon during the war until 1865, when he was mustered out. 
He was made a Major, and during the close of the Civil "War served on the staff of Ma- 
jor General Philip H. Sheridan as Medical Purveyor of the department of the Valley of 
Virginia. 

At the close of the V Ohio and engaged in the practice of medi- 

cine at Sunbury, from 1865 to 1870, wh and enjoyed an lm- 

medical practice up to the time of his death. 

During the year 1867 he was in St. Bartholomew-.' . i ey 's hospitals in Lon- 

don, England, perfecting his knowledge of his profess; 

He was a membei <ji the Ohio Medical Association, was president of the Colum- 
bus Academy of Medicine m 1 878, was a member of the School Board, and was a 
member of the Masonic fraternity from 1864. He was the author of a large number of 
valuable scientific papers published in the current numbers of the various medical jour- 
nals. He was married on the 5th of September 1866. to Miss Marietta Elliott, and four 
children were born to the union, one of whom died in infancy, the survivors being 
Mrs. Camma Neil Kinsell, wife of Dr. Denman Rathbone Kmsell.Miss Dessie E. Neil, 
the executrix of her fa tte and Miss Goldie Neil. The beautiful Neil home- 

stead is at 151 West Goodale street, Columbus. The following beautiful tribute to the 
worth and character of Dr. Neil was written by one of his friends and appeared in the 
Wine and Spirit News : 

"The many friends of The Wine and Spirit News will learn with profound sorrow 
of the death of Dr. Alexander Neil, of this city To many the blow came with the sud- 



denness of a shock. He was a giant among men who stood sun crow l.ed abc\t his lel- 
lows and planetary like, was the central orb ol his own system about which all othtis 
revolved receiving their light and warmth. To them his lace was like the meridian 
glory of the sun dispelling the shadows of their valleys and cresting with gilt the sum- 
mits of their hopes. Of mind magnmcent, in soul magnanimous, andin heart, a lather 
in Israel--a prince of the royal purple and to the manor born. Where is he who could 
not repeat with the celebrated Mingo chief, Logan, whom did I not give meat it hun- 
gry, who not clothed if cold and naked when they came to Logan's cabin ? To all men 
it is bequeathed to die, but not to all is it given to live with head above the ciouds and 
feet on the signets and diadems of the princes of this earth. The panorama of his life 
is a pictured study for pauper and prince. His smile was as benign to the former as his 
manners free and easy to the latter. He was at home whether m palace or cottage, 
and to him all were of one flesh, created in the invisible and undivisible image of the 
one triune God. He loved life as the eagle the face of the sun, and to those who were 
daily permitted to look into the mirrored depths of his elysian soul there was pic- 
tured the mirage of a real Atlantis where marble fountains played and limpid waters 
dancedin ecstasy--there they saw the terraced gardens of a life vernal with youth and 
perpetual with sunshine. There the mirage of the desert had become the oasis in the 
sands of the hour glass that were never to run out. 

In this perspective, fabled realm was the true ideal of his life and charactei. To 
him existence was not a dream. It was a continuous panorama of youth, beauty and 
flowers. It was a kaleidoscope of duty, of sacrifice and love-an endless chain ever 
and ceaselessly descending into affection s exhaustless springs to bring up and pour 
out their precious ointments as priceless libations to the God of love--to the Great 
Spirit that has said, "Come unto Me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will 
give you rest." 

And when his great soul had loosed itself from its mortal tenement and sped on 
its flight to infinity andits mortal habitation was borne to its silent home in beautiful 
though mournful Greenlawn, there was paida last, a loving and the mostbeautiful trib- 
ute to the beatification of a life crowned and glorified with loving kindness to others. 

As he in life had smoothed many pillows and drawn closely the mantle of multi- 
tudinous charities, so there was gentleness and devotion at the last moment. 

The mound of the fresh, cold earth was pillowed in banks of living green, the nar- 
rowed compass of the opening tomb carpeted and canopied and the body gently low- 
ered into beds of flowers that like him had in their time made the world a garden of 
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go Bragh," and another inn w;is opened by Daniel Kooser. 

The "Ohio Tavern" was opened in I81H, on Friend street, west of High, 
by fames B.Gardiner, former editor ol the Franklinton "Freeman's Chron- 
icle." In 1818 he was succeeded by Jarvis Pike, who, in 1821, sold out to fames 
Lindsay. The latter hung out the sign of "The Swan," hut shortly afterward 
exchanged ii for "The Sheaf of Wheat." A year later he purchased a two- 
storj' frame building on West Broad street, from II. M. Curry, and it became 
popularly known as "Pike's Tavern." 

The tavern, the "Golden Lamb," was conducted by Henry Brown, and 
stood on High street, opposite the State buildings. 

The "Union Hotel," a two-story brick tavern, stood on South High street, 
and was owned by John D. Rose, Sr., and his son, John D.Rose, Jr. Some years 
later ( reneral Edgar < rale became tin- proprietor, ami the house became known 
as "Gale's Tavern." The younger Rose was the barkeeper, and gained fame 
for his ability as a compounder of drinks, so much so that the St. Charles 
Hotel of New Orleans secured his services, and paid him what was said to 
have been a phenomenal salary. Amos Meneely kept the large wagon yard 
connected with the Union Tavern. It was known as the White Morse and was 
a popular place for the "putting up" of teams, horses, and prairie wagons, and 
it was one ol the liveliest places in the borough. A smaller wagon yard was 
kept opposite Meneely's. 

Tlie "Fox Chase," was a two-story brick tavern, and was kept by Mr. 
Culbertson, whose son, James Culbertson, was a lawyer of ability. 

A famous coffee house was the Tontine, located on State street, near 
High, which was popularly known as the "Tin Pan." Although known as 
"coffee houses," establishments of this character dispensed but little of thatin- 
vigorating beverage, more potent fluids being in demand. The Tontine was 
the headquarters for meetings of the Democratic party supporters, their secret 
caucuses being held there, as were the Whig party's at the Eagle Coffee House, 
a rival establishment. Among other popular coffee houses were the "Eclipse," 
on West Broad street; "Buckeye," on East Broad street; "Bank Exchange," 
corner of High and State streets; the "Washington Temperance House" and 
"Tol liver's Temperance Restaurant." The latter two appear to have been bona 
title "temperance" houses. 

The first hotel bearing that name, was the National Hotel, opened on 
March 1, 1832, by John Noble. The building was leased by him from William 
Neil, and stood nearly opposite the public buildings. The stages of the Ohio 
Stage Company stopped at this house, and had their office there. Colonel John 
Noble had been engaged in business in Franklinton iii 1812 as a dealer in army 
supplies. I le was a member of the Columbus city council several terms; was 
elected Representative of Franklin county in the General Assembly in 1N4.~>, 
and hisdeath occurred here in 1871, at theageof eighty-one. General John W. 
Noble, of St. Louis, and tin- lion. Henry C. Noble, of Columbus, now deceased, 
were his sons, and he was widely known throughout the country. 

The original Neil House, erected between 1839 and 1843, by William 
Neil ,at the cost of $100,000,was regarded as a wonderful stroke of enterprise for 
those days. It was at the Neil House that Charles Dickens, the famous English 
novelist, staved while visiting this city, on his tour through the country, and 
he was so impressed with the Neil's appearance that mention of the building 
was made in his "American Notes." ( )n November fi, 1860, the day 
after the Presidential election, the Neil House took tire during the 
night, and was nearly dest roved, owing to the inadequacy of the water supply. 
In March 1861, the building of the present Xeil was begun, and in September, 
1862, it was thrown open for business. A curious custom of early days was, 
that on I he completion of a house of entertainment, a bottle of whisky was 
broke I the chimney top by the owner as soon as the last brick was laid. 

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This ceremony was performed on the American I louse, on West State street, a 
few doors from High street. The old Franklin House stood on the site of 

this hotel. The old United States Hotel st 1 on the northwest corner of High 

and Town streets, and was conducted fr 1846 to 1850, by Colonel P. H. ( )lni- 

stead. He was succeeded by R. Russell, the latter by |. Smith & Son, in 1851, 
and afterward Simonton vY. Son were for a longtime in charge. This hotel has 
long since passed into "a thing of the memory" only. 

Scenes of gay hilarity were almost nightly the order in the days of the old 
taverns, and many rollicking songs were rendered with a voice that did full 
credit to the lungs of the singers. One of the most noted and popular ditties 
was known as "Old Rosin the How." This song had innumerable verses, of 
which we append a few samples of the best: 

OLD ROSIN THE BOW 

Time creeps on the wisest and happiest, 
As well as all others, you know. 
And his hand, though it touches him kindly, 
Is laid on Old Rosin the How. 

My fingers grow stiff and unskillful, 
And 1 must make ready to go, 
God's Blessing on all lam leaving 

1 lay down the viol and bow. 

I've ever been cheerful, but guileless, 
And 1 wish all the world would be so, 
For there's nothing like bright, happy faces, 
In the eyes of old Rosin the How. 

Full many a gayhearted circle, 
Has tripped on a light heel and toe. 
Through the good old cotillion and contra, 
Inspired by my viol and bow. 

And when a string cracked in the middle. 
They just took a breath, as you know. 
While Rosin retimed the old fiddle, 
And clapped some new dust on the how. 

Mow, when I'm laid under the greensward, 
Don't sorrow too deeply for me. 
Hut think on the morrow that's coming, 
How sweet our reunion shall be. 

Then lay me 'neath yonder old chestnut, 
Without any funeral show, 
And but adil to the tear of affect ion : 
"Cod care for Old Rosin the How." 

Then get me a simple stone tablet, 
To reach from my head to mv toe, 
And modestly trace on its surface, 
The name of Old Rosin the How. 

Hut do not forget to adorn it 

Just over my bosom, you know. 

Where so many long years 1 have borne it 

With my cheerful old viol and bow. 

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May say, "After all, I don't 
I!ut the truest philosophei 
Was honest < )l.l Rosin the 



bv and look o 
knov 



Regarding tin 



Id taverns and coffei 
tr.Mii Lee's ••History of the Citv of Columbus 
The use of distilled Liquors was very 



In 



US 



III 



Will I) 



licensed bar. Idle guesl wa 
dram in the evening and o 
refreshments he consumed I 



HIII1K 



usually invited by 



tow niy- paragraphs 

found entertaining: 

and every tavern had its 

• liost to on,- gratuitous 

in the morning; whatever additional fluid 

.aid for. •Tansy Bitters' were freely imbibed 

as a supposed preventive oi the prevailing fevers. The habit of treatin 

common, and at the Russell Tavern ' 



= was 
it was a rule with the loungers who used 
to sit on the sidewalk benches in front, that the firs 
the rest. Mr. John M. Kerr says it 



t one to rise should treat 
was habitual with many of the most 



uiuient cit«e»s of the borough to enjoy their mint juleps onsummer even 
, i idv /. sldew ? Ik ch ^ "'- benches of the coffee houses or taverns. 

"a lady of their acquaintance chanced to pass by, they would rise and ..net 

hei cordially, each with his minted julep in his hand. ' 

I he coffee house of tli.. iw ■!-;.„ I „•.,.. ., ..i r • r . . 



e coffee house of the period wa 



place for gossip, refreshment and 



• ., „g Among the exhilarating drinks dispensed there, coffee was one of 
the least called for, or thought of. The borough and early city life of the 
C apital developed many of these establishments, by far the -most popular and 
""P°rtan< o winch was thai of John young. This famous convivial resort and 
gambling place was located on the west side of High street, a few rod 

Mate. Originally, m 182», it t < the humble title of "Bakehous 

but 111 a few years it became ki 
In one sense it was a social center 



rthof 

e ami ( irocerv," 

wn far and wide as the Eaerle Coffee II. 



,, ne sense , was a social center ol the borough. A citizen who remembers 
it yv ell remarked to the writer that everybody went there except Dr EWe 

■ his, of course, was intended partly as a jest, but it was more than half 
serious. People loved a little recreation then, as they do now. and J 
Young s was the place to hndt. They wentthere to chat and be merry and 
right merry they often were. The place was always cheerful, and its keeper 
according to all accounts, was a very prince among good fellows. He had been 



baker and had been set up in that business by Lyne Starling, who'ownedthe 
premises. For the gaming which he ' 
that it was the amusement of a raw. 
other. The establishment had a pu" ' 



lerat 
mti 



no excuse can be made except 

town, which had scarcely any 

>ath house attached to it probablythe 

r, 
f 



onh one in the borough the water for which was pumped by a big black bear 
•nainedtoa treadmill ,„ the backyard. One day when quite a number 

loungers were watching this animal at his task, and Trowbridge the actor 

was teasing h,„, „e ,,f tll( . bystanders remarked to a comrade that he w.,,,1, 
', n °^', J " S t for the fun of it, what would happen if that bear should hap 

p« u to break loose. A few minutes later the bear did break loose.and a eenera 



scatterment followed 



Among those who broke for a place of safet 
M. Kerr, to who,,, the writer [Lee] is indebted for the h 

Mc ist ol 1 1 



general 

was John 

tory of the episode. 



I'lostottne company rushed for the street, bul Mr. Kerr leaped upon arable, 
and in the excitement of the moment, wa, unconscious for several minutes 
«at in the spring he had made, the entire rear part of a dress cat he had on 

had been torn away by the latch of a , r against which he had been leaning 

he bear was soon secured by his keeper, and the loungers resumed their 
juleps and theirjolhty. \\ ,th the pleasure seeking roysterers who frequented 
Youngs place smg.ng was a favorite pastime. Among the ditties with 



winch their hilarity was mingled was one entitled "The Bob-tailed Mare " and 

another 'Old Rosin the Bow," (already referred to.) Apropos of the latter a 

,wn citizen described to the writer a singular scene which he witnessed 



II 



L-'Ol 



COLUMBUS 

as he quitted his place ol business to go home very late one night, away back 
in the thirties. Passing the open door of Young's Coffee House, he saw Tom 
Wesl lying on the counter in an accustomed state ol intoxication. Beside him 
was a group ol revelers, including various gentlemen whose names, familiar 
in the annals of the borough, it is imi necessary to mention. At the top of 
their voices they were all singing "Old Rosin the Bow," closing each stanza 
with tlic refrain : 

"Now I'm dead, ami laid on tin* counter, 
A voice shall be heard from below, 
\ little more whisky and water, 
To cheer up '< >ld Rosin the Bow." 
After each chorus a draught of whisk} was administered to West. 

As a gambling resorl the Kagle Coffee House was frequented by some of 
the deftest experts in thai vice which the cities of the East, South and West 
could then produce, and main pages might be filled with accounts of seems 
and exeats within its walls, thrilling and sad as those of Monte Carlo. One of 
its devotees, strange to say, afterwards became a successful clergyman. 
Young finally sold the place, aboul 1839, to Basil A. Riddle, who had long been 
his assistant, ami removed to Cincinnati, where he died. In 1843 Culbertson& 
Vinal took charge of the establishment, and changed its name to "The Com 
menial." The following passage in the later history of the place is found in the 
Ohio State Journal of March 27, IS7(>: 

••The building on High street, opposite Capitol Square, between the 
American and the Neil House, which has been occupied for a great length of 
time by Mr. Sam West as a billiard room, will be vacated on Friday next. * >n 
the following day the demolition of the building will commence, to make way 
for a four-story front building, which will be erected by Messrs. E. T. Mithoff 
and l>. S. Stafford." 

In 1900 aboul four hundred and sixty saloon licenses were issued in Co- 
lumbus, this making an average oi ninety-two saloons to each twenty-five 
thousand of population. 

The hotels in operation are as follows, the names being given in alpha- 
betical order: Aley Charles, south west corner Fifth avenue and Postal; Ameri- 
can Hotel, \o. 'JO 'West Stat.' street; A reade I lotel. Nos.lli 17 E. Nagh ten st reel ; 
Arlington Inn, northwest corner Central and Cardington avenues; The Arling- 
ton, 79Va North Broad street; The Braxton, 66 Easl Broad street; The Chitten- 
den, northwest corner High and Spring streets; The Clayton, 24 West Long 
street; The Columbus Stock Yards Hotel, north end of Neil; The Davidson, 
southeast corner High and Xaghten; The Dennison, 793-797 Dennison Avenue; 
Exchange Hotel, 17 Wesl Maple; Farmers Hotel. 196 South Fourth street; The 
Goodale European Hotel, 69-71 South High street; Great Southern Hotel, south- 
east corner High and Main streets; Hotel Corrodi, 23 West State; Hotel Emer- 
son, (formerly Grand Central), 32 10 Wesl State street; Hotel Vendome, 56-60 
South Third "street; Hotel Victor, 316U North High ; Keystone Hotel, Cleveland 
avenue, north of I 'an Handle Railway; Lansing House, 177 East State street; 
I he l.e wellen. 7U Easl State street ; Moser European Hotel, 7iy 2 North High 
street; Xeil House, corner High and Capital; The Normandie, corner Long- 
street and West avenue; Park Hotel, corner High and Goodale; Smith's Euro- 
pean I lotel and Cafe, corner High and Broad ; The Surgical I lotel, 247-251 South 
Fourth street; The Stat Hotel, North High, near Spring street; Town Street 
Hotel. 17:! Easl Town street. Beside these there are eleven large apartment 
houses, and boarding houses innumerable. 



2< 12 




M BAKER 



BAKER'S ART GALLERY. 
One of tl Art Gallery, 

11 leman was bom 

ng Lorenzo 

ill reside in 

1 ker, who died in 1861, 

uagen. He received a 

igeof 1 6at Ro iok an of fir i 

p Man 
com it i Opera Block nov 

Etaei l , Mr. Baker < ■. 

he has in a 
witn tlim 1 Ler. He was married to 

Miss i, two sons and twodaugh- 

Emilia C., all of whom are living 
'. 
long bi nity. 

Duaii' II ' He at- 

ed 1 he Oh io Sta te CJni vi i 
two years 
■-.'in: i nu e d . H < 

nville, and they 
i poli- 



tics, holds membership in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a gentleman 
of affable, social qualities, and a recognized leader in the photographic proless-ic n 
which he has done so much to elevate and refine. 

John Samuel Schneider has been a co-partner in Baker's Art Gallery since 1886. 
He is a native Ohioan, having been born January 31, 18b0, in Crawford county , Ohio, 
son of John S. and Mary (Mutchler) Schneider, the former a clergyman, whose parents 
came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in a prairie wagon, and were among Ohio's early 
settlers. John Samuel Schneider had two brothers, Albert L. and Henry E., who re- 
side in Indianapolis, and a sister Sarah, who lives in Columbus. Mr. Schneider was 
educated in the German Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, and on concluding his studies 
entered the photographic business in Marion, Ohio. He was for two years with "Wm. 
H. Moore there, when he removed to Norwalk. Ohio, and was for a year and a halt with 
George Edmondson. In 1880 he came to Columbus and secured employment with 
Baker's Art Gallery, and in 1886 purchased a third interest in the business. He is an 
expert photographer and has entire charge of all sittings and posings, and the fine 
work for which the Baker gallery is world famous is done under his supervision. Mr. 
Schneider was married to Miss Amelia Zeable and they had three children, Meldora, 
Marie Alice, and Olive, of whom Olive is deceased. Mr. Schneider is president 

of the National Photographer's Association, also the State Association, also serving 
as treasurer of that organization, and he also holds membershipin the Knights Templars 
and Woodmen of the 'World. In both business and social circles he commands the es- 
teem of the entire community. 



CHAPTER XV 
"THE BUCKEYE.'' 

While not essentially connected with the history of Franklin county, yet 
its interest is ample reason forgiving a few facts regarding the "Buckeye" 
(JPaWaOhioensis), from which Ohio is called the "Buckeye State" and its in- 
habitants "Buckeyes." The Buckeye tree is common in this county, and one 
of the pleasures of the youth hereabouts has been to gatherthese nuts in their 
season of fruitfulness. I >r. \V. II. Venable tells how an amusing incident in 
the history of the settlement of ( )hio explains how the citizens came to be 
called Buckeyes and Ohio the Buckeye Stat e. Shortly after the founding of 
Marietta, in the spring of 1788, a court house built of logs was dedicated with 
as much pomp and ceremony as the young colony could devise. ( )n the pub- 
lic square, grandly named Campus Martins, or "Field of Mars," was formed a 
procession headed by the high sheriff, Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, a large, mus- 
cular man, six feet tall, who held aloft in his strong right hand a mighty sword, 
the symbol of power. A party of Shawnee Indians, led by their famous chief, 
Captain Pipe, had assembled to witness the imposing pageant of their white 
neighbors, and, as they beheld the lofty colonel stalk along towards the new 
house of law with his drawn sword high in the air, they were moved to ail mira- 
tion, and cried out, -Look! Look! See the tall Hetuck! See the big Hetuck with 
the long knife!" 

Now the word "hetuck" is the Indian name for Buckeye. The title "He- 
tuck," translated into "Big I Juckeye," clung to the high sheriff, and was applied 
jocosely to other robust and powerful white men, and gradually the cognomen 
was extended until all persons horn or living in ( )hio came to he distinguished 
as Buckeyes, and thus Ohio became the Buckeye State. 

The Ohio Buckeye differs essentially from the horse chestnut, though 
some scientific writers have mistakenly represented the two trees as the same. 
The species honored as a State emblem was first described by the French bota- 
nist Michaux, who, in a 1 k on American trees, published in 1819, says: "1 

have found the tree only beyond the Allegheny mountains, and particularly on 
the hanks of the Ohio, where it is exceedingly abundant, [t is called the Buck- 
eye by the inhabitants." 

It would be hard to find a country boy or girl in southern or central Ohio 
who is not familiar with this native tree, one of the very first to put on leafy 
robes and flowery plumes in early spring,and earliest to coax the roving honey 
bee to its nectar cups. Children roaming through the woods in autumn, club 
down from overhanging boughs the tough, prickly, leathern hulls which con- 
tain the smooth, glossy, dark brown nuts, the fruit or buckeye, so named on 
account of its resemblance to the lustrous eye of the roe-buck. There prevails 
a half superstition that whoever carries one of these shining tokens about bis 
person, can suffer no ill-luck. The writer remembers being told in his boy- 
hood by a white-haired old lady, that she, when a little girl, coming west from 
New York with other movers, over the mountains in a wagon and down the 
Ohio in a family boat to Cincinnati, sprang ashore as soon as the boat landed, 
and took her fust childish pleasure on < >b io soil, by filling her apron with buck- 
eyes, hundreds of which lay heaped upon the gravelly sand of the river mar- 
gin. A chronicler of eighty years ago records, that, in his youth, when the mi- 

•_'< Io 



THE BUCKEYE TREE 

litia men were drilling on muster day, perhaps with sticks and cornstalks fur 
guns, the boys of the neighborhood would divide their forces into opposing ar- 
mies, and join battle by pelting one another with buckeyes. 

In spite of the mischievous quality in its juices, giving unwary cows the 
"staggers," a malady which causes the sober beasts to behave in a very tipsy 
and unbecoming manner, the buckeye tree was held in high favor by the set- 
tlers of the backwoods. The}' admired its tough hardihood, recognizing in its 
persistent vitality a virtue worthy of human imitation. The living trunk, 
even when chopped down and built into the log walls of a pioneer cabin, would 
put forth growing branches, such was the vigor of its sap. Owing to the 
abundance, softness and lightness of its wood, the tree was chosen material 
not only for making houses, but also furniture and utensils. From the beauti- 
ful white tissue of the buckeye were carved trenchers, bowls, trays, noggins, 
cups and spoons; chair bottoms, mats, hats and bonnets were woven of its fi- 
brous strips; the housewife swept the puncheon floor with a broom of buck- 
eve splints; the troughs into which dropped the sweet tribute from the maple, 
or in which the liquid sugar was "stirred off" into yellow crystals, were hol- 
lowed from sections of the buckeye tree; and in such cradles was rocked many 
a lusty baby, who, when grown to manhood, so nobly lived that the cabin in 
which he was born, and the trough in which he was cradled, were honored as 
sacred relics. 

In the exciting campaign of "log cabins and hard cider," in 1S40, when 
General W. H. Harrison, "Old Tippecanoe," ran for president, against Martin 
Van Buren, log houses on wheels were hauled to the Whig meetings, to re- 
mind voters that Harrison, their candidate, was born and bred in a primitive 
home, and that he was a true son of the backwoods. The cabins thus wheeled 
about were formed of buckeye logs, and were exact models of the pioneer 
dwelling, with clapboard roof and puncheon floor, furnished in the usual man- 
ner and always decorated with an immense buckeye broom, stuck plume-wise 
in the to]) of the ridge-pole an object to indicate that Harrison would sweep 
all before him, as in fact he did, at the election. 

The conspicuous place awarded the buckeye as a political symbol, raised 
the tree to new distinction confirming its representative character as the 
adopted emblem of a prominent state. The buckeye, its picture, or its mere 
name, is full of meaning. We call Ohio Citizens Buckeyes, and Ohio, we call 
the Buckeye State. Where ever the native of Ohio may wander he cannot for- 
get that he is a "Buckeye Boy," or she, that she is a "Buckeye Girl." The 
American Sculptor, fohnQ. Ward, writing from Xew York City to a friend in 
Ohio, says: "As I grow old away from honie.in a city where one must continually 
explain the difference between a buckeye and a horse chest nut, my boy life 
comes back to me warmer and stronger than ever. I return again to the Mad 
River bottom near Dayton, where I filled my pockets with the bronzen nuts, 
made whirligigs of some, and used two for eyes in a clay head, with startling 
effect." 

On a certain public occasion, one of Ohio's most distinguished sons, 
Bishop Walden, was accosted by an old friend, also an Ohio man of promi- 
nence. "We are both natives of the same state and county," said the friend. 
"But I wonder, "answered the hi shop," if you are as loyal and devoted to the dear 
old State as I am?" And, with eyes twinkling, he drew from his pocket a buck- 
eve, saying, "I have traveled in most of the states of the Union, but I always 
carry with me a buckeye for good luck." 

THE BUCKEYE TREE 
When bluebirds glance the sunlit wing, 
And pipe the praise of dancing spring; 
Like some gay sylvan prince, and bold. 
The Buckeye dons his plumes of gold. 



DEPARTUREOF THE INDIANS 

When truants angle in thesun, 
( )r roam the woud with dog and gun, 
How tuneful sounds the honeyed tree, 
Hummed round by the melodious bee. 

When boisterous autumn dashes down 
Imperial summer's rustling crown, 
Beneath the scattered spoils we find 
The polished nut in bronzen rind. 

Ihe Buckeye broom, in times of yore, 
Swept for the dance tin- puncheon floor; 

The backw Is beaux, hilarious souls, 

Quaffed sangaree from Buckeye howls, 

The friendly Buckeye leaves expand, 
Five-fingered like an open hand, 

Of love and hrotherh I the sign, 

lie Welcome! What is mine is thine. 

Historic, now, and consecrate. 

The emblem of a loyal State, 

A symbol and a sign, heboid 

Its banners green, its plumes of gold. 

( Miio's sons! their bugles sang. 

Their sabers flashed, their muskets rang, 

Forever unto freedom true, 

The Buckeye hoys in Union blue! 

departure: of the Indians 

On September 17, 1817, the United States purchased of the Indians in- 
terested therein, their right in the Ohio Indian reservation, Each tribe retain- 
ed a small reservation allotted to it in the vicinity of its home. But the Indians 
did not like the white civilization that was gradually surrounding them, and 
the tribes, from time to time, sold their claims to the government, and de- 
parted for a more congenial clime and associations in the Indian Territory. 
The Delawares sold out in 1829, and the Senecas and Shawnees in 1831. In 
1N42, the Wyandots, the only remaining tribe, consisting of about seven bun 
dred men, women and children, followed the tide of Indian emigration west- 
ward, and they were tile last redmen to have camps in the vicinity of Colum- 
bus. The Indians having released their jurisdiction to the lands in north- 
western Ohio, it became necessary to invest the territory with the machinery 
of local governments. In 1820 it was divided into fourteen counties, although 
in some of them, there were scarcely inhabitants enough to organize the 
county government. 

As has been stated before in this volume there was about this time a lack 
of facilities for the inland transportation of farm products, and convenient access 
to a market. The productions of the rich soil, and the wealth of the mines 
could be made valuable only by the construction of country roads over which 
the people in the interior could reach the various waterways which were then 
the great highways of commerce. In order to secure this needed facility of 
intercourse between the people, to enable them to reach markets with their 
productions, and to stimulate and develop the rich natural resources of the 
State, the people began to agitate a system of roads and canals, to be construct- 
ed by Ohio. Thus the Ohio canals came to be constructed. Begun on July 4, 
1825, ten years later about 7(H) miles of main line and feeders were complet- 
ed. The longest route was the Ohio canal, extending from Portsmouth to 
Cleveland, a distance of :}(>!) miles. The next in length was the Miami and 



A BRIDGE EPISODE 

Erie system, extending from Cincinnati to Toledo, ;i distance <>l 282 miles. In 
addition to the canals, the State constructed reservoirs to supplj them with 
water, the principal ones being the Grand, in Mercer county, covering 1 7 .* M H ) 
acres, ami the Lewistown, in Logan county, covering 7,200 acres. The canals 
were productive of much good. Concerning their influence, that talented 
Franklin county statesman, Salmon P. Chase, wrote as follows: "They have 
afforded to the farmer of the interior an easy access to market, and have 
enhanced the value of his farm and his productions. They have established in- 
tercourse between different sections of the State, and have thus tended to make 
thepeople more united as well as more properous. They have furnished to the 
people a common object of generous interest and satisfaction. They have 
attracted a large accession of population and capital, and they have made the 
name and character of Ohio known throughout the civilized world as a name 
and character ><( which her sons may feel justly proud." The canals were 
prosperous for thirty years, and during that time were the chief highwaj's for 
travel and transportation. For thirty five years they were a source of revenue 
to tin- Stan', tlit- receipts during thai time being over seven million dollars in 
excess of the expenditures. Since then, they have not been self-sustaining, 
and many sections of them have been abandoned, the railroads superseding 
tin- old system of transportation. I>\ a curious coincidence the bill to establish 
the present public school system in Ohio was introduced before the General 
A.ssembh by Caleb Atwater, member from 1 'ickaway county, and on February 
a, IS'Ja. tin- educational t >i 1 1 was passed by a large majority, the same day the 
Ohio Canal bill was enacted, thus making this truly a red letter day in the 
hi-iory of the State. 

At various times attempts have been made at the steam navigation of 
tin- canals. ( >n September II. 1849, the canal steam packet "Niagara," 
assumedly the first boal ever propelled by steam on the Ohio canals, arrived 
at Dayton. ( hi September 1, 1859, the steamer Enterprise, with a cargo of 
se\ enteen hundred bushels of coal, arrived at Columbus. In I860, the "City of 
Columbus," a \cr\ handsome steam canal packet, belonging to Fitch ..V- Son, 
of this city, plied regularly between tin- Capital and Chillicothe. In Novem- 
ber, is."i!i. Fitch & Bortle, of West Broad street, win. wore then competing with 
the stages, advertised that in the following spring they would put a line of 
-team packets on the canal between Columbus ami Portsmouth. Accordingto 
the history of Daniel J. Ryan the canal lines and auxiliaries are as follows: 

••The Miami and Erie system, being the main canal, from Cincinnati to 
Toledo, 250 miles, the canal from Junction to the State line IS miles, and the 
Sidney feeder 1 I miles, making in all a total of 282 miles; tin.' ( >hio canal, ex- 
tending from Portsmouth to Cleveland, a distance of 309 miles, together with 
25 miles of feeders, or a total of 33J miles; the Hocking canal, •"><> miles long, 
and the Walhonding, 25 miles; the Muskingum Improvement, extending from 
Dresden to Marietta, a distance of 91 miles, cannot now he listed as a part of 
the State's property the general government owns and controls it. So, i'x- 
clusive of the latter, there is a total canal mileage of ti!t7 miles owned by the 
StateofOhio. In addition to this, there are necessary adjuncts and a part of 

the public works in the shape of reservoirs; the 1 .ewistown. i n Logan county, 
T.'JiM) acres; the Lorain in Shelby county, ISiH) acres; Six Miles in Paulding 
county, 2,500 acres; Licking, in Licking county, 3.600, and the Sippo, in Stark 
county, 600 acres, making a total in reservoirs of 32,100 acres. The Paulding 
reservoir, with its eighteen miles of canal, from Junction to the Indiana line, 
has lately 1 1888) been practically abandoned, and is no longer a permanent part 
ol th. public works of ( Ihio." 

M BRIDGE EPISODE 

\> pre\ iously stated, the first bridge connecting the borough of Colum- 

•_>i IS 



COL. W S. FURAY 

■ 

vith c< 

■ 

i 

I 

■ 



played the role of "offi.ce seeker." While in the South during the reconstruction period 
he was offered a prominent position by Governor Brownlow of Tennessee and Gov- 
ernor Bullock of Georgia, but declined to accept. After one oi Senator Sherman's elec- 
tions to the Senate, he, i Sherman), invited Colonel Furay to his rooms at the Neil 
House, and in a private conference asked the Colonel to make a selection from a list of 
six consulships, the appointment to which the Senator thought hecould control. Col- 
onel Furay told the Senator he did not care to exile himself from his own country at 
that time, "but" he continued, "when you become President, Mr. Senator, I shall call 
upon vou and ask for something within your gift." "Then I shall probably never have 
the pleasureof serving you," he replied. "I fear I am not the stuff of which Presidents 
are made." Colonel Furay has since looked upon this saying of the Senator as a 
prophecy. 

Colonel Furay was for five years trustee of the Ohio State Soldiers and Sailors' 
Orphans' Home.appointed thereto by Governor Hayes. During most of that period he 
acted as secretary of the board. For two and a half years Colonel Furay was chief 
clerk to Auditor of State, J. F. Oglebee. In 1883 he was appointed by President Arthur 
to the Revenue Collectorship of the Columbus district, but was shortly after consoli- 
dated out of office. President Arthur desiring to compensate him in some way for the 
disappointment, soon after made him United States Commissioner for the Northern Pa- 
cific railroad, a position whichafforded great opportunities for travel and observation. 
The time spent in discharging its duties has always been considered by Colonel Furay 
next to the Civil War and subsequent Southern experience, as the most interesting and 
enjoyable episode of his life. The commission for this office of trust which Colonel 
Furay received, declared that it was to continue in force "at the discretion of the Presi- 
dent." As it has never been revoked either by President Arthur or any of his succes- 
sors, Colonel Furay considers himself as still a United States government official. 

' All the official positions which the subject of this sketch has held, came to him 
unsought andunsolicited. He was once, in 1877, a candidate for an elective office, that 
of State Senator for the Franklin-Pickaway district ; as, however, he ran as the Repub- 
lican nominee and the normal Democratic majority was about three thousand, he did 
not reach the State Senate. It may fitly close this record to say that the only appoint- 
ive position that he ever applied for and made a fight for, he failed to get. 

Colonel Furay hasalways been justly proudof hisapparently invinciblehealth. He 
has never been attacked by any serious disease, unless influenza orgrip.may be so called, 
and he is able to say truthfully that he was never confined to a room but two days in 
his life. He does such writing as he cares to do mostly in his own apartments, and for 
the last four or five years has been doing a large amount of more or less profitable let- 
tering work for certain publishing houses. 



A BRIDGE EPISODE 

bus with Franklinton, was built by Lucas Sullivant, and opened on Novem 
ber 25 1816. On his death the bridge became the property of foseph Sullivanl 
and in the early thirties he sold the bridge and franchise for ten thousand dol- 
lars rhe money was paid and the bridge surrendered to the Superintendent 
of the National Road, then building, on condition that he would erect a 
substantial free bridge in hen of the one owned by Mr. Sullivant. The bridge 

built in accordance with this agreement was a covered w len one, with two 

separated tracks for vehicles, and an outside walk on either side for foot 
passengers It stood until replaced by tin- presenl open inn, bridge in 1882-3. 

The >hio state Journal, ,„ 1882, gave the toll, .winy accounl of the buildi I 

this bridge: s 

"Captain Brewerton and Lieutenants Stocktonand Tilden, three young 
West 1 ointers, were sent to superintend the building of tin- bride.,.. They 
began m 1832, and stayed about two years before it was completed. Mr. 
Andrew McNinch who lives four miles west of the city, hauled the stone tor 
the abutments, taking il from the quarry near the presenl site of the Central 
Asybun tor the Insane. I lesn les In n, , HI ias Pegg , now of Franklinton, and 
Captain Nelson boos ,,l 340 Last Oak street, are probably the only ones now 
iving who worked on the bridge. No nails were used, except to put the 
shingles on the roof. No iron whatever was employed in the construction, the 
iron rods now seen at intervals overhead in the bridge bavin- been put in later 
years. Only oaken pegs were used to hold the heavy pieces together, but they 
were painted on the end to I,, ok like iron, and tl eception Worked well 

When the bridge was finished the question arose as to its strength 
rhere were many who doubted its ability to stand all it should, and there was 
a great deal of talk about it. A few days after i, was pronounced done, how- 
ever, it had a test which settled every question as to its staying qualities. 
There was a tremendous amount of travel over the pike in those old -lavs ten 

times as much as there is now. Cattle : hoys were being constantly driven 

through the town on the way to the eastern market. One of the largest of 
these droves came along a few days after the completion of the Broad street 
bridge. It belonged to and was driven by Richard Cowling, of London well 
known m these parts then as "Dick Cowling". He stopped over night in 
Franklinton. lhat village was as separate from Columbus al that time as 
two villages could be, and there was not a thought that they would ever be 
joined, much less that the corporate limits of Columbus would one day extend 
far beyond the old village. Just over the river it was all far,,, Ian, I. and there 
was a double row of sturdy locust trees which extended from the river to tin- 
east entrance to Franklinton, a few of which are still standing. Hut to resume 
our story. 

Dick Cowling stopped over night at the tavern in Franklinton and the 
next morning came down to examine the bridge before attempting to drive his 
cattle through it. He a. once concluded that it would not bear the burden 
and was making arrangements to swim his stock across. Captain Brewerton, 
who had engineered the building of the bridge, assured him that it was plenty 
strong enough to hold all that could be piled up,,,,,., and told him thegovern- 
would pay all the loss oi the cattle if the bridge broke down with them Ac- 
cordingly, Dick decided to venture it, and brought the whole seven hundred 

head down Almost every ly thought the whole, hove would go down, and 

they laid ott from work for the express purpose of seeing the bridge destroyed, 
rhere was some trouble in getting the cattle started through, but when they 
began there was a perfect stampede. The bridge was filled up both road- 
ways and footpaths and all with a rushing, rearing crowd of steers It 
creaked loudly, and settled down visibly, and evervbo.lv thought the end had 
eon,,-. rwo men, who brought up the rear, leading two unruly heifers by 
halters, became frightened by the cracking sound and leaving their charges, 

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ran back as fast as their legs would carry them. lint when the last animal 
was over, and the bridge was solid, old Cowling went up to Captain Brewerton, 
and in his gruff manner blurted out, "Good bridge, by G ." and invited 

everybody who had come down to see the new crossing fall, to come over to 
Zollinger's, and have something to drink., which invitation was generally ac- 
cepted. After that no one had any fear to drive anything across the bridge, 
and it has stood very nearly fifty years, and never been injured by anything 
placed upon it." 

EARLY NAVIGATION. 

All travel and the transportation of goods was done via the Scioto river 
in early days, and that the importance of protecting the waterways was recog- 
nized is shown by the following act, passed by the General Assembly, on De- 
cember 4, 18(19: 

Section 1. That the following st reams be, and they are hereby declared 
navigable, or public highways, to wit: The Mahoning from the Pennsylvania 
line as far up as Jesse Holliday's mill; Stillwater from its continence with the 
Muskingum river, as far up as the Brushy Fork of said stream; Will's creek, 
from its continence with the Muskingum as far as Cambridge; One Leg (com 
monly called Kauotton), as far up as the division line between the fourteenth 
and fifteenth townships, in the seventh range; the Scioto from its continence 
with the Ohio river as far up as the Indian boundary line; and the Little Musk- 
ingum from its confluence with the Ohio as far as the south line of section 
number thirty-six, in the second township of the seventh range. 

"Section 2. That no person shall be permitted to build a milldam on any 
of the said rivers, or in any manner obstruct the navigation of the same, unless 
such person or persons erecting such milldams shall make a lock or slope, or 
both, if necessary, to the same, of such size and dimensions as the board of 
commissioners of that county in which the milldam is to be erected, shall deem 
sufficient, so as to admit of tin- safe passage of boats orother watercraft, either 
up or down said stream, and keep the samein constant repair; Provided, always 
that if any such person does not own both sides of the stream he shall not be 
at liberty to build a dam without the consent of the person against whose land 
such a dam is intended to be abutted." 

Section three provides that intention to build a dam shall be advertised, 
and specifications as to its form laid before the commissioners. 

BEASTS AND BIRDS. 

Columbus was in its early years known as the"high bank opposite Frank- 
linton," and was called "Wolf Ridge," owing to the vast number of wolves that 
infested the woods hereabouts. So many losses of poultry, sheep and swine 
occurred through the visits of these animals to the farms of the pioneers, that 
a bounty of four dollars for each one over, and two dollars for each one under 
six months old, was offered for their scalps with the ears entire, and as much 
as eleven thousand a year was paid for scalps brought in. At the Merion home, 
located at the present southwest corner of High and Moler streets, the wolves 
in the vicinity were so numerous that the dogs would chase them from the 
house at night, but when the dogs turned toward home, the wolves would chase 
them back until they would come against the door with such force as to almost 
break it down. 

Squirrels were another pest the settlers had to contend with. As Joel 
Buttles wrote: "The grey and black squirrels were sometimes so numerous as 
to cause much destruction to the corn crop, men with guns and dogs not being 
able to protect it. At one time I knew sixty-seven killed off of one tree; but 
this tree st I in the midst of a cornfield into which the squirrels from the sur- 

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BEASTS AND BIRDS 

rounding woods had gathered to feed upon the corn. When thedogs weresent 
into tlic corn, the squirrels retreated as bestthey could, getting upthe first tree 
they could reach. I have known buys to go to the river in the morning and kill 
as many squirrels with clubs in half an hour, as they could carry home. This 
is explained by the fact that, in the fall season of the year, this squirrel seems 
to be migrating, and all over the country traveling in some particular direc- 
tion." While the migratory squirrels were swimming the Scioto, the boys 
would wade in and kill, in a few minutes, as many as they could carry home. 
In two days in the month of April, 1822, there were about nine thousand squir- 
rels killed in Franklin county, about five thousand of them being dispatched in 
Columbus and vicinity. Such a nuisance did these nimble creatures become 
that, on December 4, 1NU7, the following statute passed: 

"Section 1. That each and every person within this State, who is subject 
to the payment of a county tax, shall, in addition thereto, produce to the clerk 
of the township in which he may reside, such number of squirrel scalps as the 
trustees shall, at their annual meeting, apportion in proportion to their county 
levies, provided it does not exceed one hundred, nor less than ten. 

Section 'J. That the trustees shall, at their annual meeting, make out a 
statement of the accurate number of squirrel scalps each person has to pro- 
duce, which list or statement shall be given to the lister of personal property, 
who shall, at the time he takes in the returns of chattel property, notify each 
person of the number of squirrel scalps which he has to furnish. The third 
section of the statute levies a line of three cents for each scalp short, and pro- 
vides a bounty of two cents for each one in excess of the number required. 
.Section four makes it the duty of the township clerk to receive the scalps 
and destroy them by burning or otherwise. 

Wild pigeons frequented the woods of Central Ohio in vast numbers. 
In 1835 or is:5(i, in a flight over the city, the number was so great as to darken 
the sky for half a day, their course being from west to east. March, 1856, saw 
phenomenal flights of pigeons over Columbus. The Ohio State Journal of 
February 24, 1860, said: "The number of wild pigeons caught in the country 
the past few days, is almost incredible. We noticed on the streets the other day 
three wagon loads of the blue-winged birds, all caught bv one company of 
trappers. The city market is flooded with them, all fat and in good condition 
for the table. They sell here for fifty cents a dozen, and thousands are shipped 
to the east, where $1.25 and $1.50 is readily given for them." The "Journal," 
on March 7, 1861, said: "Wild pigeons made their appearance in this locality as 
early as the nineteenth of January, and thousands of them have been taken 
with nets, sold in our market and shipped to the eastern cities. From Janu- 
ary 1!1 to April (i there have been shipped by the American & Adams Kxpress 
companies, from this point, four hundred and three barrels, a total of 161,200 
birds. About one-third of that amount were dressed, one barrel containing 
four hundred pigeons." Immense flights of pigeons passed over Columbus in 
1870, and the birds sold here for sixty and seventy cents a dozen. A paragraph 
in the •■<)hi<i State Journal," date of April 2."), 1860, is as follows: 

"During the recent boisterous weather, when a strong wind from the 
lake was blowing, several lake fowls were conveved inland, and when no longer 
able to combat the elements, dropped throughout the country. A beautiful 
large loon was deposited alive within the enclosure of the Penitentiary, cap- 
tured, killed, anil now Doctor Hamilton has it stuffed and placed in the rooms 
of the Columbus Scientific Association. Another loon was lodged in the stee- 
ple of the Holy Cross Church, where it died. A large cormorant, big as a hen, 
fell on the farm of Mr. Price, in Gahanna; also a long billed, name not known. 
These latter fowls were brought to Secretary Klippart, who has had them 
stuffed, and will preserve them as mementoes of the storm." 

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A SNAKE STORY 

The newspaper above quoted printed this dread "snake story:" 

"In very early times it was a custom along the Scioto bottoms, for the pio- 
neer farmers to turn their horses out to graze in the limitless forest, the nature 
growth of "woods pasture' being very luxuriant. John C — — , the founder 
of one of the first families of the Buckeye .State, had brought out to the wild 
West, besides a beautiful young wife, what was almost equally valued by an 
enterprising Virginian emigrant, two or three very tine blooded horses. After 
tethering them about bis cabin long enough, as be fondly supposed, to insure 
their return home, be turned them out to range. They stayed away two or 
three days. The owner began to fear the pickings might prove so abundant 
that he would lose his 'impo'ted stawk fo'eve'.' Forth he started on the search, 
provided with bridles and a very long, black hair-rope halter. 

"Among the terrors to the newcomers of that day were awful stories of 
large snakes copper beads, black snakes, rattle snakes and divers other rep- 
tiles, the very enumeration of which makes one's flesh creep. Our friend 
hunted long and faithfully, prolonging the weary task late in the night. It was 
moonlight, early in the fall of the leaf. The poor fellow, nearly discourage 1 by 
not having discovered a single trace of bis beloved horses, was sad of spirit. 
He felt lonely and nervous. He began to think of the serpents and did not 
know wdiat moment be might put his aching foot into the very coil of some 
dreaded monster. He had thrown his bridles and the rope halter over his 
shoulder. Passing over a heap of dry leaves, he heard an ominous rustle. 
Hastily casting his eye behind him, sure enough! there was the black snake 
at his very heels. Instantly John broke off at his best speed. Soon he 
glanced back to see if the danger was over, when there ran the serpent as close 
as ever. He wondered at its rapidity in running, and endeavored to outdo him- 
self, He now passed a small stream and the rustling ceased. Thinking he 
had left the reptile safely in the rear, he sat down on a log to rest his tired limbs. 
He resumed his way, and soon, as he crossed another pile of leaves, 
the rustling was beard again; again he looked back, and there was another, if 
not the same serpent, as large as the tirst, and nearly as close to his legs. Off 
he started again as fast as possible, and still more frightened. Ever and anon 
John would look back, but there was the snake still in hot pursuit. John was 
ready to drop with fear and fatigue. At last, while his head was turned to the 
rear to see if he had yet made good his escape, he ran against a huge log, and 
in utter exhaustion, fell on the other side. Concluding it was all up now, he 
exclaimed, "Well, then, just bite and be d — — d!" Wondering why he was 
not bitten, while thus in the pursuer's power, he rose cautiously to a sitting 
posture, and found, instead of a black snake, bis black hair halter innocently 
coiled at his side, which he had mistaken for the great enemy. It was a snake 
humbug." 

RIVER FLOODS. 

The Scioto river, small as it appears to be to-day, has yet at times been 
in a condition of great turbulency, has o'erflowed its banks and committed 
much damage. In 1814 the stream was not fordable save for a few days during 
the entire year, a circumstance that has not occurred since. Before a dike 
was built by Lucas Sullivant to prevent the overflow of the Scioto during the 
spring fresbets.it was not unfrequent for Franklinton to be surrounded bj r 
water, and it could only be approached by some kind of water craft. As Colo- 
nel P. H. Olmstead said: "The country to the west of us looked likea lake, and 
Franklinton like a small island. I have passed in a skiff from this place to 
that ancient town, and tied up to a sign post." 

The first recorded flood in the Scioto occurred in 1798, when the rush of 
waters was so great that the flat lands around Franklinton, which had been laid 
out the year before, became inundated. Disastrous Hoods occurred in 1832, and 

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HON. JOHN M. PUGH 

The O i Hi.- Franklin County Bar, as well as one oi the most 

i Hun. John M. Pugh, whose office is in the Pugh buildingon North 

11 : ue son of David and Jane Pugh, w ho w ere 

il'.lm county, his lather, David, having come to this 

South Wales, landing at Baltimore, Maryland, May 4, 1801, 

v, known as Radnor townshipso named by him 

Inorshire, V- ' I was torn November 7, 1823, in Tiuro 

Pugh was the youngest of a family of four sisters 

hree brothi he sole survivor. He was raised on his parents' farm and 

1 ii t he winter oi 1844-5 he taught his first school m 

iwnship, ii i'l term he taught at White Chapel, Madison 

township, third I 847-8, he taught his third term in his home dis- 

trictm l'i '.mi township, and wound up his teaching school in Kirkersville, Licking 

1848, and on September 4, 1848, commenced reading law 

with ' ; i ash, and was admitted to practice law in November, A. D. 1&51, 

in by Judge Peter Hickock, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He 

lerk in the County Auditors office with H.Ciary until the fall of 

AD 1 1 he was elected County Auditor, serving two terms. 

In tin I 1858 he formed a co-partnership with his formerpreceptor, Samuel 

Brush, mi i i name of Brush & Pugh, in the fall of which year, Major Brush re- 

i, New York. Judge Pugh then formed a partnership with L. J. 

hfield which partnership continued until Mr. Pugh's election as Probate Judge m 

the fall ol 1863, v utive terms, a period of fifteen years, 

during which time hi ■ ion for ability and capacity. He has 

rid has ever been distinguished for his legal 
acumen ai 

L Mi Pugh v married to Mi; Ma ha F Cook, (now deceased), by whom 
he had four son vhom are living, with the exception of two 

dau<i ■ 

eing united to Miss Elizabeth M. 
C Pugh. Of hissons anddaugh- 
Mr. W. D. ] i 1 1 :1s. Michigan; Mrs. Martha 

J.Curry, n< Curry of the Nickle Plate Railroad at Cleveland, 

Ohio i I Columbus attorney; James A. Pugh is en- 

gage! Chicago; Mrs. Ada E, married to Fletcher V. Taylor, 

Company of this city, while Mr. Lovell L. 
1 "ompany. 

I-'emoeratic party, holds membership in the 
he most respected of our representative citizens. 



RIVER FLOODS 

in |ulv, 1834, the rise in the river curried away the temporary National Road 
bridge ;it the foot of Broad street, destroyed a large quantity <>f salt, and seri- 
ously damaged the new embankments of the Ohio canal. 

Up to its occurrence the flood of 1S47 transcended all previous ones. 
Fences and bridges were carried away, and the business houses along the 
water front, in Columbus, stood five feet deep in water, ( )f this flood the "Ohio 
Stutv Journal," of January 4, 1847, said: 

"So high have been the waters and so great the destruction of the bridges, 
that we are almost destitute of the news of this terrific flood. The bridge be- 
low Delaware, at the paper mills, is either injured, or the approach to it. Re- 
ports say it was swept away, but this we believe is not so. Report also says 
the bridge over the Whetstone at Worthington is gone; also that over the Sci- 
oto at Belle Point, Delaware county. The new stone bridge in this county, at 
Dublin, has lost one of its center piers. Hutchins' flour mill, this side of Dub- 
lin, is moved around from its foundations, and on yesterday rested against a 
tree. The National Road bridge between this city and Franklinton, and beyond 
Franklinton is much injured by the rush of waters over it. In addition to the 
injury to the railroad bridge mentioned on .Saturday, the embankments beyond 
Franklinton are broken in three places, and iron and timbers all carried away. 
The destruction of corn and fencing is incalculable. One person has calcu- 
lated the amount of fencing carried away on the Scioto alone as a dozen miles 
in length. We have heard the probable amount of corn lost, if the flood was as 
severe below as above, is from one to three million bushels. Yesterday was bright 
and warm as beautiful as a May day last night it commenced raining again, 
and it has been raining pretty much all day. ****** By a mark made by 
Mr. Ridgway in the warehouse at the west end of the bridge at the great Feb- 
ruary flood of 1NI52, the present flood was just nineteen inches higher than 
that, and perhaps the highest known since the settlement of the country." 

On December 24, 1852, a fl 1 caused much destruction of property, and 

Franklinton was completely surrounded by water. A large number of the em- 
ployees of the foundry of Ambos & Lennox were obliged to flee from their 
homes. On February 21, 1859, a freshet occurred, and on April 10 and 11,1860, a 
very destructive flood came down the valley, completely covering all the flat 
lands of the west side and making an island of Franklinton, for the time being. 
On the Columbus side the iron works of I'eter Harden and the premises of 
the Ohio Tool Company were injured by the inflowing water. The waters 
reached the same height as the great Hood of 1832, the muddy current was tilled 
with timber and debris; on April 12, the flood subsided six feet and continued 
to fall until the river had again reached its normal condition. On April '21, 
1862, a considerable freshet took place. 

In September, 1866, the most disastrous flood in the history of the coun- 
try, up to that period, occurred. The swollen river rushed on its headlong 
course bearing on its raging surface all kinds of flotsam, farm produce, up- 
rooted trees, drowned animals, haystacks, parts of buildings, logs, timber and 
debris in a confused tangle. The river rose twelve feet from Tuesday to Wed- 
nesday, and reached the high water mark id' 1S47, which was nineteen inches 
higher than that of 1832, and the bottom lands of the west side were again 
turned into a miniature sea, while the low lands of the east side were also 
overflowed and people foiled to quickly move from their homes, w ith difficulty 
saving their effects, so brief was the time allotted them by the angry waters. 
The "Journal's" reporter, standing on the Capitol Building, viewed the scene, 
and wrote of it as follows: "Up stream and down stream was traceable the 
widened current of the swollen river, hardly detached from the broad lakes of 
still water clustering about farm houses and flooding the city suburbs. Old 
landmarks were gone, the National Road seemed blotted, in part, from themap 
of these surburban districts, as revised, railroads were less than dotted lines 



RIVER FLOODS 

and fences designated by mere hair strokes. The low districts to the west and 
to the south were extremely well watered, and were principally inhabited by a 
floating population. Cattle and horses, caught napping on high points, were 
navigating the inundated country in a very careless manner, going no 
way in particular, if we except certain spasmodic plunges downward. 
There were pretty scenes in the distance of women and children being 
handed from windows to boats below, of men wading shoulder deep in the 
water, carrying little children above their beads across the flood, and of anxious 
laces framed in the windows toward which the water surged rapidly. The 
scene was peculiar, grand and novel, and the event is to he remembered as a 
landmark in our history." 

In March, 1868, a freshet caused the river to rise fifteen feet above its 
usual stage and, as usual, the west side was again inundated. Freshets again 
visited us in 1869 and 1S70, and on August -J, 1875, a flood broke through the levee 
that bad been built on the west side, and, in various parts of the country, 
bridges were destroyed. On February 10, 1881, another notable flood took place, 
doing much damage, and many of the dwellings on the west side Hats had to be 
evacuated. 

On February 1, ISS:?, the flood then precipitated was one of far reaching 
disaster, and the waters ascended far higher than the famous flood of 1N47. 
The ice which covered the surface of the river broke up on Saturday evening, 
owing to the washings from a heavy rainfall, and a rise of five feet quickly 
followed. A few hours later the engines at the water works were threatened 
with inundation, thus placing the city in danger of fire, as well as water. 
A large force of men with shovels were put to work on the levee, but were 
compelled to abandon their task, and the water supply engines were only saved 
from being disabled by the expeditious building of an embankment around the 
building. The reporters of the "Ohio State Journal" thus graphically describe 
the action of the restless waters: 

"Standing on the upper Hocking Valley bridge, a person could not help 
feeling awed and impressed at the grand scene before him. To the right and 
north, the Olentangy was pouring its yellow, turbid waters into the larger 
and more quiet stream of the Scioto. The large ice cakes ground together with 
a peculiarly harsh and crunching sound, and when they would strike the 
piers of the bridge would cause the old frame structure to tremble; then they, 
with the floating debris, would dive beneath, and reappearing below would go 
on in their mad rush down stream. The fertile land lying between these two 
rivers was all inundated. Here and there the peak of some lone haystack 
would appear, or the tops of bushes would rise and fall as the ice cakes passed 
over them. Far up to the northwest, looking toward the buildings located 
there, stretched one vast lake of water. The little shanty occupied by a man 
named Morris, which is situated upon the land which has caused so much 
litigation, was surrounded by the yellow waters, and only the roof and upper 
part appeared. The family had to move out about eleven o'clock Saturday 
night, and stood on a bank and saw their poultry and other property move 
down stream on a cake of ice. To the right were the offices of the Thomas 
and Laurel Hill companies nearly submerged by the waters which were 
gradually climbing up the sides and finding an easy entrance at the windows. 
The roadbed of the Columbus and Dublin pike had entirely disappeared from 
view, and only the tops of the fences showed where the road was located. The 
railroad tracks were all the land that appeared, and they stretched off to the 
north and west, seemingly passing over a lake. 

"Late in the afternoon it became evident that the water would break 
through the dikes and railway tracks, and make its way down through Frank- 
linton. Those who had boats werekept busily employed in transporting people 
from their homes to places of safety. About eleven o'clock the fust break 



RIVER FLOODS 

occurred in the levee about two hundred yards north of the Harrisburg bridge. 
The bottom lands at once filled up several feet deep, and the inhabitants of the 
houses situated on the Hats had to make their way to dry land as best they 
could. 

About four o'clock the water had reached a height of twelve and one 
half feet above low water mark, which was about one foot lower than the 
height attained in 1N47. The water, however, continued to rise and before 
midnight the old mark had been eclipsed and the water was a foot higher than 
it was ever known to have been before. Early in the evening cars were 
heavily loaded with pig iron and placed upon the two bridges of the Hocking 
Valley. This great weight held the bridges to their places and was all that 
kept the structures from being swept away. The water broke over the embank- 
ments at the waterworks about eight o'clock, anil the lower engine was ex- 
tinguished at once. The upper one, however, was started, and at eleven o'clock 
was working away, although the water was over the cylinders and the firemen 
were up to their waists. Early last night the water broke over the levee west 
of the Hocking Valley track, and plowing its way through the track of the 
Little Miami Railroad, it poured down the grade past the Door, Sash and Lum- 
ber Factory, and commingled with its kindred element which had already 
made its way through the levee below. The water there soon formed a rushing 
river and poured through this channel at a lively rate. By this break the 
bridges were saved, and possibly other great calamities averted. The water 
also made its way across Broad street, farther to the west, above the old town of 
Franklinton, and the village was thus all surrounded on both sides by the 
angry flood. It was hard to judge from the meagre reports received from this 
quarter last night what was the extent of the damage. 

Later reports from Sellsville (the winter quarters of the Sells Brothers' 
Circus and Menagerie) revealed that the damage had not been half told. When 
last heard from the employees and employers were working with superhuman 
efforts to transport the animals t<> a place of safety. The cakes of ice had 
formed a gorge of ice about the cluster of buildings, and the large elephants 
could not he induced to swim to land through this. The smaller ones, seven in 
number, had been carried to the dry ground to the west in wagons, as well as 
some smaller animals. The lions and other carnivorous animals, confined in 
the building to the north from that occupied by the elephants, kept up a fright- 
ful noise. A great many cages were placed directly on the floor, and at five 
o'clock the water was three feet deep in the room and still rapidly 
rising. 

The grainiest view of the flood was from the iron bridge in the southern 
limits of the city, at the crossing of (been Lawn avenue. There the temporary 
lake could be seen with the mighty current lighting through the curves of the 
city limits, and the water spread out over the whole of the bottom lands as far 
down the valley as the eye could reach, while the flats were under water, and 
the little one-story frame houses looked like boats which were just read y to start 
out. The water covered most of the territory about sunset, and became still 
higher during the night. In the evening the west end of the old slaughter 
house at the foot of Friend street gave away and tame down stream like a 
flatboat bent on a cruise. It had no doubt passed Circleville ere the citizens of 
that place saw the light of day. 

Numerous incidents are told of the peculiar situations in which people 
were found in their houses. They were standing on chairs and beds, 
while the furniture floated about the room. A cradle was observed to 
go down the river yesterday, but no occupant was in it. A bedstead was float- 
ing down in the forenoon, and a washtub of clothes followed it. 

"The present high water surpasses thefamous flood of 1S47. Atthattime 
the levee broke at the upper bend of the river, and the water poured down 

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THE LAST AND GREATEST FLOOD 

across the isthmus beyond Franklinton. The National Road was nearly ruined 
between Broad street bridge and Sullivant's Hill. The high water arose on 
January 4th of that year, and continued unabated for some days. A man named 
Joe Bennett made a great deal of money running a ferry boat between the hill 
and Franklinton, as the public had to use his boat for about two weeks. There 
were no railroad tracks then to interrupt the course of water, and an enormous 
lake spread from the State quarries to the south over the level farming land. 
There have been numerous great floods since then, but none have reached so 
high a point as the present one. The floods of 1S(I7 and INTO were very destruc- 
tive to property and spread devastation far and wide." 

About a hundred families were driven from their homes because of this 
flood, there were many narrow escapes from death, and the Franklinton school- 
house was turned into a temporary hospital, where, for a time, more than 
twenty families were fed and lodged. On January 24, 1887, the river rose ten 
feet above its normal height, but the waters finally went down without doing 
any particular damage. 

THE LAST AND GREATEST FLOOD, 

It was reserved for the year 1898 to furnish the greatest flood the Scioto 
has known during the nineteenth century, or since the white man has penned 
its history. This, one of the greatest disasters that has ever visited Columbus, 
occurred on March 23, 1898, when the unprecedented high waters caused a 
break in the levee along the banks of the Scioto, inundating a vast low lying 
area in the western section of the city. The first apprehension of danger was 
on the day previous, when the Scioto, already swollen by a period of heavy 
rains, began to rise rapidly by reason of renewed and general precipitation 
throughout all the territory through which it flows. 

The waters increased in volume during the day, and by night a number 
of factories along the river were compelled to close down on account of the 
flood's invasion. Before midnight the city was plunged in darkness, the elec- 
tric lighting station having become flooded, and the fires of the Franklin blast 
furnace were quenched by the advancing tide. At an early hour on Wednesday 
morning the west side pumping station was forced to suspend operations, 
and thus a portion of the city was left without water supply. 

Among the first premonitions of the trouble that was to follow, were the 
signs of weakness observed near the Toledo & Ohio Central round house, in the 
levee that protected the surrounding territory from the raiding torrent. 
So long had it been since a disastrous flood had occurred, that residents of the 
threatened district were not awake to the serious character of the danger that 
menaced them, and they viewed the rising waters more in the light of a specta- 
cle than of an enemy. The streams that trickled through the embankment 
gradually increased in volume, and shortly before ten o'clock on Wednesday 
morning a large section of the levee suddenly gave way, and the water rushed 
across a large residence district, flowing in torrents through the streets, and 
submerging dooryards. So quickly did the disaster come about that but few 
were able to make 1 their escape, but found themselves imprisoned in their 
homes by a sea of water, varyingin depth from three to ten feet. Many were 
driven from the first story into the upper portions of their houses. 

Appeals for help at once reached police headquarters and the entire force 
were at once detailed to the work of rescue. They were soon reinforced by 
members of the local militia and citizens generally from the east side of the 
river. The rising waters and the continued rains rendered the situation ex- 
ceedingly grave. Thousands of people had to be conveyed to places of safety 
within a comparatively few hours, as it was felt that, when night and darkness 
came on, many might perish by the sweeping away of their homes or by the 
advance of the flood into their living quarters. The most herculean efforts 




A. P. TAYLOR. 

A. P. Taylor, M. D., was born in 1849 on his father's iarm in Plain township. Frank- 
lin county, Ohio, where he remained mostly until manhood. He is a son of J. P. Tay- 
lor and Rebecca Perfect Taylor and a grandson of A. "W.Taylor and Malinda Trumbo 
Taylor. He began the study of medicine when eighteen years of age -with George W. 
Holmes of New Albany, Ohio, attending three terms of lectures in the Eclectic Medical 
Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, completing his course in February 1871, commencing the 
practice of medicine the same month in the village of Sunl.ury.6hio. He was married to 
Mary E. Miller of New Albany, Ohio, October 1870. They have two children, Howe 
Taylor, now a farmer of Union county, Ohio, and Essie R. Creighton. of Toledo, Ohio. 
Octoberl891 he moved to Columbus, Ohio, and continues in the practiceof medicine 
August 1899, Dr. R. B. Taylor became an associate partner and the firm name is Drs. 
Taylor & Taylor. Office, corner High street and bth avenue 



THE LAST AND GREATEST FLOOD 

were put forth inthework of rescue, but the facilities f< >r handling such an 
emergency were found to be very inadequate. The supply of boats, even after 
requisition had been made upon the pleasure parks, was found to be too small. 
Man_v members of the relief corps worked all day and night in the wet and 
cold without a thought regarding their own personal comfort. and numerous fa- 
talities were averted by their zeal anil efficiency. 

A boat containing a family was being rowed along a populous street 
when it was overturned by the swift current and the occupants precipitated 
into the water. The}' escaped drowning only through the heroic efforts of a 
police officer. A number of the houses throughout the Hooded district were 
one-story structures, placing their occupants in imminent peril, and subject- 
ing them to great discomfort before relief arrived. Early on Wednesday morn- 
ing, before the levee broke, when warned of the possible danger, they only 

laughed at it. Even when the tl I was all about them and the relief boats 

came to their assistance many were loath to leave their belongings, and were 

with difficulty persuaded to accept succor. The vast expanse of tin- tl 1 with 

buildings and trees rising from the midst of it was a strange and impressive 
spectacle. No description could even do it justice. From a point on Broad 
street west to the asylum hill there was one unbroken stretch of muddy water, 
being in some places over ten feet deep. It tilled the neighboring Ileitis and 
ran across the street in torrents. To the north as far as the Little Miami and 
Toledo & Ohio Central railroad tracks the water stretched out with only the 
partly submerged homes of the residents breaking the monotony. Reaching 
from Broad street to the Harrisburg pike on the south, and to the Baltimore & 
Ohio on the east was a great lake, which threatened the frail dwellings, as it 
whirled and seethed about the corners. The streets were swift rivers, the cur- 
rent baffling the efforts of more than one strong-armed oarsman to rescue the 
imprisoned families. Before nightfall it was found that numbers could not be 
rescued, owing to lack of boats and to the fact that many of the houses could 
not be reached on account of the current. Gloomy apprehensions were in- 
dulged in as to the chances they would run with the darkness and the tl 1. 

Great loss of life was feared. Although the waters showed evidence of having 
passed their maximum, the rain had been falling throughout the day and then' 
were reports of heavy rainfalls to the northward. Crowds of spectators, in 
spite of warnings, risked their lives on frail embankments that hourly threat- 
ened to give way, letting in the main volume of water, and cutting off their 
retreat. The Department of Public Safety ordered the city ambulance and the 
patrol wagons to remain on duty all night. The mounted patrolmen splashed 
up and down the inundated streets on the lookout for any case of distress 
which it would be in their power to relieve. The hospital corps of the Four- 
teenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, was also on hand with its ambulance 
and equipment. Fortunately, the fear of a further rise proved unfounded and 
before midnight the flood had retreated several feet. The full extent of the dis- 
aster, in the absence of actual intelligence from all portions id' the flooded dis- 
trict could only be surmised, but it was felt that the worst was over. 

The problem of taking care of the people who had been removed from 
their homes next presented itself, and was scarcely less important than the 
actual work of rescue. A relief committee of citizens bad been formed and 
donations of money, provisions and clothing generously poured in upon solici- 
tation. Whole families id' sufferers were temporarily quartered at the Four- 
teenth Regiment armory and at other public places. The victims of the flood 
were largely an industrious and worthy class of working people, many of whom 
owned their homes. One of the peculiar and distressing features of the ca- 
lamity was that communication between the City and Greenlawn cemetery was 
entirely shut off, the avenue leading to the latter being completely washed 
away. Funerals had to be postponed and no interments were made for sev- 

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THE LAST AND GREATEST FLOOD 

eral days. While the material damage amounted to several thousand dollars, 
strange to say no loss of life occurred. As the waters receded the work of 
putting houses in shape for occupancy began, and in a few weeks the only re- 
minder of the calamity which remained was an enthusiastic sentiment among 
the citizens of the west side to secure such substantial levee improvement as 
would make a recurrence of the event impossible. 

The floods were general throughout Ohio, and in addition to other dam- 
age resulted in the complete demoralization of railroad traffic. On every line 
bridges were swept away and embankments washed out. One road running 
from Columbus to the northern part of the State, reported the loss of nearly 
all the bridges along its route. Travelers who were only a few hours distance 
from their homes found themselves detained for days awaiting the resumption 
of traffic over the damaged lines. In this respect, as in many others, the floods 
were unprecedented throughout this region. The delay in transmitting the 
mails which had to be sent by circuitous routes, or were suspended altogether 
between many points, was another great annoyance to business. It was also 
the cause of great anxiety to persons separated for an unexpected length of 
time from their families. Amidst exaggerated reports which came to hand of 
the damage wrought at different points, there were no means of exchanging 
personal assurances of safety, as both telephone and telegraph lines had come 
in for their share of destruction. Some of the smaller towns were cut off com- 
pletely from communication with the outside world. 

The amount of damage sustained throughout Central Ohio was past 
calculation. Fortunately, but little, if any, loss of life occurred, but there was 
scarcely a square mile of territory throughout the whole district visited by the 
flood but what sustained financial loss in the sweeping away of crops, the 
destruction of bridges and culverts, and the washing out of pikes. Imme- 
diately upon the subsiding of the floods, forces of workmen were evervwhere 
employed to restore things to their normal condition. While the repair of 
railroads and pikes was going on in the country, the attention of the people 
living in the flooded district in the city was directed toward removing the 
slime anil dirt from their homes and getting them ready for occupancy again. 
The population of that portion of Columbus visited by the catastrophe was 
estimated at from 25,000 to 150, 0(10 people. Within the territory where the water 
had been the deepest were left a number of small frame bouses and sheds 
which had drifted in from various directions. .Some of them were in good 
condition, and looked as though the water had merely lifted them from their 
foundations and carried them away. A number of them contained articles of 
furniture. Property owners were under the necessity of making a search for 
their houses and removing them back to the real estate to which they belonged. 
Within a day or two those of the flood sufferers whose homes had been the 
least damaged resumed occupancy. Not a few houses, however, that stood 
amid low surroundings had to be approached by boats for some time. Tin- 
distress occasioned by idleness on account of factories being compelled to shut 
down, was short lived, as the rapid fall of the water soon permitted a resump- 
tion of operations among the various industries affected. The west side 
pumping station was started on Thursday evening, putting an end to the water 
famine, which had been a cause of great inconvenience, not only to the people 
living west of the river, but to the business section of the city lying high and 
dry on the east side. The interference witli the sanitary arrangements of the 
large office buildings, by the cutting off of the water proved to lie a very serious 
matter while it lasted. A somewhat longer period was required for putting 
the dynamos and machinery of the electric lighting station in order, so as to 
relieve the darkness of the streets at night. After the subsidence of the flood 
measurements were made, and it was found that the water had been thirty-five 
inches higher than the Hood in 1883, which held the high water mark record up 
to the flood of INKS. 



CHAPTER XVI 

FROM ROAD TO RAIL 

The National Road, already described, was conceived in 1802, abandoned 
to the States in 1836, and cost $6,67(),0(X) in money. Its total length in ( )hio was 
three hundred and twenty miles. Of the latter history of this road, I [istorian 
Alfred E. Lee, A. M.. writes : 

"One of the most important adjuncts of the road was the great suspen- 
sion bridge by which it leaped the Ohio at Wheeling. This daring, aerial 
structure, a thrilling recollection of the writer's childhood, was begun in 1848 
and completed in 1854. The river interest fought it stubbornly and obtained 
from the National Supreme Court a decision to the effect that the State of 
Virginia had no right t<> authorize the erection of such a bridge. To obviate 
this difficulty Congress passed an act declaring the bridge a post route, where- 
upon the constitutionality of that act was contested in a famous legal argu- 
ment at Washington, in which Edwin M. Stanton, afterwards the grea< War 
Secretary, represented the State of Pennsylvania and Beverly Johnson the 
City of Wheeling. 

"In eastern Ohio, where the writer remembers it best for beside it was 
his boyhood home the National Road, when completed, appeared like a white 
riband meandering over the green hills and valleys. It was surfaced with 
broken limestone, which, when compacted by the pressure of heavy wagons, 
became smooth as a floor and, after a rain, almost as clean. Wagons, stages, 
pedestrians, and vast droves of cattle, sheep, horses, and lion's, crowded it con- 
stantly, all pressing eagerly by the great arterial thoroughfare for there were 
no railroads then to the markets of the east. Westwardly, on foot and in 
wagons, traveled an interminable caravan of emigrants, or 'movers,' as they 
were commonly called, whose gypsy tires illuminated at night the roadside 
woods and meadows. For the heavy transportation both east and west, huge 
covered wagons were used, built with massive axles and broad tires and 
usually drawn by from four to six, and sometimes eight horses. The team- 
sters who conducted these 'mountain ships,' as they were known in the 
Alleghenies, were a peculiar class of men, rough, hearty, whiskered and sun- 
burned, fond of grog, voluble in their stories of adventure, and 
shockingly profane. Their horses were sturdy roadsters, well shod, fed 
and curried, and heavily harnessed, as became the enormous burdens they 
had to draw. When on duty each of the animals bore upon its harness a 
chime of from three to six small bells, which jingled musically anil no doubt 
cheered the sweating toilers at their task, while the groaning wain rolled 
slowly but steadily up hill and down. Should one of these teams encounter 
another of its kind stalled in the road, the teamster latest come was entitled 

by custom to attach an equal i iber of his horses to the stalled wagon, and 

should he be abb- to draw it out of its difficulty he had the right to appropriate 
as trophies as many of the bells of the balked team as he pleased. Thus the 
jingling of the champion was sometimes so prodigious, from the multiplicity 
of its bells, as to herald its coming from afar. The road was frequented by 
traders, hucksters, peddlers, traveling musicians, small showmen, sharpers, 
tramps, beggars, and odd characters, some of whom made periodical pilgrim- 
ages and were familiar to t he wayside dwellers from Columbus to Cumberland. 
The solitary places were also haunted sometimes by villains bent on crime, 
and many were the highway legends of robbery, murder, and accident. 



FROM ROAD TORAIL 

"To Columbus, us to many other towns and cities along its line, tin- open- 
ing of this great thoroughfare was an event of immense importance. Com- 
mercially speaking it was a revolution. By means of it the east and west were 
for the first time brought into practicable and profitable trade relations. The 
difficulties of the slow, costly, and painful methods of travel and transporta- 
tion which had hitherto prevailed were immensely mitigated. But not trade a- 
loiie profited by means of it; the National Road was the great original pathway 
of civilization on this continent. Tie vast current of commerce which flowed 
along its path was a powerful agent, as commerce always and everywhere is, 
for the diffusion not of wealth only but also of light and knowledge. To this 
splendid enterprise, and to the statesmen who conceived it, Ohio and her Capi- 
tal owe an incalculable debt both material and moral. "The National Road 
nourished until the railway era dawned; then began its decay. Gradually, as 
course after course was opened for the wheeled couriers of steam, its inter- 
state and transcontinental currents of travel and traffic were diverted, dwind- 
led and disappeared until nothing remained of its original glory but its con- 
venience for neighborhood use. First, in 18a4, lessees took charge of it, and a 
renewed tide of emigration to the west enabled them to derive a profit from it 
for a time, although the opening of the Ohio Central Railway swept away 
nearly the whole hulk of its ordinary revenues. In 1859 this condition of 
things had so far changed that the contractors claimed to have lost heavily, 
and begged to be released. As to the condition of the road at that time there 
were conflicting statements, but the signs were unmistakable that its degener- 
acy had begun. On April <>, 187fi, the General Assembly passed an act sur- 
rendering the road to the care of the counties, and, last scene of all, on Octo- 
ber 23, of the same year, the city of Columbus assumed by ordinance the care 
and control of the road within its corporate limits. It is "fitting to state here 
that the location of the National Road through Columbus gave rise to a great 
deal of rivalry. The north and south ends of the borough, then divided by 
State street, and both lying south of the present railway station, were each 
jealous of the advantages which the location might afford to the other. A 
compromise was therefore effected by which the road entered the borough on 
Friend, now Main street, passed down High to Broad and down Broad to the 
Scioto. This it is said, was a great disappointment to some of the property 
owners in Franklinton, who confidently expected that the road would cross 
the river and go westward on State street instead of Broad." 
"We hear no more the clanking hoof 
And the stage-coach rattling by, 
For the Steam King ruleth the travel world, 
And theold pike's left to die." 

RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD PIONEER 
|ohn Otstat, who died in 1897 at a ripe old age, at his home on South 
I-" rout Street, was up to that time the last survivor of any of the 14(HI of the 
inhabitants of Columbus who had attained to man's estate in 1824. A short 
time before his demise the old gentleman gave, in an interview, a good descrip- 
tion of the condition of affairs here three-quarters of a century ago. He came 
to Columbus on foot from Columbia, Pennsylvania, a distance of five hundred 
miles. He worked as a wagoti maker on the site of the new Schlee block on 
South High street, at seven dollars a month and his board. The hours of labor 
then observed would hardly find favor with the labor organizations of to-day. 
The rule was to work from sunrise to sunset and, when occasion required it, 
seventeen hours a day. A citizen could not then boast of the excellent con- 
dition of the streets. " But little gravel was used on them, save where travel 
was concentrated, and the grass grew luxuriantly up to the wheel tracks that 
marked the middle of the roadway. The means of gaining a livelihood were 



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JONATHAN F LINTON- 

Jonathan F. Linton has been a resident of Columbus since March 1872. He was 
born December 16, 1831, in a locality then known as Green Plains, six miles southeast 
of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, on the Little Miami river. His father Samuel Smith 
Linton sold bis Green Plamsfarm in 1833 and moved to Miami county . Indiana and 
settled on Eel river, five miles north of Peru, and just opposite the old Potawatamie 
village, where now is located the town of Denver. Here he entered three hundred and 
sixty acres of land and commenced to open up a farm. He died in 1836. The family 
returned to Ohio soon after his death, and lived near Clifton, Green county, till about 
1840 when they moved to the vicinity of Waynesville, Warren county. The subjec I < if 
our sketch attended the district school of his neighborhood, the academy of Waym 
ville and the old Woodward school in Cincinnati 

During the years 1845-6 he served a year's apprenticeship at the printers' trade, 
in the office of the Springfield "Republic," then published by Gallagher & Crane. Dur- 
ing the summer of 1848 he worked at the business for Congressman David Fisher in the 
office of the Clinton "Republican." During the years '49 and '50 he did some more 
journey work in printing offices in Lafayette and Peru, Indiana, and in New Orleans. 
Louisiana. In the spring of 1851 he went on horseback to Illinois to accept a place in 
the engineering corps organized to make the preliminary surveys and estimates for 
the Chicago and Rock Island railroad. In 1852 he bought ttie "Peru Weekly Democrat." 
He changed the politics of the paper to Whig and i ' ir i n i ii in ed the issue of a daily edi- 
tion. In 1855 he sold out his newspaper and book biin.tiiiii business and bough! i i - 
thousand and forty acres of land in Lee county. Illinois, about seventy miles due west 
of Chicago. He attempted some extensive farming and went under in the collapse of 
1857. He recovered by 1861 and saved one-half of his land. He went into the Union 

Lee in July, 1861, as a Lieutenant in the 39th Illinois Volunteer Infantry--a Chi- 
cago Regiment. He saw service in Missouri, Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina: 
served on the staffs of Generals Osborn, Howells and Vogdes. He resigned in 1864 
and returned to his farm in Lee county, Illinois. He was engaged in the milling busi- 
ness from 1867 till the spring of 1872 at Gardner, Illinois, and at Maumee City, Ohio 
In March '72 he bought the "Ohio Statesman" and moved to Columbus. This paper he 
owned for four years. In 1878 he established the Columbus "Legal Fecord" and kept 
it two years. In 1888 he laid out the suburban town of Milo, and since then has 
interested in several other additions to Columbus. In 1874 he bought a farm on South 



I 

.mention to farming ever 
On this i.inn he established a summer resort known as Lake 

boats along the canal from the 
foot O "■' toi'8'7 till 1895. 

- nrst vote for the 
■Whigs. H publican movement. He commenced to 

e knows anything of 
them . s family, (the Fa] 

They came to America in the days of Wil- 
liam 1 he married Eliza J. Sapp, a native of 
Peru. The\ Living —three girl! >oys--all grown. 



RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD PIONEER 

as plentiful and as easily obtainable then ;is now. The virgin soil produced, 
richly, wheat, corn potatoes and everything needed for home consumption. 
The low watermark readied in prices was: three cents a dozen for eggs, twen- 
ty-five cents a bushel for wheat, t wo dollars and a half per one hundred pounds 
for pork, and three cents a pound for good maple sugar. Mo small quantity of 
(doth was used, but it was all homespun, and made of flax and wool. Barter 
was common among the inhabitants and made the scarcity of money less irk 
some. "Rough and tumble fights" were common in those days, immensely 
more so than now. These encounters were in a measure amusement lor the pub- 
lic, as modern base hall is to-day, and were perhaps no more dangerous to those 
who engaged in them. Our forefathers would thump and batter each other 
soundly and .seemingly emerge from the fray in refreshed condition. The man 
net- of their living made them hardy and capable of undergoing much hardship 
and many trials without ill effects. When fights were scarce an excursion in a 
crowd toward Franklinton was sure t<> he made and it was also reasonably sure 
to bring on a pitched battle with the neighboring burg. There was a long 
stretch of country between Columbus and Franklinton, ami the last ol the fields 
which tilled iii the space between, did not give way to building lots until after 
t he close of the late war. "A great factor in keeping down the price of all 
raised products in these early days was the expense and difficulty ol' hauling 
away all bulky freight. Flat boats on the river afforded the readiest means of 
transport, and the lower Mississippi and New Orleans the best market. Potash 
made of wood ashes was a regular staple of ma nu fact ure. The surplus corn was 
fed to hogs which were killed and packed at home, and, in other cases, fed in- 
to beef which transported itself on foot across the mountains. A number of 
distilleries turned a portion of the corn into whisky, which, far more portable 
than the corn itself, was either exported or drank at home. Liquor was re- 
markably cheap compared with its present prices, and anybody could get com- 
fortably drunk for ten tents if he furnished his own bottle. A good, substan- 
tial meal could he had at any respectable tavern for a shilling— twelve and a half 
cents. Comparatively few of the gew-gaws and "extras" common in these days 
were known here sixty years or more ago. Blacked hoots, floor carpets, wall 
paper, and all luxuries of that sort were the exception among the hone anil 
sinew of the community. Spinning wheels were much more plentiful than 
pianos, and whatever else the pioneers endured they were spared the infliction 
of the "dude." 

LOUIS KOSSUTH. 

A notable event in the history of Columbus was the visit here of Louis 
Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, and one of the world's greatest patriots. At a 
large meeting of the citizens of the State, held at City Hall, Columbus, on De- 
cember 13, 1851, to prepare a program for the reception of Kossuth, a resolu- 
tion was adopted lor the appointment of a committee of one hundred citizens 
of Ohio twenty of them being residents of Columbus to invite him to visit 
the State, and be tendered the hospitality of its people. Dr. Robert Thomp- 
son, of Columbus, was chosen chairman ol this committee. A finance com- 
mittee was also appointed, of which Peter Amhos was Chairman; \Y. F. 
Wheeler, Secretary; Luther Donaldson, Treasurer. One hundred dollars were 
appropriated to defray the expenses of Dr. Robert 'Thompson to Washington 
to invite Kossuth to the capital of Ohio. ( )n January 15, 1852, the Legislature 
adopted resolutions tendering to Kossuth, on behalf of two millions of free- 
men, a hearty welcome to < )hio. 

Kossuth arrived in Columbus from Cleveland about seven o'clock on 
Wednesday evening, February I, ls.~C, and the streets were thronged with peo- 
ple to greet him. A procession was formed to march to the depot to receive 
Kossuth. It was under the direction of General T. Stockton, chief marshal of 



LOUIS KOSSUTH 

the clay, and was headed hy the Columbus brass band, followed by Captain 
Buhl's artillery, and Captain Schneider's Greuadiers, carrying the Cnited 
States and the Hungarian colors, and flanking the firemen. The engines >>t" 
the fire department were decorated with the same colors and also with those of 
Turkey. Succeeding the long cortege of the tire department, came the car- 
riage, drawn by tour white horses, in which Kossuth, along with Governor 
Wood, of Ohio," was to be escorted to the Neil House. Then followed the com- 
mittee of one hundred. Closing the procession were carriages containing 
members of the Legislature and State officers, followed by mechanical associ- 
ations, benevolent and other societies, with a delegation of the city butchers 
on horse-back, and a large concourse of citizens on horse-back and on foot. 
When the procession arrived at the depot, thousands of people were already 
gathered there. At about seven o'clock the boom of cannon announced tin- 
safe arrival of the Hungarian. Then there was a rush and a shout that seemed 
to rend the air. After some delay, owing to the dense and eager crowd, the 
procession was reformed, and proceeded, with Kossuth, his family, and suite 
to Broad street, thence to Third, to Town, to High street and on to the Neil, 
House. On the march, lighted torches, in the hands of the Bremen, added 
brilliancy to the scene. Kossuth, standing on the balcony of the Xeil House, 
was presented to the people. Cncovering his head, he made a short address. 
expressing delight at his generous reception, for which he desired to thank 
publicly the generous citizens of Columbus. He then retired to his apart- 
ments in the Neil House. 

Long before eleven o'clock next morning, the time assigned for an ad- 
dress from Kossuth, the entire square between Broad and State was filled with 
people. A stand was erected in front of the Xeil House, and opposite the old 
Cnited States Court House. Kossuth replied at length to a speech addressed 
to him by Samuel Galloway. A brief speech was afterward made by William 
Dennison. After Kossuth's speech he was waited upon by a committee ap- 
pointed at a meeting of workingmen, with a request that he would address 
the workingmen of the city. This he declined to do on account of the heavy 
tax upon his time and energies, while expressing his gratification at the 
manifestations by the workingmen of sympathy for the cause of free govern- 
ment in Hungary. On the evening of the same day i February 5 \, a large meet- 
ing of citizens of Columbus was held at the City Hall. at which an association 
of the friends of Hungary was formed, called the Franklin County Hungarian 
Association. A constitution was adopted, and the following officers elected : 
President, W. R. Rankin; Vice President, G. Lewis; Treasurer. L. Donaldson; 
Secretary, M. M. Powers. Kossuth, on Saturday, February ".visited the Gen- 
eral Assembly, upon special invitation, where he was addressed by Lieutenant 
Governor William Medill, in a speech of welcome. Kossuth's response was 
regarded as one of his best efforts. By a joint resolutionof the Legislature, 
the original manuscripts of both these speeches were ordered to be deposited 
among the archives of the State, in the State Library, where they now are. 
bound in a handsome volume, entitled: 'Welcome of Ohio to Kossuth." In 
the evening, after this visit to the Legislature, the first regular meeting of the 
Ohio Association of the Friends of Hungary was held at the City Hall, Co- 
lumbus. The hall was tilled to its fullest capacity. After a brief introductory 
speech by Governor Reuben Wood, the president of the association, Kossuth 
delivered one of those stirring, patriotic, and liberty-loving addresses forwhich 
he had then become famous. After this speech in English he made a brief ad- 
dress in German. On the Monday following, the Hungarian patriot left Co- 
lumbus for Cincinnati, and was given a stirring send-off. 

PROGRESSIVE COLUMBUS. 

Since the almost half century that has elapsed since Kossuth visited Co- 
lumbus, great has been the progress, the Capital now being one of the promi- 

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DEATH OF HENRY CLAY 
Swf Springfield S5 nea " n ^ om P let r w »*»' -"" connect Colum- 

DEATH OF HENRY CLAY 

■^ s f°™erh i n Kentucky.arrived in Columbus on fulv 7th Previous to 

Jreet S rikt r ^tf 1 ^^?^? dead ' * •— '» had bieVfled on H g 
order comnf/Jtee S f "" ^ ^^ H moved to th edepot in the following 

riages On the arrival of the train ^^^^"^"^^"SrSriri^ 
committee of the city council and citizens, and transferred Tt„ the hearse A 

which wereXM^ { " n r l \ the ,,remen I— »»•« the h ^se on each sTde ol 

.enVM , . e rg3 T " Volunteers. Then followed the committee of arrange 

mentsas pall hearers. I mted States Senate committee, the Kentucky and cf n 

in attendance. At the Xeil House, brief addresses were LTbv Vi Ham J en 
mson, and Governor Jones of Tennessee. In the evening there wasTlaSe 

C~ ^sSifacteH enSatth f City ^ a "' at Which J° se P h R^gwav presided afd 
L. 1 . bohs acted as secretary. After praver by Dr. Hoge R I P Barber from 
the committee of arrangements, reported a series of reflations" which were 
SIS? ad ° Pted ' Hfter a PP™P»ate speeches by A. F. , Vrrv '££ WilHam 



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CHAPTER XV11 

ANOTHER GREAT MAN'S DEMISE 

The celebrated traveler and Arctic explorer, Dr.Elisha Kent Kane.died :it 
Havana, February lt>, 1 S.">7 . at the early age of thirty-seven years. His remains 
were taken to his former home, Philadelphia, for interment. 

About noon on Friday, March 6th, intelligence came from Cincinnati to 
Columbus, that the remains of Dr. Kane would pass through this city on their 
way to Philadelphia; thai they would reach here by the 11:20 night train and 
remain until the departure of the 10:10 train of the Central Ohio road on Non- 
day morning. Immediate act ion was taken in each branch of the Legislature 
then in session, and a joint committee was appointed to make the necessary 
arrangements to manifest the regard of the people for the character and ser- 
vices of the lamented dead. 

The Grand Lodge of the Masonic fraternity of Ohio was convened in 
special communication, by order of the Grand Master, ami a committee appoint- 
ed to co-operate with other committees of arrangements. At an early 
hour in the evening a committee of citizens was held at the Xeil House, and a 
committee selected to act on behalf of the citizens of theCapital of Ohio, in 
conjunction with other similar committees. A joint meeting of all these 
committees was held at the Xeil House at eight o'clock in the even- 
ing, when two members from each committee were delegated to pro- 
ceed to Xenia, on the morrow, and there meet the funeral cortege from 
Cincinnati, accompanying it to Columbus, and thence to Wheeling. Another 
like committee was detailed to make suitable arrangement for the reception 
of the remains, for their respectful care during the stay in the city, and for 
appropriate religious exercises on Sunday. The State Fencibles, Captain 
Reamy, volunteered such services as might be required of them, and the ten- 
der was accepted by the joint committee. At midnight the train arrived at 
the Columbus depot, where the joint committee, the State Fencibles, and a 
large concourse of citizens were awaiting it. The stillness of the midnight 
hour, the rolling of the muffled drums, as the remains were removed from the 
car. the tolling of bells in thecitv, the solemn strains of the dead march by the 
band, the display of flags at halfmast as seen by moonlight, the respectful si- 
lence of the concourse of citizens that thronged the streets. all conspired to give 
the scene an air of grandeur and solemnity. The solemn procession, accom- 
panied by a civic and military escort, proceeded to the Senate Chamber, where 
due preparation had been made for its reception, and there the remains 
were consigned to the custody of the Columbus committees, in an address from 
Charles Anderson, of the Cincinnati committee. The response was made in 
behalf of the Columbus committees, by William Dennison. A detachment of 
the State Fencibles was detailed by Lieutenant Jones, as a guard of honor, 
which remained on duty while the remains were in the Senate Chamber, ex- 
cept while relieved by a like guard detailed from the Masonic body. The re- 
mains lay in the Senate Chamber from one o'clock .V. M. on Sunday until nine A. 
M. on Monday. About ten o'clock on Sunday morning the citizens began to 
wend their way to the Senate Chamber, which had been judiciously arranged 
by Mr. Karushaw. the draughtsman, for the accommodation of the greatest of 
persons. By eleven o'clock the spacious hall was densely packed, when Colo- 
nel Kane, Robert 1'. Kane and Dr. Joseph R. Kane, brothers of the deceased, 
and Lieutenant William Morton, his faithful companion in his perilous voy- 




SAMUEL B HARTMAN 

In U. .'.an local | 

nenceand v.- , all parts oi Union, Franklin county 

has had, and still has. a 1.: -onal prominence has reflected 

mostadvai :i which they have lived and conducted their op- 

erations. 

In this class oi valu^ bli ■ ns ior whom Columbus is a per- 

manent residence, must b< Hartman.M. D.,who has ever been 

v with word and purse to advance the re oi the Capital City, 

man is a direct i: jf one oi the earliest families to come 

to the United States. :. n born in Pennsylvania, en April 1, 1850. oi one of the 

oldest Dutch families in that State, they ha vinu settled theie over two hundred and 
fifty years ago. His parents were Nancy (Brubaker)Hartman and Christian Hartman. 
a prosperous farmer. He was one of a family of five sons and three daughters, two of 
whom are dead, and his early life was passed on the farm. After primary instruction 
he entered Farmers' College, near Cincinnati. Ohio, afterward taking a full course in 
the Jefferson Medical c duated in 1857. 

In 1859 Dr. Ha i Le A. Martzall, who is still living, and 

they have had two children, of whom but veins handsorri' 

dence in Columi iarded couples in the comm 

Eighteen years ago Dr. H «-rprise. which h 

suited in making his name a familiar household word to-day in all parts of the country. 
This event was the in n of his grea nisnow.- 

every section of America, howev • ed thousands oi 

in the mo- ig complaints, and it has been used and endorsed by many - 



most prominent people. A very large plant is required ior the preparation of'Peruna." 
and employment is furnished upward of two hundred people. 

Dr. Hartman has for a number of years also ownedand conducted one of the finest, 
best equipped sanitariums in the United States. It is pleasantly situated at the junc- 
tion of Main and Fourth streets, has all approved modern sanitary and medical facili- 
ties, auxiliaries and appurtenances, and all kinds of diseases are treated here, patients 
coming from all parts of the country. 

Dr. Hartman is a Republican in politics, a prominent Mason, being in the 33rd de- 
gree, is president and director of the Market Exchange National Bank, and one of the 
most respected of our representative citizens. 



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AN EMIGRATION CRAZE 

ages, entered, and were conducted to the seats reserved for them. The re- 
ligious services consisted of prayer by the Rev. Mr. Steele, of the Columbus 
Congregational church; music by the choir of that church; discourse by Dr. 
Hoge, of the First Presbyterian church; anthem by the choir; collects and ben- 
ediction by Rev. Mr. La Fourrette, of St. Paul's (Episcopal) church. Notice 
was given that the Senate Chamber would he open from two to five o'clock, to 
afford the citizens an opportunity to pay their mournful tribute of respect to 
tin- dead. Thousands of all classes and conditions gladly availed themselves 
of the opportunity. At five o'clock the doors were closed, and the silence of 
the chamber was broken only by the tread of the guard on duty. At nine 
o'clock on Monday, March U, a procession was formed, and. with dirges by the 
band from Cincinnati, and Goodman's band of Columbus; with the tolling of 
bells and other appropriate token> of sorrow, -proceeded to the depot. A por- 
tion of the joint committee accompanied the remains to Baltimore, where, 
with an appropriate address by Dr. S. M. Smith, of Columbus, they were de- 
livered to the committee appointed in that city to attend to their reception. 

AN EMIGRATION CRAZE 

In the decade from 1850 to 1860 the natural increase of Columbus by 
births, and the increase by immigration, was almost overbalanced by the emi- 
gration westward from the city and county. A perfect fever for settlement 
and speculation in the West seized upon our young men, and even upon men 
of mature age and experience in practical business life. Mechanics from the 
city anil farmers from the country wended their way westward; our streets 
were often lined with wagons, and filled with horses and cattle, on the road for 
Iowa. Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. This was but the temporary reaction 
or effect of the spirit of speculation with which the decade had opened. Many 
of the western emigrants, in a few years, returned to their old homes in Colum- 
bus and Franklin county and many more would have gladly returned, if it 
bad been in their power. But this check given to the increase of the city's 
population, was but temporary, yet bad a most salutary effect. It served to 
prove to our people that we have at home a richer field for industry and enter- 
prise than can be found elsewhere, and thus prepared the way for the rapid 
strides the city has made in greatness and prosperity. 

As soon as the emigration, which was at its height about 1857, had sub- 
sided, together with the financial havoc which occurred about the same time, 
business revived. In 18.19 numerous new buildings were erected, and manu- 
facturing establishments began to increase in number and enlarge the sphere 
of their operations. Public improvement went hand-in-hand with private 
enterprise. The principal thoroughfares began to assume that character of 
evenly graded, well paved and spacious avenues, which has made them the 
admiration of visitors. On Broad street, for instance, had been set out the 
four rows of trees, which now give it the appearance of a long and beautiful 
grove, through which is a roadway in the center, forty-three feet wide; a 
carriage-way on each side, twenty feet wide; and neatly paved sidewalks mak- 
ing the street a handsome avenue one hundred and twenty feet wide. 

The excitement that preceded and followed the breaking out of Civil 
War in the spring of 1861, aroused not onlj' the patriotism, but the enterprise 
of our citizens. Many who had before been languid and listless now felt the 
pleasure and inspiration of afresh and novel excitement. Though many of 
our young and active business men were taken away from the city and march- 
ed off to the camp or to the field of bloody strife, from which some of them never 
returned, vet the war brought, along with its evils, its compensations also. 

Columbus and its immediate vicinity became a center for the rendezvous 
of large bodies of troops, for military stations and camps, where soldiers wen- 

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WAR ORGANIZATIONS 

drilled, clothed, equipped, and sent to the front; where hospitals and soldiers' 
homes were established, where paroled prisoners awaited their release, and 
where rebel prisoners were kept in durance. These tilings, with the incidents 
naturally attending them, gave an impulse to manufactures, trade, and busi- 
ness in general, sometimes fitful and transient, it is true. but. on the whole. 
tending to develop the community and its resources, and to establish the more 
important business enterprises upon a solid basis. 

WAR ORGANIZATIONS. 

Among the organizations that came into existence here through the war 

an important one was the Ladies' Soldiers' Aid Society id' Columbus, an 
auxiliary to the National Sanitary Commission at Washington. The first an- 
nual report of the society, lor the year ending October 21, 1862, showed that 
much good had been accomplished. The cutting room had been open every 
day in the year, and the committees appointed to cut and supervise work had 
been present to give out work and receive donations. Wednesday of each 
week hail been set apart for a general meeting in the main building, to which 
ladies generally were invited. There with sewing machines, and concerted 
action, a large amount of work was accomplished. The society had thirty-six 
auxiliaries connected with it. and from these and from individuals large dona- 
tions hail been received. A large amount of clothing and hospital stores was 
sent away for the use of destitute, sick and wounded soldiers. For the purpose 
of raising funds for its worthy object, an exhibition of tableaux rirants was 
given, under the auspices of the society, in the hall of the High School build- 
ing on February 3 and ."». 1863. Phis performance was spoken id' in the papers 
of the time as one of the most beautiful and wo nil erf nl displays of the kind ever 
given. The ladies also gave several bazaars, which passed off with much eclat, 
anil one of them netted $1,216.40 

An incident connected with one of the bazaars is worthy the telling. 
This was in the form of" a free lunch given one day to the farmers and other 
citizens of the townships in the county, who had. on invitation, at a meeting 
of the citizens of Columbus, come into the city with wagons loaded with wood, 
potatoes, corn and other provisions for the destitute families of absent 
soldiers. The procession of these wagons presented not only a novel but also 
an affecting spectacle. Every township in the county was represented and the 
donations wire far greater than the most sanguine had anticipated. After the 
articles brought in had been deposited in the places designated, the generous 
and patriotic donors, partook of a sumptuous repast prepared for them by the 
ladies at the bazaar. 

Another organization, the Soldiers' Home, located in this city, was also an 
efficient agency, during the war. for the care of sick, disabled and destitute 
soldiers, not provided for by the regular military organizations. It was organ- 
ized on April 22, 1862, by the Soldiers' Aid Society, and on the 17th of October, 

1863, took up its quarters in the building erected by the Columbus branch of 
the United States Sanitary Commission, on ground west of the depot, belong- 
ing to the Little Miami Railroad company. This building was two stories high. 
24 by 60 feet in dimensions, and cost about $2,300. It contained forty-five beds, 
with iron bedsteads. Soldiers who were out of money the superintendent sup- 
plied with food, for which he paid twenty-five cents a meal. In the spring of 
1864 an addition was built to the structure, making the entire building 140 feet 
long. The addition contained eighty beds on iron bedsteads, and on July 20, 

1864, it was opened for the reception of soldiers. The Home proved a great 
comfort and help to soldiers, seamen, government employees, and even to the 
rebel prisoners, who arrived in the city sick, moneyless, or shelterless. Men 
from almost even' state in the Union, who had nowhere else to go, were hos- 



WAR ORGANIZATIONS 

pitably entertained, and, when recovered or refreshed - 
juicing. From July 20, 1864, to May 1 

lodgings, and 99,463 meals were distributed to 30.055 men, of «h 
members oi Ohio regiments. Refugees from the the South were fur 
meals. On the closing of the Home on May 7, 1860, the superinl i . E. 

B tsford, under the direction of the re] i I the Sanitary Commis- 

sion, donated to the Hannah Neil Mission the building, furniture. | . - 
dings, stoves, cooking and other kitchen utensils, and all other property be 
ingto the Home. 

In May. Wif. the I'nii' - authorities took possession of the south 

part of the State quarry tract, near the crossing of the Columbus & Xenia 
railroad, and erected barracks and other buildii _■ u. The establish- 

ment was named Tripler Hospital. The tenements, over twenty in number. 
were- afterward donated to the State for a soldiers' home, and - tiber, 

1865, the State authorities took possession, and instituted said home. On 
April 5, 1866, the Legislature passed an act establishing a temporary home for 
Ohio sol':. ■- . ■ preamble to the acl - t< the above donation, and stated 
that a home had been established and carried on with mi-;.- . - uslv paid 

by the Cincinnati and Cleveland branches of the (nit. -• ■• - Sanitary < 
mission, and other benevolent societies and individuals. It was also stated 
that the home had then as inmate- about two hundred soldiers. The act pro- 
vided for the appointment, by the Governor and Senate, of five trustees, two of 
them to be residents ol Columbus, to manage the home, and appoint E superin- 
tendent, surgeon, steward and matron. An appropriation of $75,000 was made 
to cany out the purposes of the act. 

On the 1 0th of April, 1869, the Legislature, by joint resolution, confirmed 
the action of the trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' Home, in transferring the tem- 
porary possession of the premises, the chattel property and the unexpended 
balance of appropriations for current expenses already made, to the trust- 
the National Asylum for disabled volunteer soldiers. Three days afterward an 
act was passed, reciting in the preamble that the managers of the National 
Asylum had accepted the Ohio Soldiers' Home, and were then caring for the 
disabled volunteer soldiers of tins State, and ceding- to the United States the 
jurisdiction over such lands, near the city of Dayton, as might be acquired bv 
the managers for the purposes of a national asylum for disabled sold. 

In the fall of 1863 new barracks, tailed "Tod Barracks," in honor of Gov- 
ernor Tod, were built on the east side of High street, north of the depot. Thev 
were intended for the accommodation of recruits, and of sick, disabled, and 
other soldiers, and ultimately became the place where regiments and other 
military organizations were disbanded and paid off. A board fence, twelve 
feet high, inclosed an area of216 feet front on High street, and of T."V < feet in 
depth. The main entrance was through a gate on High street, with a guard- 
house, sixteen feet square, on each side. Two blocks for offices, each 32 x 100 
feet, occupied each side of the passage. Three blocks, two stories high, with 
double piazzas, for men's quarters, occupied each side of the lot. There were 
two tiers of bunks in the men's (juarters. a bunk to each man. A guard-house 
in the rear: a dining hall, two stories high, and o2xli*» feet in dimensions 
kitchen, a laundry, and a sutler's stove, composed the residue of the buildings 
that were originally planned for erection within the inclosure. The parade 
ground, inside the inclosure. was 'Jo2x42.~ feet in area. 

DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN 

The news of tlie tragic event of President Lincoln'- assassination was 
known in Columbus at an early hour on Saturday morning, April 15 1865, and 
at short notice the evidences of a threat public calamity became general. 



DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN 

Places of business, private houses and public buildings were draped in mourn- 
ing, and flags were displayed at half-mast, while the solemnity of the occasion 
was deepened by the gloom and dreariness of the day. 

( )n Sunday the churches were arrayed in mourning, and the services 
within corresponded to these outward symbols of sorrow. On Sunday after- 
noon a large concourse of people, on the east side of the Capitol, was addressed 
by Colonel Granville Moody, while on the west side another large assembly 
listened to a discourse from Rev. A. G. Byers. Military hands performed sol- 
emn dirges, while appropriate hymns were sung by full choirs. The city coun- 
cil met at five P. M. on Sunday. President Reinhard stated that theohject of 
the meeting was to express the abhorrence of the council for the recent diaboli- 
cal act committed in the assassination of the President of the United States. 
On motion of Mr. Douty a committee of nine -one from each ward — was appointed 
to draft resolutions expressive of the sentiments of the council on that occa- 
sion. The committee consisted of Messrs. Douty, Donaldson, Graham, Thomp- 
son, Reinhard, Jaeger, Ross, Miller and Xaghten. 

Mr. Douty, from the committee, reported the following preamhle and 
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted all the members being present 
and voting aye: 

"For the first time in this country has our Chief Magistrate fallen by 
tlie hand of an assassin. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, 
has thus fallen. For the first time with us, has the life of a cabinet minister 
been assailed. That crime that lias cursed and blighted other lands has been 
inaugurated in this. That practice that has ever produced, and that, if un- 
checked, ever must produce first anarchy, and then despotism, has begun here. 
The example has been set of removing a magistrate, not by the constitution- 
ally expressed will of the people, but by murder. Let this example grow into 
use, and there will be an end of free government among us. There can be no 
true liberty where life is insecure; there can be no stable or beneficent govern- 
ment where the dagger of an assassin overthrows or usurps the national will. 
To these general truths of vital importance to society, the occasion presents 
other and most painful reflections. In the midst of the universal rejoicings 
over the success of our arms, and the prospects of peace, the Chief Magistrate, 
during whose administration the rebellion had been crushed, and from whose 
power, influence and patriotism, the most sanguine hopes of a speedy pacifi- 
cation were entertained, has been violently taken from our midst. The ban- 
ners that yesterday morning proudly and joyously floated from the masthead, 
now hang in the drapery and gloom of mourning; and where lately gratula- 
tions were exchanged, there are now seen and heard universal greetings of 
sorrow. 

"In this most painful hour of a nation's distress.it is most meet and 
proper that all official bodies and all citizens should solemnly express their ab- 
horrence of the deeds of murder that have caused this distress; that they 
should deter, by their unanimity, a repetition of such deeds, and should mani- 
fest clearly to the world that the people of these States are not, and do not 
mean to be involved in the horrors of anarchy, and that they will never give 
up the blessings of law, order, and free government. And it is also meet and 
becoming that the sympathy of the nation for the bereaved family of the late 
President, and for the surviving and suffering victims of the tragedy, should 
be expressed. 

Be it therefore resolved by the City Council of the City of Columbus: 

1. That this council and the people of Columbus view with abhorrence 
the deeds of murder that have deprived the country of its President, and have 
endangered the lives of tin- Secretary and Assistant Secretary of State. 

2. That this Council and the people of this city most deeply deplore the 
death of President Lincoln, and regard it as a great public calamity, and hereby 

IMS 




ZELORIA E. AMLIN 

The gentleman whose name appears above is one of the best known, as well as 
one of tile most popular officials of Franklin county, and one whose popularity is un- 
disputable. 

Zeloria E. Amlm was born on September 26, 1847, in Columbus, son of Alva and 
Eliza (McLeod) Amlm, and passed his early life in Columbus till seventeen years of age. 
His early education was obtained in the public schools of Columbus, and by his na- 
tural methods of observation and study of men and things, he finally became a man 
well versed in the affairs of men, and one fully capable of handling all business which 
might be presented to him. 

At the outbreak of the war, being then but fourteen years of age, he enlisted in 
the cause of the Union, and served for three years in the 18th Regiment, United States 
Volunteer Infantry, participating in seventeen battles. He was in the Atlanta cam- 
paign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, during which period he had the marvelous experi- 
ence of being for one hundred days under fire, and never receiving a wound. After 
being mustered out, Mr. Amlin returned home just six weeks before his seventeenth 
year. On his arrival home he engaged in farming and has continued to direct the valu- 
able farm which he has since become proprietor of. and which is located at Amlin sta- 
tion, which was named after him, and which is a postoffice station. The Amlin 
Chapel erected in 1880, was also named after him. In politics Mr. Amlin is a stanch 
Republican, a strong supporter of the party, and was honored by being elected trustee 
of the township of Washington In 1898 he was elected County Commissioner of 
Franklin county, which office he still holds. In his present position he is fulfilling his 
duties in a manner so efficient as to fully meet all the expectations of his constituents, 
and all of the public with whom he has dealings. 

Mr. Amlin is a member of the Union Veteran Legion, also of Avery Lodge, No. 493. 
F & A. M., of Hilliard, Ohio, and is also a member of John A. Spellman Post, No. 321, of 
Hilliard, Ohio. In all these organizations he is always a welcome guest and an es- 
teemed friend. 

On January 31. 1867. Mr Amlin was married to Miss Hester A. Douglas, and the 



marriage resulted in the birth, of two sons and four daughters. One son. John W., is 
now serving as a member of Batteiy K., of the Second Battery, United States Heavy Ar- 
tillery. Hewas present at the patrolling of the Cuban coast, and is now serving his 
country in a manner such as to evoke the praise of his superior officers. In every re- 
spect Mr. Amlin has occasion to take pride in his own career and in his family. 



DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN 

tender their sinceresi sympathy to his bereaved and afflicted family. 

3. That we desire, on this solemn occasion, to place upon record our ap- 
preciation of the high and commanding qualities of the late President Lin- 
coln, as a man of integrity, and a patriotic statesman; one who labored for 
what he deemed to be the honor and best interests of his country — who united 
mildness and kindness of heart with firmness of purpose, and whose charac- 
ter on the whole fitted him peculiarly for thegreat work of pacification and rec- 
onciliation upon which he had entered. 

4. That the warm sympathy of this council and community is felt for 
the suffering Secretary and Assistant Secretary of .State. 

5. That a committee of nine of the council, (one from each ward), be ap- 
pointed to act in conjunction with such committees as may he appointed by 
the State authorities, and the citizens generally, to make suitable preparations 
for the reception of the remains of the late President, should they be conveyed 
through this city. 

(>. That copies of these resolutions lie transmitted by the president of 
the council to Mrs. Lincoln and Mr. Seward." 

A general meeting of the citizens was held at the City Hall on Tuesday, 
April 19th. Samuel Gallowav presided as chairman and II. T.Chittenden 
acted as secretary. L. J. Critchfield, < ieorge M. Parsons, C. X. Olds, B. F. Mar- 
tin and Peter Ambos were appointed a committee on resolutions, who reported 
a series of resolutions, denouncing in strong language, the infamous crime 
that had been committed at the National Capital, eulogizing the late Presi- 
dent, and recommending the closing of places of business in the city during 
the funeral at Washington, on the succeeding day. The resolutions were 
unanimously adopted. A committee of nine, consisting of W. ( !. Deshler, 
David S. Gray, J. E. St. Clair, \V. Failing, Isaac Eberly, Rev. K. Mees, L. Kil- 
bourne, C. P. L. Butler and Dr. S. Loving, was appointed to co-operate with 
the city council committee in regard to the reception of the remains of the 
late President. 

The several lodges and the encampment of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows in the city Columbus Lodge, No. 9; Central Lodge, No. 23; Ex- 
celsior Lodge, No. 14,"); Capitol Lodge, No. 334; Harmonia Lodge, No. 358; Capi- 
tol Encampment, No. (i; Grand Lodge of Ohio and visiting lodges — held an ad- 
journed meeting at the City Hall, on the 28th of April, and adopted resolutions 
reported by a committee appointed at a previous meeting, expressing profound 
regret at the recent great national calamity; tendering warm sympathy to the 
bereaved family of the late President, and ordering that the halls of the several 
lodges and encampments in this city be suitably draped in mourning for a 
period of thirty days. 

Arrangements were made by these committees for a military and civic 
procession, for a funeral oration, and other ceremonies, at the Capitol, on the 
29th of April, when the funeral train, with the remains of the President, would 
arrive at Columbus at half-past seven o'clock in the morning. Major John \V. 
Skiles was appointed chief marshal of the day, with numerous aides. The fol- 
lowing citizens were selected to act as pall bearers on this solemn occasion: 
Dr. John Andrews, Robert Neil, F. C. Kelton, |ohn Field, Augustus Piatt, 
Christian Hevl, E. VV. Gwynne, YV. B. Hubbard, Indue Taylor, John Brooks, W. 
B. Thrall, D.W. Deshler, L. Goodale, ].R. Swan, W. T. Martin, William M. 
Awl, G. W. Monypeny, John M. Walcutt, F. Stewart, John Noble, F\ Ja?ger, Sr., 
and Amos S. Ramsey. 

On the morning of the day appointed, the funeral train arrived amid the 
ringing of muffled bells. Passing forward from the Union Station, the train 
stopped so that the funeral ear lav nearly across High street. An immense 
throng had assembled at the depot. Bauds of music played solemn dirges 

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DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN 

while the coffin was taken from the car by the Veteran Reserves and placed in 
the hearse. 

The procession was grand and impressive. The hearse was the greal 
center of attraction, and all along the line of march people strove to get as near 
it as possible. It was seventeen feet long, eight and a half feet wide, and elev- 
en and a half feet high. The main platform was four feet from theground. < )n 
this rested a dais for the coffin, over which was a canopy resembling a Chinese 
pagoda inform. Black cloth, festooned, depended from the platform, fringed 
with silver lace, and ornamented with tassels of black silk. Surrounding the 
cornice of the canopy were thirty-six silver stars, and on the apex and on 
the four corners were heavy black plumes. On each side of the dais was 
the word •■Lincoln" in silver letters. The hearse was drawn by six white 
horses, covered with black cloth edged with silver fringe. The horses' heads 
were surmounted with large black plumes, and each was led by a groom 
dressed in black. The coffin lay on the dais, in the hearse, in full view of 
the people, who crowded every window, balcony, housetop, and every inch 
of sidewalk on each side of High street. Among the various orders and 
societies in the procession the fire department of the city, with the neat uni- 
forms of the officers, and the tine condition of the steamers, and hose-carts, 
and especinllv the decorated car tilled with forty-two young ladies in deep 
mourning, elicited general admiration. 

The procession moved from the depot south on High street to Broad, 
east on Broad to Fourth, south on Fourth to State, east on State to Seventh, 
south on Seventh to Town, west on Town to High, and north on High to the 
west front of the Capitol. Along the whole line, public buildings, dwellings, 
stores and other places of business were decorated with mourning, some having 
appropriate mottoes and designs. An arch over the western entrance to 
Capitol Square bore the inscription: "Ohio Mourns." The columns at the west 
front and the interior of the Capitol were heavily draped with black cloth, and 
numerous devices and inscriptions testified the public sorrow. 

The procession entered the western gateway to the Square, and proceed- 
ed to the rotunda, which, from the emblems of mourning on every hand, seemed 
for the time transformed into a gorgeous tomb. On a platform ascended by 
five stairs or steps, was thedais beautifully ornamented and festooned, on which 
the coffin was placed, on a bed of white roses, immortelles and orange blossoms. 

1 'raver was offered in the rot unda by the Rev. C. I*;. Felt on. and the people 
walked without noise upon a carpel to the catafalque, passing by twos on each 
side of the coffin, viewing the remains and passing out those on the right at 
the south, and those on the left turning to the north. It was found by actual 
count that over eight thousand persons passed in and out every hour from half- 
past nine until four o'clock, so that, making all due allowances, it was estimated 
that the remains were viewed that day by over fifty thousand people. 

In the after n a funeral oration was delivered by Job Stevenson, of 

Chillicothe, before a large concourse of people gathered in the east terrace of 
the Capitol. At six o'clock in the evening the doors of the Capitol were closed, 
the procession was reformed, a national salute was tired, and the remains ol 
President Lincoln were borne away and transferred to the funeral car at tin- 
depot of the Indiana Central Railway, for transportation to Indianapolis. 

VISIT OF GENERAL GRANT 

The great war general, U. S. Grant, who now rests in a magnificent 
mausoleum on a site overlooking the Hudson river. New York, was a guest oi 
Columbus shortly after the close of the war. 

At a meeting of the city council, held September IS, 1865, a committee, on 
motion of Mr. Donaldson, was appointed to extend an invitation to C S.Grant, 
Lieutenant General of the United States, to visit the Capital of Ohio, his native 

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VISIT OF GENERAL GRANT 

State, and accept the hospitalities of thecity of Columbus. The members of the 
committee were Mayor James (i. Hull, president of the council, G. Douty, 
George M. Parsons, A. (I. Thurman, Joseph K'. Swan, Peter Ambos and Thomas 
Lough. Messrs. Buttles, Donald son, Ross, Stauring and Patterson were also ap- 
pointed a committee to make arrangements for the reception of General Grant, 
should he accept the invitation. 

The invitation was accepted, and Tuesday, the third day of October was 
set apart for the proposed visit. At an earl}' hour of that day the city put on 
her holiday attire. By noon the State House yard and the streets were thronged 
with expectant people. At one o'clock the boom of cannon announced the 
arrival of the General at the depot. Thence the procession moved to the west 
front of the Capitol, in the following order: Han. I of the Eighteenth L. S. 
Infantry; General Grant, family and staff, in carriages; Governor Anderson and 
ex-Governor Tod ; Mnvnr Hull and the city council; military officers, members 
of the press, city tire department, and citizens in carriages. 

When the procession reached the west gate of Capitol Square, a novel 
and interesting spectacle was presented. The whole western facade of the 
State House was lined with pupils from the public schools, attended by their 
teachers, and displaying flags and boquets. The procession passed into the 
State House, where the General had a formal reception in the Governor's room. 
He was then conducted to the west front of the Capitol, and introduced by 
Mayor Bull to the assembled multitude. The General replied, expressing his 
great gratification at his warm reception, but declining any attempt at speech- 
making. He then re-entered the State House, amid the cheers of the assembly 
outside, and held a levee in the rotunda, the people passing him in double 
column, and many having the pleasure of shaking him by the hand. After this 
ceremony the General and staff were escorted, by the committee, to the Asylums 
for the Blind, and for the Deaf and Dumb. 

At a hi ut four o'clock a banquet was given General Grant and party at 
the Neil H >us -. Ah ml three hundred citizens were present, including some 
of the prominent men of the State. After the dinner, Governor Anderson, 'with 
an appropriate speech, introduced the General, who made his usual brief 
response. Speeches were then made by Governor Tod, Samuel Galloway, and 
General Joseph H. Geiger. The following toast, proposed by General ( leiger, 
was drank standing and in silence: "The Memory of the Illustrious Head of the 
War." In the evening General Grant and party visited the opera house, 
which was crowded with people more curious to see him than to witness the 
performance. That night General Grant took his departure for Pittsburg. 



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CHAPTER XVII! 
HUMBOLDT JUBILEE 

The centennial anniversary of the birth of Alexander von Humboldt 
was celebrated in Columbus on the 14th of September, 1869. At an early hour 
the city was gaily decorated with flags, banners and evergeeens. A grand 
procession, consisting of military companies, the lire department, and various 
beneficial and musical societies, principally German, paraded the principal 
streets, headed by Hemersbach's band. The procession disbanded at the opera 
house, which was densely filled by an assembly of citizens. An opening ad- 
dress was made in both English and German, by Henry Olnhausen, president 
of the day. A letter was then read by Colonel B. Carrington from Joseph 
Sullivant who had been appointed to deliver an address on the occasion. The 
Rev. C. Heddaeus was introduced and delivered a learned dissertation on the 
life and character of Humboldt. He was followed by E. E. White, who spoke 
on the same theme. The exercises were enlivened with singing and instru- 
mental music by the various musical societies, and made the entertainment a 
grand jubilee in memory of one of the most illustrious men of modern times. 

RIDING CHICAGO FIRE SUFFERERS 

On October 9, 1871, a meeting of citizens was held in the opera house 
to secure aid for the victims of the great fire in Chicago, one of the most de- 
structive in history. The Mayor presided and appointed P.W.Huntington, Dr. 
W. K. Ide and General George K. Wright, a committee to obtain subscriptions, 
and William ( !. Deshler treasurer to receive the contributions. Subscriptions 
were made on the spot to the amount of $10,430. The following gentlemen sub- 
scribed a thousand dollars each: William Dennison, William G Deshler, George 
M. Parsons, A. G Thurman, Benjamin E. Smith, H. J. Jewett and the firm of 
B. S. & W.C. Brown. The committee and treasurer appointed by the meeting 
were charged with the duty of disbursing these fluids; a committee of two 
from each of the nine wards was appointed to solicit further aid. 

A meeting of ladies was held the next day at the First Presbyterian 
church for a similar purpose. Mrs. j. M. McKee presided, and Mrs. Huston 
was secretary. The city was divided into five districts, and committees of ladies 
appointed to solicit aid in each. A purchasing committee was also appointed to 
expend a thousand dollars set apart for buying material to be manufactured in- 
to clothing. On the 14th of ( )ctober following, Mr. Deshler, the treasurer, report- 
ed total collections to the relief fund to that date, amounting to$13,996. Several 
subscriptions were still unpaid and several collection committees had not re- 
ported. Besides, large quantities of provisions and clothing had been sent 
forward by the enterprise and liberality of individual citizens. 

AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. 

There is, probably, no equal extent of territory in the West, adapted by 
nature, to the growth of a greater variety of plants useful to mankind than the 
region of country around and in the immediate vicinity of Columbus. We 
have the greatest variety of soils, in the aggregate, adapted to the growth of 
any vegetable production that grows in our climate. No county is better 
watered or has richer valleys than Franklin. 

Of all the valleys in the world none surpass, and but few equal, the Sci- 
oto valley in richness of soil, ease of culture, and adaptability to the cultiva- 
tion of the agricultural products most needed in civilized life. In richness of 

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that was greatly deplored by the officers and men, whom he had led so long and so suc- 
cessfully. 

At the beginning of the Spanish -AmericanWar, Colonel Freeman's experience was 
called into requisition at Camp Bushnell, where, under General Axline, he was made 
Assistant Quartermaster General, and assumed the general supervision of affairs in 
that department, in a manner reflecting the utmost credit upon him, and at the close 
of the war was ordered to the State Arsenal at Columbus, Ohio, which position he still 
holds. Col. Freeman had two sons in the Spanish-American War and one now a Lieu- 
tenant in the 19th Infantry at Manila. 

For a number of years he served as a member of the County Board of Agriculture, 
and was the prime mover in securing for the Capital City that beauty spot in Nature 
named Franklin Park. He has never held any political position, though often urged to 
run for office. 

Colonel Freeman was married, October 1865, to Miss Julia A. Diemer, whose 
parents were among the pioneers of Central Ohio, and they and their family reside in 
a dwelling on Main street, near Third, this city. 



AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES 

soil it surpasses the long" famed valley of the Nile, Attica, and is only equalled 
bythe Miamis, the Maumee, the Wabash and other western valleys. It is here, 
in a fair season and with good culture, we raise from ninety to one hundred 
bushels of shelled corn per acre. 

There are also the valleys of the Big and Little Darby, the ( Hentangy, 
Alum Creek, Big and Little Walnut, Blacklick, and some smaller ones beside. 
The amount of tillage crops these valleys could be made to produce would he 
enormous. They were originally timbered with white and black walnut, hick- 
ory, hackberry, buckeye, white and blue ash, and bard and soft maple in abund- 
ance, with white and burr oak, white and red elm, and a lower growth of box- 
wood, pawpaw, redbud, and many other kinds. The weeds of native growth 
are horse-weed, wild pea-vi tie, Spanish needle, wild cucumber, cockle- burr, and 
some others, all indicating rich land. These valleys are peculiarly fitted lor 
the growing of Indian corn, broom corn, potatoes, and, in fact, all tillage crops. 

It is here that the labor of the husbandman is most abundantly repaid. 
Along the edges of these valleys are table lands, or second bottom lands. 
These consist of a loamy soil, between a sandy soil and a clay loam, about 
twelve or fifteen inches deep, then from three to rive feet of a reddish clay 
compact enough to hold manure or the native richness of the soil, vet porous 
enough to allow the surplus water to leach through, all being underlaid by a 
bed of sand or gravel, evidently a drift, which makes the most perfect drain- 
age. We seldom see water standing on this soil, and never long at a time, ex- 
cept when the ground is deeply frozen. 

This is the land peculiarly suited to the small grains, such as wheat, 
oats, rye and barley, anil the fruits generally. On these second bottoms the 
peach tree lives and flourishes for twenty-five years or more. The grape, too, 
succeeds well; while the apple, the pear and the quince produce their finest 
specimens. The soil being naturally underdrained, and capable of being 
brought to the highest state of fertility by maturing, is admirably adapted to 
the growth of garden vegetables and small fruits generally. Here they are 
never drowned out or become water-clogged. The}' are free alike from stag- 
nant water and the overflow of streams. The gravel with which the ground is 
underlaid being moist, it takes a long drouth to injure the crop. There is, too, 
enough such land surrounding Columbus to produce all the vegetables and 
fruits that a city of half a million of inhabitants can consume and of the very 
finest quality, as has been proven by the annual exhibitions of the Franklin 
County Agricultural Society. 

Between the streams, or rather back of these bottom-lands, there is what 
is familiarly called clay lands. These are interspersed with swirls and ponds, 
which, when drained, are almost equal to our best valley lands. On these clay 
and swale lands the grasses grow and flourish most luxuriously. From these 
we get most of our hay, milk, butter, and some of our finest fruits, especially 
apples ami pears. 

Here, then we find the city of Columbus, situated in the midst of a most 
fertile region, agriculturally considered, capable of producing, in almost un- 
limited quantities, most of the necessaries of life. We can grow our own wheat, 
corn, oats, rye, buckwheat anil potatoes, as well as sorghum and broom-corn, 
and load our own tables with garden vegetables of the finest quality; with 
both tree and small fruits in abundance, and with butter, milk and cheese to 
our hearts' content. We can furnish all the hay and other provender our an- 
imals can consume, and from our own products make all the whisky, beer. 
and wine we need. In meats we can furnish our own beef, pork and mutton, 
while the products of our poultry-yards keep pace with the demand, and can 
be increased indefinitely. 

Our climate is a peculiarly fortunate one; exempt alike from the rigors 
of the northern winters and the burning sun of the southern summers, we sel 

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TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY 

dom have bui a few days at a time of extremely 1 1 < >t or cold weatlier. From 
our elevation we enjoy a very salubrious atmosphere. We have the advantage 
of a hilly or almost mountainous region, the bed of the Scioto river at this 
point being 776 feet above tide-water. The State House site being sixty feet 
higher, Columbus stands s:{(i feet above tide-water, and (i'J4 feet above the wa- 
ters of Lake Erie. It is situated 101 feet higher than Zanesville, Muskingum 

county. This is about t third as high as the highest peaks of the Allegheny 

mountains. So we have the advantages of a level country for our agriculture, 
with the salubrious air of the hilly countries of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 
This region is well adapted to the rearing of domestic animals. Here the horse, 
cow.sheep and swine, are healthy and vigorous, producing as perfect and hardy 
animals as any part of America. 

TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. 

A work of much importance to the city of Columbus and vicinity, one 
necessitating about three quarters of a year's labor on the part of a staff of 
expert surveyors from the Cnited States Geological Service, was begun in 
May, 1899, and carried through to a successful issue. The object of the party, 
which was in charge of Mr. Hersey Munroe of the C S. Geological Survey, 
was to secure a topographical map of Columbus and vicinity, the map taking 
in a radius of about five hundred miles. The topographical base made was 
for the geological report of the government, and the topographical map can be 
used for almost every purpose, such as the mapping out of railroad routes, ca- 
nals, the laying out of public highways, and other public improvements. 

The map shows all the public highways and all bouses within the radius. 
In every township within the prescribed territory is placed a metal bench plate. 
showing the correct elevation above the sea level. A record of the location ol 
these bench plate marks is kept by the surveyors, and it will be an easy mat- 
ter for surveyors to ascertain just where to find them when necessary. In 
placing the mark plates, which contain the exact level, with datum, secure 
foundations have been selected, either in the masonry of township houses, on 
rocks near the roadway, or on iron poles imbedded in the ground for the pur- 
pose. In the topographical maptheexact elevation is shown every twenty feet , 
also the various contours. The map also shows all timber area, nat ure of crops 
raised, analysis of soil, and various other information of a decided character. 
The map is published by the interior department of the government, from 
which copies may be bad at the mere cost of printing. The geological survey 
follows up the above work with its investigation, and the whole will lie pub- 
lished in atlas Form by the government. 

COLUMBUS AS A MANUFACTURING CENTER. 

One of the proudest records in the annals of commercial history is that 
attained by Columbus as a great industrial and manufacturing center. The 
proximity to Nature's storehouses of coal, oil and iron is sufficient to give 
prominence to the more staple industries. While having at command such 
varied and valuable products of the mine, the forest, and the farm, and possess- 
ing the very best facilities For the distribution oi goods, nothing is kicking to 
make Columbus the ideal city for the location of manufacturing establish- 
ments of every kind. The city has established a permanent reputation for 
sound business methods and the substantial basis upon which her commercial 
and financial Fabric rests. It seems destined to become the manufacturing 
center for that immense and fertile section lying between the Alleghenies on 
the east and the Rockies on the west; the gulfs on the south and the lakes on 
the north. The capital is here, as well as the facilities and skill necessary to 
manufacture goods of tin- most varied description. 

Columbus has grown from small beginnings to be one of the most im- 

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COLUMBUS AS A MANUFACTURING CENTER 

portant business and manufacturing centers in the West, ;in«l its facilities and 
prospects for future growth are unexcelled. Simultaneously, almost, with the 
laying bare to public gaze of the almost inexhaustible riches of the coal and 
iron mines to the southeast of us, was the opening of the Hocking Valley 
Railroad, giving us ready and speedy access to a portion of those mines, and 
bringing their rich products to our very doors. Then it was that our capital- 
ists and business men saw more clearly than before, that the only safe and 
sure way to advance their own interests and those of the city, was to utilize 
the raw material so abundant and so easily obtained, and that this could only 
be done by enlarging the business of existing manufacturing establishments, 
and inaugurating new ones that should be liberal in the employment of cap- 
ital, skilled labor, and the most improved mechanism. Grasping this idea 
firmly, our men of means and enterprise went to work with a will, and the 
present enlarged and steadily expanding condition of our industries is the sub- 
stantial and highly creditable result. 

It is mainly due to her importance as a great iron manufacturing city, that 
the present and future of (Jolumbus.as a great productive center depends. This is 
due to her close contiguity to the coal and iron fields of south western Ohio, and 
the ease with which she can avail herself of the all but exhaustless resources for 
manufactures and trade, and the consequent continued increase of her popula- 
tion and wealth. What has already been achieved in this line may be taken as a 
prophecy of the magnificent possibilities of the future 

This city leads the world in the manufacture of carriages, and Columbus 
vehicles are to be found in use in every country on the face of the earth. 
There are here twenty-four carriage factories, besides fourteen that are allied 
with the business in the manufacture of carriage and wagon material. A 
factor that has been most active in promoting the industrial prominence of 
Columbus is that of the buggy manufacturing interest. The city is famed 
the world over for its products in this line. The manufacture of buggies was 
an early industry here, but has seen its greatest and most important growth 
since 1870. The output from the Columbus buggy factories has always con- 
sisted of the highest and best grades of work, which fact has contributed 
largely to its universal popularity. As regards the styles made there are almost 
unlimited varieties for the purchaser to select from, one company alone pub- 
lishing a catalogue of nearly a hundred different designs. Within the past 
few years several new factories in this line have been opened here. 

There are two main reasons assigned for the advantages offered by Co- 
lumbus as a center for the manufacture of buggies: First, that so many skilled 
laborers live here, and second, that the factories here have won a most en- 
viable reputation for the city as well as for themselves. There are now engaged 
in the manufacture of buggies in this city, 1.4(H) mechanics and assistants, 
exclusive of office forces, traveling men, etc. The amount of capital invested 
is $1,200,000; the number of vehicles annually produced, 28,575, the value of 
which aggregates $2,660,000. The concerns turning out these vehicles are: The 
Buckeye Buggy Company, located at No. 482 North High street; Climax 
Buggy Company, corner of Spring street and Dennison avenue; Columbus 
Buggy Company, 277 North High street; Columbus Vehicle Company, west 
end of Buttles" avenue; M. & E. K. Hayes, 203 East Town street; Monarch 
Vehicle Company, IMS West Broad street; Scioto Buggy Company, 504 West 
Buttles avenue; Warren-Southwick Carriage Company, corner Cleveland 
avenue and drove street, and the Parsons Vehicle Company, corner Dennison 
avenue and Spruce street. Tuere are also a number of smaller concerns, and a 
number of establishments that make parts of buggies only. The most im- 
portant is the Excelsior Seat Company, which manufactures seats and bodies 
only. They employ 12.1 hands, and their annual product is valued at $ 1 25 ,(HH). 
The Peters. & Herron Dash . Company make dashes and fenders exclusively, 

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employing KKI people, and turning out HOO.IMM) dashes annually. The Brown 
Manufacturing Company produce carriage lamps, while the Lanraan Com- 
pany and Berry Bros, manufacture clips, holts and other carriage hardware. 

Among the other manufactories here are large iron and steel furnaces 
whose fires illume the sky at night; thirty great machine shops, twenty stove 
foundries, four steam engine works, three wire works forty cigar and stogie 
factories, five clothing factories, twenty-eight foundries, bicycle factories, 
two big bridge companies, thirteen furniture factories, three glass factories, 
file "works, fourteen harness and saddlery hardware factories, two knit goods 
establishments, thirty-four pump factories, six paint factories, works for the 
manufacture of chains, holts, ropes, tools, agricultural implements, electrical 
engines, musical instruments, soaps, oils, chemicals, brass goods, pharmaceu- 
tical preparations, barrels, baskets, wooden and willow ware, trunks, fire ap- 
paratus, cash registers, hoots and shoes, and hundreds of other articles. 

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL 

The hanking business has made wonderful strides since the early days. 
The history of hanking institutions, which had their beginning at that period, 
is replete with many marvelous instances of its growth. In that early day, in 
Franklin county, as elsewhere, hanks were established with but little capital, 
and no experience whatever. 

There were many difficulties arising in the hanking business, which had 
to be met and solved. Notes for circulation were scarce. Banks had no busi- 
ness communication with each other. The affairs of each were sacredly guard- 
ed, and such a thing as interchange was not even a matter for thought. Legis- 
lation, too, had been continuously unfriendly to hanking institutions, and with 
the passing years, became more and more arbitrary. 

In the year 1820, Ralph Osborn, who was at the time Auditor of State, 
wrote a communication in which, in very emphatic language, he called atten- 
tion to existing evils, and suggested the remedies which should be applied. 
It created some comment in banking circles, much of it too, unfavorable, but 
that was the only perceptible effect. 

He related an instance of a Cincinnati bank, where an exchange was 
sought, and by making a discount, $170 of script was obtained. Thegovern- 
ment could not secure loans without a great sacrifice, and conditions became 
rapidly worse. It was at this period that the government, created by an act a 
State bank, as a sate guard against merchants and money holders, who were 
desirous of "bleeding" to the fullest extent. 

Conditions of the time can he gauged by an instance here related. In 
the War of 1812, the money sharks would only advance $71 in cash for $100 
in government securities. This could not long prevail without the most se- 
rious results and henceit was that the dav of State depositories under govern- 
ment control was hastened along. 

At the time of the adoption of this system, State banks had issued hills 
to an enormous amount. It was found impossible to redeem them without 
sorely pressing the borrowers. The final result of the demand of the banks 
was that the borrowers asked and obtained loans from government depositories. 
The tendency of the period, as the history of the time records, was to embar- 
rass banks and depreciate the currency of that day. All this proceeded stead- 
ily forward, notwithstanding the fact that able and conscientious financiers 
frequently got together to devise ways and means to avert impending evils. 
The interests charged on loans at that time, too, amounted to 26, 30 and 36 per 
cent. 

Something about the currency used at that period will be of interest. 
In addition to the notes in circulation, there were in the way of coin, Spanish 
silver dollars, and its half, also quarter, eighth, and sixteenth, the last two 




JOHN W. LILLEY 



WALTER T. LILLEY. 



John W. Lilley was born in Ripley Brown county . Ohio. March 14 182 6, and is 
the son of Samuel Doak Lilley who was a contracting carpentei and faimer. His 
mother' was Sarah Ellis Tweed, and to them were born one son and lour daughters. 
John W. Lilley being the onl\ 

Mr. John W. Lilley 's mother came oi a very distinguished family, her father's 
tier having served in the War ot J L2 < I on his lather's side the great grand - 
father served as an Ensign in the War of the Revolution and Colonel in the War of 
1812 He was educate. I in a hool of Brown county and public schools of Co- 

lumbus. 

After securing m school education, he learned the trade of book 

binding with his uncle. Mr, M. C. Lilley, and later became a partner in the firm of Sei- 
bert & Lilley, Blank Book Manufacturers and Publishers 

He is a Republican in politics, is a member of the Order o: Odd Fellows and the 

Fancibles, one of the historical military organizations of the Capital City, made 
up of its most prominent citizens, and whose annual banquets are famed tar and wide. 
The surviving members of this organization meet annually and proceeding in a body 
to Green Lawn Cemetery, decorate the graves of their dead ccmrades and pay their re- 
spects to their memory. He is also a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, in 
which he has long been prominent. 

On the 24th day c t October, 1 860, in the Second Presbyterian Church, in Colum- 
bus. Rev. Dr. Morris, the pastor, officiating, he was married to Miss Rachael Christiana 
Cloud, the daughter of Colonel Enoch Cloud, who served his country with honor in 
the War of 1812. and served with distinction at Frenchtown when the British were 
driven out and one of the party who dined with General Marquis Lafayette when on 
his last visit to this country in L825, at Elkton. Maryland. So that on both sides of the 
family are num . '.-rulers and preservers of the Republic. To their 

union eight children were born, of whom six are living : Charles Samuel Lilley, who 
holds a responsible position in the treasury department of the Pennsylvania railway at 
Pittsburg: Walter T. Lilley contracting plumber and general machinist: Mrs. Flora 
Evelyn Pratt, wife of Mr, Harry Pratt, with office in the Marzetti building. North High 
street and Gay : Mis Bertha Lilley Wentz, wife of Howard Edward Wentz with the 
Ritter Lumber Company : Miss Mabel Lilley who is fitting herself for the profession of 
teacher, and Miss Alice Mary Lilley who is an attendant of Sullivant schc ol. Theirs is 
one of the interesting families in Columbus, and has made the married life of Mr. and 
Mrs. Lilley peculiarly enjoyable. Mr. Lilley is entitled to take rank among the pioneers 
of Columbus as he h. i r more than half a century. He standi 

edly high in the business community, and is known only to be respected for his 
many excellent traits of character and his sterling integrity in his dealings. 



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pieces being known as four-pence, ha'penny or a fippeny bit and nitiepence. 
There was another coin then in circulation known as the pistareen. 
worth eighteen and three quarter rents. It is recorded that owing to the 
scarcity of the latter two pieces, the quarter was cut into two or four pieces, 
which became current, and was called a ninepence or a "tip" respectively. 
They were also known at that period as "sharp shines". 

Matters in the financial world had reached such a pass that in 1836, the 
Legislature; which had been obnoxiously active in the disturbance of monetary 
conditions, passed an act prohibiting the circulation of small bills. This 
measure provided that on and after the 4th day of July of that year, the banks 
should not issue bills of less than the denomination of three dollars. 

"Wildcat" banking was raging; and a fearful panic was verging upon 
the people. And it would appear that the legislation of that period tended to 
make still more unstable the currency of the day. 

The hostility of the law-making power was met by measures of retalia- 
tion on the part of the banks, and the light but added to the confusion. The 
Columbus banks jumped into the nuelstrom of discontent, by the announce- 
ment that they would refuse to receive the notes of any bank west of Ohio except- 
ing the State bank of Indiana. 

On the 27th of June, lSIJi), there was a convention of Ohio bankers held 
here. At this meeting it was decided after some discussion, to open to banks 
the private affairs of each that they could better proceed in the transaction of 
general banking business. After this step had been taken, there was more 
confidence extant, and its general effect was good. 

There had been passed an act on the 23d of February, 1816, providing for 
the incorporation of banks under state charters. Following the establishment 
of a State bank known to many as the "Hoard of Control," the rooms of which 
were located at the southeast corner of Stateand High, a number of independ- 
ent banks were organized. The Franklin bank of Columbus was the first or- 
ganized and Samuel Parsons, Lucas Sullivant, John Cutler, John Kerr, Alex- 
ander Morrison, James Kilbourne, Jarvis Hike and Henry Brown were author- 
ized to receive subscriptions. Lucas Sullivant was made president and A.J. 
Williams, cashier. 

The Exchange and City bank were the next organized under the charter 
law. Judge Swan was president of the State bank, or as it was known to 
some, the Board of Control. He served in that capacity a number of years. 

Right here, it may be stated before proceeding farther with the history 
of local banks, that the tirst bank to issue notes for circulation in Ohio was the 
Miami Exporting Company, in the year 1803. 

The City Bank of Columbus began its voyage on the sea of finance in 
1845, with W.'S. Sullivant, Noah H. Swayne, William M. Awl, Samuel McClel- 
land, Orange fohnson and William S. Piatt, as directors. Joel Buttles, who 
figured very largely in the newspaper history of Franklin county, was chosen 
to serve as its president. At his death, Flatt was elected to till the vacancy. 

In the early fifties, banks were started here and there, although some 
bad but short lives. This increase was due largely to the fact that in the few 
years preceding, legislation had been vastly more favorable to banking institu- 
tions throughout the State. 

In 1854, Miller, Donaldson & Company, began a private banking business. 
The incorporators were Luther Donaldson, John Miller, and A. H. Greene. 
After a nourishing career, it finally went out of business. Then followed 
Rickly and Brother in 1857. This bank was continued till 1875, when the Capi- 
tal City bank was organized with the same guiding spirits at the helm. The 
capital stock was $50,000, and it was located at the southeast corner of State 
and High and W. S. Shrum, J. W. Souder, < ;. W. Bright, S. S. and R. R. Rickly 
were the directors. 

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The first savings bank, it may be remarked, that was established here 
was on February i, 1839, and was located in the Russell block on Smith High 
near State now known as the Johnson building. 

In 1866, Harden, Hutcheson & Company established a bank at No. 13 
South High, which was later removed to the Hayden building, on East Broad 
near High, [ts capital stock was $15,000, and it is to-day one of the leading 
hanks of the city. 

On December 1. is is, Reinhard & Company bsgan in the banking busi 
ness in the Reinhard-Fieser building on South High near Rich. The capital 
stock was $20,000 and the moving spirits then were Thomas Miller, Jacob Rein- 
hard, Fred Fieser and |ose|>h Falkenbach. 

The Brooks, Butler & Company bank, which was located at the south 
east cornerof Town and High, but ceased to do business a lew years ago, was 
incorporated in 1872 by Sparrow, Mines & Company. 

The Deshler hank was organized May 1, 1879, by William G. and John 
G. Deshler and George \V. Sinks with the latter as president ami John G.Desh- 
ler as cashier. In June of 1891, it was re-organized as the Deshler National, 
with a capital stock of $200,000. 

The People's bank which was located <>n the north side ot Broad, east ol 
High, was launched by J. 11. Anderson & Company, but its career was not a 
long one. 

Peter Ambos as president, William Monypeny, E. G. Mithoff, W. B. 
Brooks, and 1>. A. Randall, organized tin- First National bank December 7, 1863, 
capital stock $300,000. It had a prosperous career and is now known as tin- 
New First National. 

Dr.W. E. hie was president of the Central hank and N. Sch lee vice- 
president. T. C. Bailey was selected as cashier. The Central about 1S77 was 
merged with the Fourth National then located at the southeast corner of State 
and High. 

The National Exchange bank was organized December 7, 1863. Peter 
Ambos was selected as president and Theodore Gordon cashier. The directors 
were Peter Ambos, William Monypeny, E. G. Mithoff, VV. B. Brooks, and I >. A. 
Randall. There was finally a change made in the title and it became known as 
the First National. 

January 1,1866, P. W. Huntington and David Deshler established the 
Deshler Savings bank. On the death of Mr. Deshler, a few years later, Hunt- 
ington took charge of the concern, and it is now located in the building at the 
southwest cornerof Broad and High. 

The Citizens Savings bank was organized in lN7:i, with John Beatty as 
president, John Beatty Jr., as secretary, and J. R. Shim, cashier. It is located 
on North High between Gay and Long and in a prosperous condition. 

The Columbus Savings bank began in the Dark Hotel building at Good- 
ale and High, with E. T. Hinmau as president. March 7, 1881. 

The Merchants and Manufacturers bank, at Spring and High, was organ 
ized September ,"), 1881, by J. W. King, W. D. Dark and others, with a capital 
stock of $1<H),(XM>. 

Orange Johnson, |. A.Jeffrey, F. C. Sessions, and others, were the prime 
movers in the Commercial bank at Dong and High, in 1869. In 1881 it was re- 
organized, and called the Commercial National. The City Deposit bank, at 
Gay and High is a comparatively new institution. 

The Hank of Commerce at Chestnut and High was established by D. S. 
Cray, a railroad magnate, and others, ami has a large volume of business. 

The South End Hank with 11. Mithoff as president, and P. W. Corzillius, 
as cashier, did business for six years, and then closed its doors because of strin- 
gency of funds. 

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The Farmers and Mechanics bank, now extinct, was given birth b\ I >. \. 
Sullivan, Fphraim Sells, and others, September .">, 1887. 

The Ohio Savings bank, John Siebert, president, located .it the south- 
east corner '.I Main and High, began business in Mav, 188H, with a capital 
stock oi .^'.7,r»(Mi. 

The Market Exchange bank at Fourth and Main, organized b\ Dr. S. I: 
Hartman and others, has had remarkable success. 

Tin- Fifth Avenue bank, at Fifth Avenue and High, encountered many 
difficulties in it- progress, although ii had strong financial support. 

< >n the whole, the banking institutions of Columbus mav well be styled 
financial Gibraltars, and will compare favorably with any other like institu 
t i « . 1 1 ~~ throughout the country. 



CHAPTER XIX 

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION 



The practice of medicine, one of the mosf importanl of the learned pro 
fessions, today demands a wide range of scientific knowledge and practical 
skill. Ii had it- origin in early Greece, and, up to the nineteenth century, 
it- progress was slow indeed. The latter half of the glorious nineteenth century 
witnessed marvelous advances in all branches of medicine and surgery, in the 
discovery of the causes of diseases and their successful treatment, in the ap 
plication of electricity, in the invention of the X Rays, and in the production 
of scientifically made surgical devices and therapeutic appliances. The dem 
onstrationof tin- germ theory by Pasteur, Koch, and others was a No a re vela 
tion that ha-, in an immeasurable degree, promoted the knowledge and inter 
ests of the medical fraternity, and bettered tin- cause of humanity at large. 
The theory of disease rests upon physiology, with it- more or !>■-- technical 
adjuncts, while patholog} i- all that physiology i-, with the engrossing and 
difficult element of perturbation, deflexion, or shortcoming added, and every 
year sees the knowledge of these matters greatly enlarged through the stud 
ies, discoveries, experiments and prac t ice of our I earner I physicians. 

During the rule of yEsculapius, the Thessalian kin^, to whom in later 
times divine honor- were paid, sick persons repaired, or were conveyed to In- 
temples in order to he healed, just a- in modern time-, relief i- sought by a 
devotional pilgrimage, or from the water- ol gome -acred spring, The sick 
man, alter ablution, prayer and sacrifice, was made to sleep on the hide ol the 
sacrificed animal, or ni the I eet ,,| the -I at ue ol i he god, while sacred rite- were 
performed. In his sleep the appropriate remedy was indicated by a dream. 
Moral or dietetic remedies were more often described than drugs. The 
record ol the cure was inscribed on tin- columns or wall- of tin- temple; ami it 
ha- been thought that in this way was introduced the custom of "recording 
cases," and that the physicians of the Hippocratic School thus learned to ai 
cumulate clinical data. But the priests of /KsculapiiiH were not physicians, 
and no medical writing ol antiquity speaks of the worship ol .teseulapius in 
such a way as to imply a 113' connection with the ordinary art of healing. 
In medical as in civil history there i- no real break, and a continuous thread 
ol learning and practice has continued since the time ol Galen, the Greek, who 
was the- first great real physician, and whose writings exercised a wonderful 
influence for centuries. In this brief sketch we cannot mention all who have 



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been recognized as reformers or influential theorists in the medical world, but one 
of the foremost was Hahneman (1753-1844). The latter was guided by his well- 
known principle "similia siuiilibus curantur, "which he explained as depending 
on the law that in order to get rid of a disease some remedy must be given 
which should substitute for t lie disease an action dynamically similar, but 
weaker. The original malady being thus got rid of tin- vital force would easily 
be able to cope witli and extinguish the slighter disturbance caused by the 
remedy. The discovery and adoption of those anaesthetics-chloroform and 
ether were also great events: they have enabled surgeons to execute marvel- 
ous operations, and saved humanity an untold amount of suffering. 

Until a comparatively recent period medical education in the United 
States was not such that the best members of the profession could point to it 
with pride. Even the best schools required but two years' attendance oir'lectures" 
which occupied hut four or live months of each year; the lectures and instruc- 
tion of every kind during the second year were simply a repetition of what 
had been given the first year. The examination at the end of the two years 
was such that very few failed to pass, and the result was that the American 
profession was crowded with poorly educated physicians. Many were not 
satisfied with this education and spent additional time in hospitals and in 
foreign schools, thereby fitting themselves to take the front rank as teachers 
and practitioners in the largecities. 

In marked contrast with the American system of medical education were 
the systems in European countries, where from four to nine years were spent 
in the medical schools and rigid examinations required before a license to 
practice was granted. This insured good physicians for the people and pre- 
vented overcrowding of the profession by incompetents. The easy manner in 
which the profession might be entered in this country caused the number of 
physicians here to greatly exceed the requirements of the population. There 
was about one physician to every .1(H) inhabitants. In Pennsylvania in 1888 the 
State Board of Health reported the proportion to he one to 459. To show how 
great was the excess in the United States it is only necessary to say that in 
the most advanced European countries the proportion ranged from one to 
2,484 in the Netherlands to one to 3,857 in Austro-Hungary; in Norway one to 
3,961, and in Russia oneto 8,551. Medical colleges had sprung up all over the 
country whose sole aim seemed to be to see which one could turn out the 
graduates with the least medical learning. In the decade from 1880 to 1890 
medical schools in the United States matriculated 115,355 students and gradu- 
ated 40,996, or an average of more than 4,<MH) annually, twice as many as the re- 
quirements of the people demanded. There were in this country, in 1894, 140 
medical schools and KMi.ooo physicians, while in Great Britain, Germany, 
France, Sweden, Italy and Austro-Hungary combined there were 75 medical 
schools and 74,238 physicians to attend to the wants of over 200,000,000 people. 

The causes which had led to this state of affairs and for many years pre- 
vented the medical schools from keeping pace with the giant strides in other 
departments of learning in this country were: The lack of endowments and 
State aid which is given in foreign countries; the competition between the 
different medical colleges, conducted often as private enterprises and the fear 
of losing students by putting up the courses, or giving more severe examina- 
tions; the salary of the professors being regulated by the number of students; 
the element of hurry and bustle of a new country influencing the students 
themselves to rush through and get into the profession; absence of State con 
trol of the admission of men into the ranks of those legally qualified to care 
for the lives and health of its citizens. 

A diploma, instead of being simply a scientific degree, became a legal 
instrument authorizing its holder to practice medicine. Many states allowed 
men to practice who held no diploma and many practitioners held fraudulent 




JOHN W RUSSELL. 

John W. Russell, during his life time was one of the best known citizens of Co- 
lumbus and Franklin county. He was born near Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio 
April 17, 1835, and was the son of Garrett Russell, a native of Virginia, of Scotch de- 
scent, wtio married Miss Zandieretta Flynn. The father of the elder Russell was an ex- 
tensive farmer, and his wife was a daughter of a highly connected and wealthy Vir- 
ginia family. To them were born two sons and seven daughters, Nancy, Ellen, Samuel 
John Wesley, Jane, Martha, Margaret, Emily and Hettie, the latter dying in' infancy! 
The survivors are Ellen, who married the late Otto W. Greer, of Taylorsville. where she 
still resides, and Emily, the wife of Napoleon Adams, an extensive farmer and stock- 
man of Christian county, Illinois. John Wesley, the subject of this sketch, died Janu- 
ary 28, 1893. He was educated in the common schools. He was a great' admirer of 
fine horses, from his boyhood, when he began handling them, and -trained and owned 
some of the finest horses in Ohio, during his life time. During the Civil "War he bought 
horses for the Government for use in the cavalry and artillery arms of the service. He 
had tne contract for building portions of the Hocking Valley railroad south of Grove- 
port, superintending the grading of the roadbed. Mrs. Russell enjoys the distinction of 
being the first lady to ride over the Hocking Valley railway as a passenger on an en- 
gine after its practical completion. Mr. Russell also built a portion of the old I. B. & W. 
railway, now incorporated with the Big Four system, and also built a portion of the 
Toledo Division of the C. H. V. & T. railway. 

He was not only a large but a successful contractor, among his other works being 
the building of the piers for the State Street bridge and the construction of the vast 
system of cisterns for the State Hospital as well as other extensive undertakings. He 
came to Columbus when a young man and was closely identified with all of" its in- 
terests. He was a commissioner of Franklin county for one term. He was a man of 
striking physigue.and of the most genial and magnetic traits. 

For many years he conducted the finest and most extensive livery stable in Co- 
lumbus which was known as the "Horse Hotel." This establishment was popular and 
famous for its splendid Kentucky riding and driving horses and equipages. He owned 
a stock farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres near the city, known far and wide as 
the "Ethddale Stock Farm," fitted with training track, barns, etc., stocked with the finest 
horses, as well as Jerseys and other high bred cattle. He was the owner of Dr. Norman. 



a colt of the Col. Moore breed, which he sold for seven thousand five hundred dollars 
and which was one of the finest equine specimens of that day. In addition he bred, 
owned and handled many others of the finest bred horses of the State. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Russell was an ardent and consistent Democrat. 
He was a member of the Jackson and Wyandot Clubs, and resided in this county dur- 
ing nearly the whole period of his life, and was popularly known as Col. Russell, a man 
of genial and obliging nature and a model of honesty and integrity in all his dealings. 
He was married April 2, 1857, to Miss Rachel Daugherty, the daughter of a well-known 
and universally respected pioneer family. To them were born three daughters, Ella 
Florence, who died at the age of twelve years ; Rettie, who married Mr. Fred W. Butler, 
and died in 1892, and Mrs. Ethel Russell-Ambos, the mother of Russell Jenison Am- 
bos, a bright and intelligent lad of ten years of age who possesses a natural talent for 
music. Mrs. Ambos is one of the most accomplished horsewomen of Central Ohio. 

Mrs. John Wesley Russell with her daughter, Mrs. Ambos, and her grandson Rus- 
sell Jenison, removed to Washington D. C, April 1, 1901, where they have taken up 
their residence. But the fact that their large property and other interests remain in 
this city and county, will cause them to still regard Columbus as their place of resi- 
dence. Mrs. Russell has long been a prominent member of the Town Street M. E. 
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diplomas. Even after the adoption of a law by New Jersey, requiring public- 
registry of diplomas, about ten per cent, of those registered'in that State were 
fraudulent. Under the Pennsylvania registry law the State Hoard of Health 
reported, in 1888, 213 physicians who were practicing under bogus diplomas. 

About twenty years ago a movement was started to advance the cause of 
medical education in this country. The universities of Pennsylvania Michi- 
gan and Harvard, and a few other schools, adopted a three years'* course, while 
the length of the term was extended to six months. New methods of teaching 
were adopted, graded courses introduced, laboratory and bedside instruction 
made part of the curriculum, and many additional subjects taught. These 

scl Is met with much encouragement. A number of states adopted registry 

laws requiring physicians to place on record copies of their diplomas. This 
served to show up the true character of many a diploma previously thought to 

be from ag I school. About the same time several states, notably Illinois, 

adopted laws authorizing the State Hoard of Health to scrutinize all diplomas 
and to reject all that were fraudulent, or that were issued by colleges whose 
standard was below that required by the board. They were also authorized to 
examine candidates who had no diploma, or whose diploma had not been 
accepted by the board. This was a most important step and exercised an 
immense influence upon the colleges whose officers did not wish them to be 
placed on the blacklist of any state. 

The forward movement was now well under way with a steady improve- 
ment in some of the colleges, when, in 1887, Minnesota took the advanced 
tin mud that the diplomas of nearby all colleges were being issued to incom- 
petent men.and passed a law requiring all applicants for the privilege of prac- 
ticing in that state to pass the examination of a board of examiners, none to be 
examined who had not graduated from a college having a curriculum approved 
by the board. The effect of this law has been very marked in diminishing the 
number of physicians from one in 650 to one in 1000 inhabitants in that state, and 
in stimulating the colleges to meet the requirements of the board and to pre- 
pare their students to pass the State examinations. Other state-, after much 
trouble, have adopted similar laws, until at present about twenty-live states 
have a State examination for all applicants for license to practice. The 
standard has been steadily elevated until now they all require three or four 
years' study of medicine (the annual term being not less than six months); the 
applicant to present a diploma from a reputable medical college, whose stand- 
ing and teaching have been examined and approved ; the applicant's personal 
character to be indorsed by other practitioners ; and within five years the last 
advance has been made in demanding a certain amount of preliminary educa- 
tion, the aim being to make the minimum very soon equivalent to a high school 
course. 

States which do not have strict laws become the dumping ground of 
other states, and are compelled in self-defense to adopt restrictive measures. 
It is said that 1,1<M> physicians left Illinois when the law went into effect in the 
eighties. In New York the number of physicians receiving licenses is esti- 
mated to be about one-half the number that annually "hung out their shingles" 
before the law was adopted. [n some states the adoption of these laws was 
followed by suits in the different courts to determine whether the constitu- 
tional rights of individuals had not been taken away. The matter was finally 
decided by the United States Supreme Court, which held that the states had 
not exceeded their powers in exercising this police power for the good id' the 
general public. 

The laws creating examining and licensing bodies independent of teach- 
ing bodies have been more potent in raising the standard of the medical pro- 
fession than any other measure: (1) They have compelled nearly all the 
colleges to lengthen their courses to four years and their annual terms to at 



THE LEGAL PROFESSION 

least six months. (2) The colleges have taught their students more carefully 
and examined them more strictly, having the hoards in wholesome fear. ('A) 
The curricula of all the colleges have heen changed materially and some 
professors ousted from their chairs for failing in their teaching to meet the 
modern demand. (4) A rivalry seems to have arisen among the best medical 
colleges to see which one can have the hardest curriculum. Harvard has 
decided that medical students must have a college degree, and must spend four 
years of nine months each in the study of medicine. The University of Penn- 
sylvania and other schools require an equally long term of medical training, 
and the University of Pennsylvania has announced that its entrance examina- 
tion will he made harder each year for those not having degrees or certificates, 
until, in 1899, students having no degree would he examined in English, 
including grammar, Shakespeare, Milton, Macaulay, and other authors ; history 
of the United States, Greece, and Rome; mathematics, including algebra ami 
geometry; also one of the following languages: Latin, Greek, French or 
German. That these universities have heen sustained by the profession in the 
last few years is shown by the attendance of over five hundred at the Harvard 
medical school and over eight hundred at the University of Pennsylvania. 
The number of physicians will be better proportioned to the requirements of 
the people, and the people can have more confidence in physicians who have 
gone through this thorough course. 

Franklin county, anil Columbus in particular, can point with pride to the 
number and efficiency of its physicians. Columbus has magnificent hospitals 
and sanitariums, a good sanitary system, a capable board of health, and lias 
been singularly free from epidemics. Biographical sketches of some of the 
leading physicians of the city will be found elsewhere in this volume. Refer- 
ences to pioneer physicians of Franklin county will be found scattered through 
the work. 

THE LEGML PROFESSION. 

The legal profession is represented in Franklin county by gentlemen 
whose legal acumen, as a whole is surpassed by no Bar association in the en- 
tire Union. The names of those who have distinguished themselves as legal 
authorities and whose opinions and pleadings are everywhere quoted, are too 
numerous to mention in a brief sketch. To mention a few would be invidious. 
Elsewhere in this volume will be found biographies of a few of the present 
prominent members of the Bar. The County Court House is a model building 
and one of the handsomest structures of the kind to be found in the United 
States. The local judiciary is a most creditable one and justice is meted out 
in a manner redounding greatly to those who are at the head of affairs in this 
most important department of the public service. 

The first duly appointed Court of Common Pleas in Ohio held its open- 
ing session in Marietta, September 2, 1788, with Generals Rufus Putnam and 
Benjamin Tupper and Colonel Archibald Crary as the judges. It wasan occa- 
sion of great interest, attended with the pomp and ceremony due an event of 
such importance. Judges Varnum and Parsons of the Supreme Court graced 
the occasion by their presence. It was held in the residence of Colonel Bat- 
telle, the northwest blockhouse of Campus Martins. The parade included the 
Governor and judges and all the inhabitants, and was observed with interest 
by the Indians of the neighborhood. The procession was formed at a point 
half a mile distant from the blockhouse. As the photographer had not yet ar- 
rived with his art, the scene lacks the modern luminous illustration obtained 
from snap shots of the kodak in the hands of the enterprising amateur; but 
fortunately the graphic description by the local historian, which has been pre- 
served and handed down, needs no artistic illustration. 

The procession was led by the high sheriff, Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, 
with drawn sword in his right hand, and in his left the wand of his office. He 

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was a commanding figure, six feet, four inches in height, and symmetrically 
proportioned. He had borne a conspicuous part in numerous battles of the 
Revolution, and bail the bearing of a soldier. The United States soldiers from 
Fort Hanner, with their bright uniforms and glistening swords, added to the 
martial aspect of the scene. The imposing procession, made up almost en 
tirely of generals, colonels, majors and captains, who bad by their courage and 
patriotism established the right of self-government on this continent, marched 
to celebrate the dawn of judicial history in the little colony. When all were 
assembled in the ball the solemn services were opened with prayer by Rev. 
Manasseh Cutler. The court wasorganized by reading the commissions of the 
judges, the clerk and the sheriff, after which the latter, by proclamation, de- 
clared it open for business. General Putnam presided and charged the grand 
jury. The duties of clerk were executed by Colonel Meigs, author of the lirst 
laws or regulations governing the settlement. 

A fruitful history might be written upon the origin and evolution of the 
primitive and historic magistrate, known to the English law as the justice of 
the peace. Pursuant to the powers conferred upon the governor and judges of 
the Northwest Territory by the ( )rdinance of 1787, the territorial government ap- 
pointed for each county a number of justices of the peace, live of whom, des 
ignated by the governor, should constitute what was called "The Quorum." 
These justices were required to meet three times a year at the seats of justice 
designated, and hence the name of "The Court of Quarter Sessions of the 
Peace." The meeting of the live justices, who seemed to have pre-eminence 
under the orders of government, was a meeting of the "Quorum." This may 
be said to be the primitive court of the Northwest Territory. While single 
justices may have dispensed a rude justice in the wilderness, previous to the 
date of August 25, 1800, it was on that date that the first Court of Quarter Ses- 
sions for Trumbull county, which comprised nearly all of the Western Reserve, 
was held. It was held at Warren, which has since been known as the original 
"capital" of the Western Reserve. In this court was lodged the entire civil ju- 
risdiction of the county, local, legislative and judicial. The lirst court opened 
on the public square or common in the city of Warren at four o'clock in the at 
ternoon, under a bower of trees, between two large corn cribs, anil it continued 
for five days. 

Thus the institution of civil and judicial government on the Western 
Reserve was contemporaneous with the beginning of the century, and from 
that time to this the enlightened administration of justice by the duly consti- 
tuted tribunals has never been interrupted in that part of the State of Ohio. 
Upon the establishment of the State government, provision was made by legis- 
lation for the transfer of the business pending in the courts of the Territory to 
like courts of tile State. The transition from the lirst to the second state con 
stitution did not radically change the judicial plan, The Supreme Court on 
the circuit, under the first constitution, was succeeded under the second by the 
District Court, now the Circuit Court. The probate jurisdiction of the Or- 
phans Court under the territorial system was vested in the Court of Common 
Pleas under the constitution of 1802, and divested, under the constitution of 
1851, and vested in our present Probate Court. The unity atid continuity in 
the judicial plan show the present courts in any county to be related to the 
systems of the past, and likely to be parts of any future system. A history of 
local courts is connected with the larger history of the system of which they 
are parts. 

The judges and lawyers who went to the Territory took with them the 
ordinance for its government and the principles of the common law, and very 
little additional aid in establishing a system of courts and practice. The gov 
ernor and judges were empowered by the ordinance to adopt such laws, crimi 
nal and civil, of the original States, as the necessities and circumstances ol the 

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ODD FELLOWSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY 

Territory and people required. They exercised that power and exceeded it also 
hy enacting laws of their own framing. The task of building up a satisfactory 
judicial system was not very well accomplished within the time of the Terri- 
torial government, hut the work was left to he improved upon under the State 
government. The ancient and useful tribunal of the people known as the 
Court of Common Pleas has been familiar to our judicial system from the 
time of its origin. Following Territorial precedents in order to meet primitive 
conditions, the earlier legislation of the State imposed miscellaneous duties 
not of a judicial character upon the judicial branch of the government, and 
particularly upon the Court of Common Fleas or its judges. Among these 
duties was the appointment of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and surveyor of 
the county, and of the collectors and assessors or "listers of taxable property" 
for the townships; also the establishment and opening of roads, together with 
other duties now discharged by the county commissioners. These and other 
executive functions, such as granting licenses to keep houses of public enter- 
tainment, gave the early courts and particularly the associate judges, employ- 
ment suited to their qualifications, to the great convenience and benefit of the 
people. 

The character of both the bench and bar of Columbus has been good 
from the beginning. Professional delinquincies have been rare; the judges as 
a rule have been honest and well behaved, as have the lawyers. Both have 
impressed the community strongly and favorably. The reasons for this are 
fundamental. On the bench as well as at the bar investigations are made for 
the attainment of truth, both as to fact and as to principle, and the processes 
adopted are both intellectual and moral. A body of learned and honest judges 
pursuing their functions before the public thereby become instructors of the 
people, and a citizen called from his farm or shop to the jury box enters a 
school in which valuable lessons are imparted. In the peculiar relations 
which they bear to the general public the courts become fountains of knowl- 
edge as well as means of discipline. They illustrate precepts by examples; 
and careful analysis justifies and confirms the conviction that their general in- 
fluence has nowhere been more profound or beneficial than in Ohio's Capital 
City. 

ODD FELLOWSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY 

BY IVOR HUGHES- PAST GRAND MASTER 

The first Lodge of Odd Fellows organized in Franklin county was 
Columbus Lodge Xo. 9. This Lodge was instituted on the 4th day of July, 
1839, by Grand Master David Churchill. At the institution of the Lodge, the 
following officers were duly elected and installed, to wit : N. B. Kelley, Noble 
Grand; James B. Thomas, Vice Grand ; William Flintham, Secretary; David 
Bryden, Treasurer. The following named persons constituted the charter 
members of the Lodge : X. B. Kelley, James B. Thomas, William Flintham, 
David Bryden, and Charles A. Howell. Between the date of the institution of 
this Lodge and the 16th day of December, 1839 (the end of the first quarter) 
the following named members were initiated as members thereof, to wit : Wm. 
Burdell, J.T. Blain, C. F. Schenck, B. Overdear, P. B. Linville, Jacob Boswell, 
|. G. Frankenberg, I). F. Heffner, Jeremiah Zigler, George W. Shannon, John 
Greenleaf, R. Barth, A. Brown, H.Baldwin, John Zigler, J. W. Thwaites, A. P. 
Stone, Charles Jacksch, Walter Amos, W. A. McCoy, and Samuel Pike, Jr. 
The total membership of the Lodge on the 16th day of December, 1839, was 
forty-four, and the total receipts from the date of the institution of the Lodge 
to the date last named were $382.02. Monday night was fixed as the regular 
meeting night of the Lodge, from which a change has never been made. At 
the close of the fiscal year in December, 1845, being the 6th year of the Lodge's 




GEORGE M PETERS 

George M. Peters, originator of the Columbus Buggy Company and Peters Dash 
Company which, at one time, out-ranked all similar establishments in this country, 
was born in Chillicothe, January 1840, and died January I 2. 1897. He was a Republi- 
can in politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, belonged to the Church 
Extension Society, and assisted in founding a number of churches in this city. He was 
also actively interested in Y. M. C. A. work and all citv benevolences, up to the time of 
his death. 

He was married to Miss Caroline L. Krag, December 17, 1863, and to them were 
born the following children : William L., married to Miss Cora Van Aerman, of Rich- 
mond. Indiana, and now resides at Riverside, California, where he is engaged in the 
cultivation of oranges, the production of oil, and is the owner of considerable land 
near Redlands. 

Estelle Marion, married Joseph H. Garaghty, and resides at Evanston, Illinois. 
Mr. Garaghty is extensively engaged in coal mining at Danville. Illinois. 

Carrie L. married to William F. Savage, jeweler and resident of Columbus, Ohio. 

Augustus F. married to Miss Bessie Boyle Woolfolk, and formerly engaged in 
fruit culture in South America, but now resides in Columbus. 

Lucy M. who died in 1888 at the age of thirteen years. 

George Garfield, aged twenty years, unmarried and residing at home, and Marie L. 
aged seventeen years, also residing at home. 

A brief outline of the life and career of the late Mr. Peters, and a history of his 
paternal ancestry and connections is as follows : 

Tunis Peters, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came to this 
country from Holland some time previous to the American Revolution He was ac- 
companied by several brothers, but what became of them or their families is not known 
to the present generation. Tunis for a time lived in New Jersey, and had charge of 
some large flouring mills called the Elliott Mills. Not long aftercoming to this country 
he married a young woman of Scotch -Irish descent. Francisca Adams by name who, 
history says, was a relative of John Quincy Adams. 

Judging by the births of their children, their marriage must have taken place 
about the year 1774. He settled in Hampshire county, Virginia, and there brought up 
his family. He fought for his adopted country during the Revolutionary War, and was 
first lieutenant of a company The Captain having died, he was offered promotion to 



that rank, but resigned from the army in order to go home and protect his family from 
the tnreatsand annoyance of the Tories, and lived and sarved in Virginia, hign sheriff 
for some years previous to coming to Ohio. 

In religion fie was a Baptist, probably a descendant of the early Holland Ee ptisfs, 
wfio were originally of England and were driven across the Channel because of per- 
secution. 

He followed his children into Pickaway county, Ohio, early in the past century 
and subsequently to tne War of 1812 went with his sons Greshom and John to Hock- 
ing county, wnere he died aged about eighty yeais. 

To Tunis Peters and Erancisca Adams were born thirteen children—nine sons and 
four daugnters. Their descendants may almost be called legion, and have been blessed 
with advantages of education which were denied their pilgrim fathers, and they may 
be found in all the higner -walks of life. 

In regard to their coming to Ohio, it appeals that Gieshcm, the seventh child and 
fourth son of the family, was first to leave Virginia, and in trie abjence of dates the 
writer being a member of the family, located as early as 18<_2 in the immediate vicinity 
of Westfall, on the Scioto, judges from circumstances and incidents there familiar, that 
he, Greshom, was at Westfall asearly as 1809 or 1810, perhapsearhei . 

That all his brothers and sisters as well as his parents soon followed him to Ohio 
is known, for his younger brother Tunis was married February 28, 1811 at his, Gresh- 
om's house on the Pickaway Plains to Eve Glaze whose father brought his daughters, 
Eve and Mary, to Ohio from Virginia sometime previous on horseback. Tunis and Eve 
Peters treated with the Indians about the time Logan's celebrated speech was made. 
Here they remained until 1814, but Greshom and a younger brother, John, after the War 
of 1812, in which Greshom and Tunis served, migrated to whatwasafterwards Hocking 
county, where they remained several years, and Greshom was the first judge and John 
the first clerk of the court of the county. It is recorded of Greshom that while he was 
judge he sentenced the first two prisoners ever confined in the Penitentioiy : then a 
small building near Mound and Front streets. 

By studying at night by the light of the pine knot, and the occasional help of 
some peripatetic schoolmaster, Greshcm M. Peters picked up a good education Icrthat 
day. Among other things he learned surveying, and was engaged considerably in 
making government surveys. While thus engaged he was over the ground where Co- 
lumbus now stands, when it was covered with a dense forest, a single log hut being 
the only habitation in all the region. One of Greshcm's sens, G. M., married the dauc li- 
ter of the late Mr. King, the wealthy powder manufacturer -who founded the Mercl.sr.ts 
and Manufacturers Bank of Columbus and was president of that bank. 

Near 1816 Tunis Peters, Jr , located east of Circleville, in Pickaway and Fairfield 
counties, where he remained until 1830, engaged in larming and tanning, then re- 
moved to Columbus where he purchased a large tannery, with other property and 
built himself a good home on the corner of what is now High and Beck streets. Here 
he spent the remainder of his life. He built a good brick Baptist church on West 
Mound street at his own expense, but when Mound street was graded some years ago, 
this building was torn down. Tunis Peters died in 1855, aged sixty-six years, and 
was interred in Green Lawn Cemetery, where his -wife Eve was laid by his side on July 
14, 1855. George W., the younger son of Tunis Peters, married Sarah, daughter of Wil- 
liam Merion, one of the most respectable and substantial citizens of the early pioneers 
of Columbus. George W. Peters soon bought the Massie tannery in Chillicothe and 
was a citizen of that place for several years. Returning to Columbus about the year 
1845, he bought the property on the corner of Long and Front streets, where he started 
the trunk business, but his health failed, and about the year 1852 he died, aged thirly- 
five years, leaving a young wife, one daughter and three sons. George M. Peters, the 
first son, learned the carriage business of the Messrs. Booth of Columbus, and frcm 
that circumstance and his natural inventive genius, he originated the new method of 
making buggies by having all parts inter-changeable which enabled them to make a 
large number at a time, also invented an adjustable dash and machinery for making 
the sams. Tnis business in:reased so much that the Peters Dash Company was foim^d 
in connection with the Columbus Buggy Company, both of which concerns sold their 
products all over ths world. 



ODD FELLOWSHIP IN FRANKLIN COUNTY 

existence, it had a membership of 121, and its revenue for that year was$840.98. 

The Lodge continued to grow in numerical ami financial strength, some 
of its members withdrawing from time to time as other Lodges were formed 
in the City of Columbus. The total membership of the Lodge at the close of 
the year 1899 was 175, and the total amount of assets $13,252.06, showing an 
average annual saving from its receipts during tin- period of sixty years of 
$220.00 in round numbers. During the period of its existence the Lodge has 
expended a vast amount of money in tlm payment of benefits t<> sick members, 
for the relief of the widows of deceased members, for tin- burial of the dead. 
and for other charitable purposes; so that tin- pioneer Lodge of Franklin 
county stands to-day a proud monument of what Odd Fellowship can accom- 
plish in the way of relieving the distressed, ministering to the sick, assisting 
the widow and the orphan, and improving and elevating the character of man. 

The officers elected and installed for the term commencing in January, 
1901 , are as follows : W.J. Sims. Noble Grand ; C. E. Collins, Vice Grand ; 
H. M. Innis, Secretary; George Lean, Financial Secretary; fames Taylor, 

Treasurer. The appointed officers are as follows ; J.J. ) js, Right Supporter 

to Noble Grand ; C. E. Holdsworth, Left Supporter to Noble Grand; Joseph 
Ferrell, Warden ; Win. Zink, Conductor ; F. Dubiel, Inside Guardian; David 
Davies, Outside Guardian; II. Rohrback, Right Supporter to Vice Grand ; A. 
W. Dorsey, Left Supporter to Vice Grand. 

Old Number 9 has a proud and enviable record; her members have 
helped make Odd Fellowship great ; they have not only accumulated money 
hut they have also distributed it in the fields of charity and pure benevolence; 
they have helped to dispel the cloud of adversity, have wiped away the tear 
of sorrow, have brought substantial aid to the bereaved widow-, and tenderly 
cared for the helpless orphan. Such a record and such a history is will 
worthy the admiration and emulation of anv human organization. 

Governor Brough was a member of this Lodge, and among the old and 
well known citizens of Columbus whose names are enrolled on the member 
ship list id' Columbus Lodge is to he found that of Thomas Cadwalader, that 
sturdy Welsh man, Thomas Cadwalader, who for many years conducted the 
hotel on West Broad street known as the Cadwalader House. It was at this 
hotel that the first St. David's Society formed in Columbus was organized. 
X. B. Kellev one of the charter members and the first Noble (hand of the 
lodge was an architect, a man of much skill in his profession. He planned and 
superintended the construction of the Hen Smith residence (now theColumbus 
Club quarters) at the southeast corner of Broad and Fourth streets, lie was 
also the architect of tin Hayden building on East Broad street. 

The following is a list of the names of the present membership of the 
Lodge: R. C. Anderson, (as. A.Alston, |. A.Boswell, David Bowen, Wm. Bebb, 
J.N. Brittenham, |. C. Barker, A. B. Bainter, John Brooks, W. C. Beldon, Geo. 
Bell, Thos. Brenstuhle, A. W. Brown, |as. A." 15, II, Geo. Bean, W. II. Bailey, 
Gus Berthold, E. Compton, Isaac Creighton, W. N. Crawford, W. II. Christine, 
Chas. Cummings, |ohn Craig, C. E. Collins, Geo. Crawford, |. 11. Cooper, Henry 
Deahl, Evan Davis, F. R. Doten, Geo. Davis. D. J.Davis, A. II. Dermuth, |. E. 
Dunnington, Job Davev, W. H. Deardoff, W. S. Dunnick, W. A. Derrer, Thos. I-;. 
Davis, A. W. Dorsev, Albert Davis, Frank Dubiel, O. R. De Armon, Chas. 
Eldridge, S. W. Ellis, John H. Ellis, T. D. Evans, Peter Eichorn, II. E. Egger, 
Wm. Frederick, Y. H. Gosnell, Geo. < foodwin, |. T. < friffith, Wm. < rimbv, Peter 
Graff, John Hikes, J. S. Hopkins, J.H.Humphreys, J.R. Hutton, W. A. Harmon, 
Chas. Hafer, Wm. Harkness, Geo." Holzbacher, C. E. Holdsworth, II. M. Innis. 
The.,. Jones, T. F. Jones, J. J. |ones, No. 1, |. J. Jones, No. 2, |. E. Jones, R. E. 
Jones, J. W. Jones, E. C. Judd, L. Kleeman, S. D. Killian, H. Kinsell, D. F. 
Kingrv, Frank Keeler, Peter L. Kearins, P. J. Lofland, Henry Lott, Evan Lloyd, 
John Lewis. David Lewis, Chas. J. Lauer, J. C. Morris. Richard Martin. A. D. 

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Myres, J. G. Moody, W. S. Miller, Joseph Metzler, Thomas Newell, R.H. Osgood, 
Edward Pryce, I. N. Price, John A. Pfeiffer, Lewis Pfeiffer, Chas. K. Park, 
Noah Pleukharp, C. C. Patton, John Peavey, C. K. Riale, Evan Reynolds, 
Richard Reynolds, Henry Rohrback, John Seigle, J. P. Short, R. B. Stevenson, 
|. P. Stem, J. \V. Snow, W. P. Shott, C. H. Stahl, I). M. Shrader, Hugh Sells, 
[. T. Stewart, A. F. Springer, Hugo Spanier, \V. J. Sims, A. G. Tice, W. H. 
Tufts, Joseph Tewell, J. W. Tewell, James Taylor, John Trogus, J. K'. Vande- 
burg, Tinman S. Williams, S. \V. Williams, \V. R. Williams, C. O. White, 
W. S.Wilson, Christ Wachenswanz, John Walker, J. L.Walters, S. N.Weller, 
Geo. [. Wahlenmaier, Edward Walker, Thos. S. Williams, J. M. Voting, Win. 
Zink, R. M. Peckham. 

i J. E. Jones, 

Trustees J. J. JONES, No. 1, 

/ J. R. Vandeburg. 

The numerical strength and moral force of the order in Franklin county 
is of much importance. The order works quietly and unostentatiously, acting 
upon the principle that "the left hand shall not know what the right hand 
doeth," in dispensing charity, assisting the needy, relieving distress and ad- 
ministering consolation to the sorrowful. 

The following is a complete list of the Odd Fellow Lodges in Franklin 

county, their locations, date of institution, and the number of memhers in 

each Lodge on January 1, 1901: 

No. of Lodge Name When Instituted 

Si ' Columbus July 4,1839 

"Dec. 2, 1S43 

Mar. 2, 1848 

Feb. 22, 1850 

Feb. 11, is:.:< 

April hi, 1855 

Aim". 7, 1857 

May 21, 1858 

May 26, IS! in 

| line 26, 1867 

June 2(1. 1867 

' fune 2, lsii!) 

June 17, 1871 

' | une 1, 1872 

July 27, 1872 

Sept. 23, 1872 

July 17, 1873 

June 1!>. ls7<i 

'Dec. 28, is7(i 

July 17, 1885 

July 12, 1S88 

Aug. 3, 1892 

Total number of Lodges in Franklin county, 

Total membership of Lodges located in City of C< 

Total membership of Lodges outside of City 

Total membership of Lodges in Franklin county 2619 

It max not be out of place to state in this connection what Odd Fellow- 
ship in Ohio has done during the last \ear in the way of benevolence and 
charity. The reports of tin- lodges through the State as made to the Grand 
Secretary show that there was expended during the year ending December 31, 
1900, for charitable relief and benevolence a grand total of $217,767.73. 

2()G 



23 


Central 


104 


Evening Star 


14,"> 


Excelsior 


2< la 


( iordian 


27< 1 


Ark 


327 


Rainbow 


334 


Capitol 


358 


1 larmonia 


385 


Norwich 


386 


Lee 


111 


Trim i 


171 


| unia 


509 


"National 


.lis 


Mifflin 


a K l 


( Ireiner 


550 


Fraternity 


628 


drove City 


662 


1 'rairie 


741 


1 )ennison 


7 (12 


Robert Curtis, 


801 


Lincoln 



Location 


Membership 


Columbus 




161 


Columbus 




141! 


Dublin 




US 


C- iliunbus 




21 io 


( iroveport 




58 


Worthington 




7."> 


Westerville 




,")4 


Columbus 




322 


Columbus 




307 


Hilliards 




7 a 


Canal Winchester 


.")!» 


Reynoldsburg 




21! 


Columbus 




259 


Columbus 




201 


( rahanna 




35 


Columbus 




04 


New Albany 




27 


( rrove City 




47 


( ialloway 




28 


Columbus 




209 


Columbus 




85 


Columbus 




53 


f Columbus, 




2067 


1 Columbus 




552 



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nn -, J r * ? bs i e v rve , d from ihe foregoing statement that ( )dd Fellowship is 
an activefactor in the domain of humanity of no menu significance and ner 
meinbers may, with pardonable pride point to the part the organisation £ 
taking i„ the work of benevolence and charity, and also in the lab"r of incul 

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CHAPTER XX 

THE PRESS. 



The early newspaper of Franklin county history, is full of interesting 
incident. In those -lavs, the inauguration or a newspaper was attended w 
difficulties which would seem well nigh insurmountable, except to men of 
courage and enterprise.thatknew no metesor bounds. The marvelous develop 
ment of the secular journa from that early day of trial, to the present with 
our wonderful modern equipment consisting of presses of great speed and 
power, type-setting machines, unequaled telegraph and telephone facilities 
with an army of reporters and correspondents is certainly a .natter of astonish- 
ment for the world. - 

Coming down to the early newspaper history of Franklin county, it 
may be safely asserted beyond contradiction that no othercountv in the State 
presents a more interesting one. In the year 1811 the first newspaper in this 
territory saw the light of day. and it was christened The Western Intelligencer 
The lineal descendant of that paper now lives in the ( )hio State tournal The 
enterprise was launched at Worthington, l.v |,,el Buttles and Geo Smith the 
former assuming editorial charge. ' " 

There is an interesting fact in connection with the birth ol the Intelligen- 
cer, that is not known to even many families with the pioneer history of jour- 
nalism in I'rankhn county The first efforts towards establishing a paper were 
made in 1809, two years before. In the summer of that year Robert I). Richard- 
s'" ^previous to that ^ Fredonian, a weekly paper, 
at Chilhcothe, the ancient Capital of Ohio.and Col. fames Kilbourne,brough a 
newspaper press into the county, with the idea of inaugurating a newspaper 
enterprise. It was the intention of the projectors of the enterprise to begin in 
Worthington in the fall Ezra Griswoldi who was prominently ident.Hed 
with the journalism of that period, visited Chilhcothe, and procured a ,,r.-ss 

of thMt !£?- V H J + r eS B / C T a f diner > J? ho was als ° a Prominent newspaper' man' 
of that day, and the material was shipped to Worthington. For some reason, 
winch has never been given there was no issue of the paper, although seven 
columns of matter had been set. The project was then abandoned until 1X1 I 
vvlien the above named enterprise received its birth. 

The Intelligencer, under the editorial control of Buttles was not n 
l"f°"_ "f^ 88 ; . lu !'. is uttera nces, he offended friends and created bitter 



In that day 




month old, but that seemed to have 

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Subscriptions were taken at the home office, but there was no such person in 
existence as a subscription solicitor. 

Buttles showed some vigor as a writer, but history will not afford him 
much of a place in journalism. In that day, the airing of personal animosities 
was all the rage; and into this habit the Western Intelligencer had plunged, to 
a greater or less degree. 

In 1812, Smith disposed of his interest in the paper to Doctor Jos. Hills 
and Ezra Griswold, who, in conjunction with Buttles, continued the publica- 
tion until 1813, wh en Buttles retired. Captain Frances Ohnstead purchased his 
interest, and he in turn, transferred it to his son, Col. P. H. Ohnstead. 

It was while in control of these men, that the office of the paper was re- 
moved to Columbus. Following the retirement of Buttles, Dr. Hills had con- 
ducted the editorial columns. Then he retired about two years later, and 
Buttles returned to the firm. At this time, also the name of tne journal was 
changed to the Western Intelligencer and Columbus Gazette. 

Ezra Griswold then assumed editorial charge. His conduct of the paper 
was attended with more or less success. Griswold was rated as a clever writer, 
but rapid in his utterances. From the facts gleaned from the history of that 
period, it would appear that the paper indulged in much bitter personality. 
But notwithstanding this, the journal gathered about it a circle of warm 
friends and devoted admirers. 

Colonel Ohnstead, finally, in the course of events, became sole proprietor 
and again, the name of the paper was changed to the Columbus Gazette. 
Under this title, it was continued until July 1, 1825, when Geo. Xashee and 
John Bailhache purchased the plant. 

It was then that the name of the paper was changed to the Ohio State 
Journal and Columbus Gazette. In this period the Journal enjoyed some de- 
gree of prosperity, although its varying success could be likened to the ocean 
tides. 

In 1837, another change occurred. John M. Gallager, who had been edi- 
tor of the Ohio Political Register, consolidated it with the Journal and Gazette, 
and the paper was then known as the Ohio State Journal and Register, and 
later it assumed its present name, the Ohio State Journal. 

In the year 1816, a paper known as the Columbian Gazette was published 
by John Kilborn, but there were only two issues, when the paper expired. 

In the same year, the Ohio Monitor was launched here, the Press Post 
being its lineal descendant. The promoters of the enterprise were David Smith 
and Ezra Griswold, the latter assuming editorial charge. The Monitor be- 
camea powerin the political world, but many personal enmities were engender- 
ed, and the paper's progress was not attended with a great volume of prosper- 
ity. The Monitor was the bitter opponent of the Intelligencer, as it was then 
known, and newspaper controversies of the most bitter sort were frequent. 
Matters ran along in this way until 1835, when the paper was transferred to 
|acob Medary. This gentleman, who was a well known editor of that period, 
noted for the vigor of his work, and his prodigious labors, was conducting a 
a journal under the title of The Hemisphere, and the two were consolidated. 

As a direct outgrowth of this enterprise, came the Ohio Statesman, on 
[uly 5th, 1837- a paper destined to ereate and hold a distinctive place in Ohio 
journalism. It was then that Samuel Medary and Bros, became proprietors, 
with Medary at the editorial helm. He was beyond doubt one of the most 
vigorous writers of his time, and under his personal supervision, the paper 
forged ahead in a manner that won the admiration of friend and incurred the 
deep-rooted jealousy of enemies. 

The Statesman was issued as a weekly paper, except during sessions of 
the < reneral Assembly, when it was issued twice a week. Its clientele grew like 
the green bay tree, and there was a constant demand for more literature of the 

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ABRAM SHARP. 

A name that for about a half century figured actively and prominently in the af- 
fairs, business and financial development of Franklin county, was that of Ai 
Sharp, who has been deceased since March, 1893, though his name will long sir 
and his career ever form an important page in the annals of this county. He was a 
man of irrepressible business activity, a man of broad-guage mind, of aggressive busi- 
ness methods and noted for his sterling brand integrity . his unimpeachable veracity, 
and unquestioned probity. His valuable and highly valued advii e, gained through a 
lengthy business career, was eagerly sought for anil profita bly followed. Abram Sharp 
was born in Franklin county in September, 1819, his father being John Sharp, one of 
the early western pioneers, who had a family of nine children, ail of whom are now- 
dead. 

John Sharp moved to Franklin county in 1809. from Berks county, Pennsylvania, 
conveying his family hither in a covered wagon, in which he was obliged to live until 
he had cleared enough land upon winch to build a cabin in which to shelter his wife 
and children. As one of our early pioneers he performed yeoman work in clearing the 
forest and tilling the soil, and the i ouch to his industry and many years 

of labor. Latterly he engaged as a civil engineer, and many of the original surveys of 
Franklin county were made by him His wife. Mary Elizabeth (Harbine) Sharp, was 
born September 28, 1819, died Ma 13, and was a lady beloved by all who knew 

her. 

Abram Sharp attended school at Granville, and after utilizing all the educational 
advantages of the day, accepted a clerkship in a grocery, afterward becoming a grain 
dealer on an extensive scale, and later one of the largest, most successful farmers in 
Franklin county. During the last thirty years of his life he was one of the leading fi- 
nanciers and land operators in this section of the State, buying and selling farm and 
real estate mortgages and securities, Ins investments always being of the best charac- 
ter, and at the time of his decease he was a very heavy owner of farm and residential 
property. He did much to promote the growth of the county, and his demise -was 
versally lamented. His death occurred at his late residence, 429 East Town street 
now occupied by his son. Mr. E. R. Sharp. 



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a.edito^°7 D *S™ ir ?!; ' N "«"""''-- '«'«■ "turned .,. his charge 

the prestige it had gained s ' ' •"' ,l the P a P er easil y maintained 

office ^^J^SES^^^^Z™* f«7- ™* i- - 

in large type were tnese Unes pa,K ' r "" the 6rSl P a ^ e aild displayed 

•'Here shall the press the people's rights maintain, 
i nawed by influence, un bribed by gain 
Here patriot truth it. glorious precepts draw, 
1 ledged to liberty, religion and law." 
Lntin'ued! Confanued Wlth ra ^«* •«cce Ml until 1815, when it was dis- 

James B. Gardiner's next journalist] 
established in 1833. He was conceded tin 




The old Columbus Gazette onlv a few vo Q >-<, ^ ■ 

by Geo. M. Swan, advocating free soil DrincTnT^ de ^ eas -, ed '. was '"'^"■< "> 1849 
its editor in 18*ifi «-.,... . . / , principles. John Greiner, who became 

Among theXr^rl™ hi" ' 1 .- ° n ^ naIit ^ : "> d fielded a trenchant pen. 

and Foco ^^^Z^^^^JS^^ ^^^ 7t 'hi 
had a brief career, but was r ,M,-, r ,i,,i *« -. 1 / V' >,<,sk - v aseditor. It 

party policies of that tinTe g °' P ° ten< faCt ° r in Naming the 



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THE STATE HOUSE 

county are the Columbus Citizen, the Ohio State Journal, the Press-Post 
Evening Dispatch, Winchester Times, and Westerville Public Opinion. The 
German publications are the Daily Express, Ohio Sonntagsgast and the 
Daily Westbote. 

The growth of journalism in Franklin county has indeed been marvelous. 
It has been rapid and its marked qualities have been characterand influence. 

THE STATE HOUSE. 

The Capitol of the State of Ohio stands in the center of the public 
scpiare, in the heart of the city, the site dedicated in the original plat of Co- 
lumbus. The style of architecture followed is Doric, and the building is an 
imposing and impressive edifice, of great solidity and magnitude, admittedly 
one of the finest capitol buildings in the United States. The area covered com- 
prises about two acres of ground, and this bold and noble structure is made in 
tine proportions and of durable materials. It is built of beautiful gray lime- 
stone, obtained from a quarry on the east side of the .Scioto river, about three 
miles from Columbus. The foundation of the building is sunk from six to ten 
feet below the surface of the ground to a bed of gravel, which is covered with 
a concrete of broken stone, cement and mortar. The foundation walls at the 
angles are fifteen feet thick; the other parts are twelve feet thick. The total 
cost of the State House and grounds up to November 15, 1861, when the struc- 
ture was considered about complete, was $1,359,121, and the time consumed in 
building it, after deducting the intervals during which work upon it was sus- 
pended, was about fifteen years. Following are some interesting dimensions 
of the Capitol: 

The building at its greatest length stands North 12 degrees West with 
the streets of Columbus. It presents four fronts, with colonnades, and is 184 
feet wide by 304 feet long; the east and west steps are 20t 2 feet wide by 117 feet 
long; the north and south steps are 20i 2 feet wide by 57 feet long; the broad 
terrace, from the east portico, is 73 feet wide by 2<)9 1 2 feet long ; the terrace on 
all other sides of the house is 18 feet wide; from the west steps to the front 
gates the distance is 217 feet; from the east steps to the front gates, the dis- 
tance is 14(1 feet; from the north and south steps to the front gates the dis- 
tance is 158 feet; the portico on the west front is 15 feet, four inches dee]) by 
122 feet long; the portico on the east front is 15 feet, four inches deep by 120 
feet long; the porticoes on the north and south sides are each 14 feet, four 
inches deep, by 57^ feet long. Eight columns on the east and west fronts are 
each six feet, two inches in base diameter, and 36 feet high; four columns on 
the north and south fronts are each six feet, two inches in base diameter and 
36 feet high. The height of building from ground to top of blocking course is 
61 feet; height from ground to pinnacle of cupola, 158 feet. The height of the 
rotunda floor trom the ground is 16 feet, 6 inches; diameter of rotunda floor, (54 
feet, five inches; diameter of lower sky-light in the dome. 2U feet; diameter of 
inner circle, or coat of arms, two feet, eight inches; diameter of upper sky- 
light, 32 feet; diameter of cupola, (outside), 75 feet; height from the rotunda 
floor to the eye of dome, 120 feet; width of the main corridors in the building, 
23 feet, five inches; width of cross corridors, 9 feet, 4 inches. 

On the second floor are the large chambers the Senate and State library, 
north; the House of Representatives, south. The Senate floor is 49x57 feet; 
height of ceiling, 28 feet, three inches; Hall of House of Representatives, 55 
feet, six inches by 82 feet, six inches; height of ceiling, 28 feet, three inches. 
The total number of rooms in the Capitol is 53; the number of pieces of Amer- 
ican and foreign marble in the rotunda floor is 4,S!»2. In the rotunda of the Capi- 
tol are shown the portraits of a large number of the famous sons of Ohio. Here 
also is exhibited the celebrated oil painting by W. H. Powell, depicting Commo- 
dore Perrv's victory on Lake Erie, September 1(1, 1813, which was purchased by 
the State 'in 1865. 



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gro , wim outstretcneci arms is watching the leaden storm of shot as it rico- 
chetsoverthe surface of thelake. The rents in the old flagare impressively rep- 
resented, rhe vessels engaged, the lire from the cannonades of the British 

±T-l h * r::{ ,, :v'; s,, :': k v: f th * »-»'—• the dim, ha2y c io„d. «K£5 



around, are all admirahlv delineated. 

An object of much interest to visitors, is the Lincoln memorial, which 
stands in the southeast side of the rotunda. This was executed by Thomas |» 
Jones the Cincinnati sculptor. The memorial rests on a Quincy granite base' 
seven feet, four inches wide, and two feet thick. The first section above the 
die contams the historical group cut from Italian marble in alto relievo, the 
whole length of the surface upon which the figures are carved being five feet 
two inches, and the height and width respectively three and a half feet The 
colossal bust of pure white Carrara marble, surmounting the monument, is 
three feet two inches high, making the whole height of the memorial fourteen 
feet. In the bust the sculptor has preserved with remarkable fidelity the well- 
known features of President Lincoln The marble group in alto-relievo repre- 
sents the surrender of V icksburg. There are eight figures in the group, vary- 
ing from twenty-four to twenty-five inches in height, and on the extreme right 
and left are seen the heads ol two horses, with appropriate trappings, their 
bridles being held by two orderlies in attendance. The surrender is repre- 
sented as taking place under a large oak tree, Iron, whose branches beautiful 
Spanish moss is pending. lo the left of the tree, and on the right of the ob 
server, the foremost figure is General Grant; next to him stands (ieneral 
McPherson, and next to the latter, hut more in the foreground, is seen General 
Sherman with an orderly on his right. The foremost figure on the Confeder- 
ate side of the group is General Pern berton, represented as surrendering to 
Grant. Next to Pemberton is Colonel Montgomery, and next to him (ieneril 
Bowen. In this group stands an athletic looking southern orderly 

This monument was unveiled on January HI, is7<>. Governor, afterward 
President Hayes, presided, an address was delivered by the Hon Samuel Gal 
loway, and then the Governor introduced Sculptor Hones, who superintended 
the unveiling of the monument. The decorative flags covering the memorial 
at a signal were drawn aside, when the monument, with the Vicksbure sur- 
render ami heroic bust of Lincoln, came int., full view. Silence reigned for a 
moment, and then enthusiastic applause was given by the audience. A quar- 
tette sang "{spirit Immortal" and the scene was strikingly beautiful and im- 
pressive. 



An important work has been going on for about two years, in the form 
of a new addition to the State House. This is a separate, large, two storied 



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building to the rear, or the east side of the older building, and the exterior 
work is now completed. The architecture is handsome, the building substan- 
tial, and the vast amount of new space afforded will give greatly increased fa- 
cilities for the working departments of government. 

OHIO PENITENTIARY. 

The buildings constituting the present Ohio Penitentiary are among the 
largest and most complete of any in the Union. This is also a Federal prison, 
malefactors being sent here from all over the United States. The present site 
was selected in December, 1832. The territory covers some twenty acres, and 
on this are erected a large group of buildings. All legal executions are per- 
formed here, the means used being the electric chair. The government of the 
prison has been reduced, as may be said, to an exact science, and is most effi- 
cient in every respect. As many as two thousand convicts, male and female, 
have, at one time, been incarcerated here. On Sunday mornings religious ser- 
vices are held, open to the public, and are always well attended, the sight of 
so many prisoners, gathered from all walks of life, being a most impressive 
one, and well calculated to "point a moral" to the erring. 

The walls and main structure cover an area of twenty acres. The prison 
building proper is six hundred and thirty feet in length, forty-live deep, live 
stories high, and contains 1620rooms, the capacity of which is 2177 prisoners. 
It is located on West Spring street, three-fourths of a milefrom Capitol Square. 
Many prominent prisoners have been confined here, among them the rebel 
Morgan, who effected a sensational escape. 

OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 

The Institution for the Blind, another great praiseworthy institution, 
was established in April, 1837, and has been the medium of accomplishing 
much good. The grounds are located about one mile from the Capitol Build- 
ing, cover an area of twelve acres, and are covered with beautiful shade trees. 

The Institution for the Deaf and Dumb is located between Oak and Town 
streets, two-thirds of a mile east of the Capitol, comprises ten acres of ground, 
and the building will accommodate four hundred and fifty inmates. 

The buildings of the Institution for the Feeble Minded are located on a 
high, rolling tract of ground comprising one hundred and eighty-seven acres, 
and situated two and one-fourth miles west of Capitol Square. The main build- 
ing is a handsome structure, surrounded by an abundance of natural shade 
and tine walks. 

The Hospital for the Insane stands on an elevated plateau of three hun- 
dred acres, about three miles west of Capitol Square, on the north side of 
Broad street, facing almost directly east. It has a lineal frontage of about 
twelve hundred feet, a depth of about eight hundred feet, is four stories in 
height, and the distance around the foundation walls is one and one-quarter 
miles. This is, without doubt, one of the largest, finest, and best managed in- 
stitutions of the kind in the world. 

The Ohio State University Buildings thirteen in number ami grounds 
cover over one hundred acres, and are about two and one-half miles from the 
Capitol. The highest standard is maintained in all the various branches of 
learning taught here and the institution is world-famed for its faculty, its cur- 
riculum, its equipment, and the magnificent results produced. 

The Columbus Board of Trade has a membership of about one thousand 
of the most eminent and active citizens of the Capital City. The influence and 
co-operation of this body is being recognized in the promotion of interests of 
great value both to the city and the .State. Everything looking to the well- 
fare and comfort of visitors, and those contemplating residence and business 
investment in Columbus, is looked after with promptness and fidelity. The 

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GEN JOSEPH H GEIGER 

The man or woman of Columbus or Central Ohio, who does not personally know , 
or know of Gen. Joseph H. Geiger, the orator, the lecturer, the humorist, the wit. the 
lawyer and the statesman, would indeed be a curiosity 

He was born in Hamsburg, Pennsylvania, November 11,1817. His father was 
John Geiger, a merchant, and his mother was Miss Mary Shoch, the daughter of a 
prominent Pennsylvania hotel keeper. To them were bom four sons and four daugh- 
ters, of whom General Geiger alone survives. 

He began his education m a private academy and was graduated from Jefferson 
College, Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1835. He then went to Philadelphia, where 
he read law for two years. In 1837 he migrated to Circleville. Ohio, where he finished 
his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in the year 1839, and entered upon the 
practice of his profession. His wit. humor, pathos, and comprehensive grasp of salient 
facts and ideas combined to make him an ideal advocate, and his thorough knowledge 
of jurisprudence stamped him as a lawyer of high ability. He was the law partner of 
Elijah Backus and later with Abner Andrews, two of the leading members of the law of 
Ohio in their day. In the years 1850-51, he was one of the most prominent members 
of the Senate in the General Assembly, and as a compliment to him, the members, with- 
out regard to party bias, elected him a Major General of the Ohio Militia, and from this 
he derives his military title. 

He was appointed clerk of the United States Courts at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862. 
In 1863 Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General, appointed him special agent of the 
Postoffice Department of the United States, and later was appointed one of the three 
General Revenue Agents of the United States, which position he filled for three years. 
When Hon. Charles Foster was Governor of Ohio, he appointed Gen. Geiger as State Li- 
brarian. Early in life he was elected prosecuting attorney for Pickaway County. 

In 1842 he married Eliza Ingram of Harrisburg, Pa. His daughter Eliza I. 
resides in "Washington. D. C: another daughter, Mrs. Lydia I., the wife of J. M. Milne, a 
farmer, resides in Franklin county, and a third, Ruth S., resides at Big Springs, West 
Virginia. Gen. Geiger is a Republican. During a long and busy life he has never had 
the time to become a member of any of the various secret societies, unless possibly the 



Sons of Malta, which order nourished half a century ago and then laughed itself into 
a better world. 

Gen. Geiger is one of the noted lecturers of Ohio and his reportoire of topics, sub- 
jects and objects is extensive. But his most noted lectures, which brought him both 
fame and material compensation were "The Snapping Turtle" and "Fools and Follies." 
These furnished him tne opportunity for the full play of his creative and imitative ge- 
nius, and hundreds of andiences have enjoyed unalloyed pleasure, though in the throes 
of convulsive laughter, in listening to nis inimitable portrayals of human frailty, folly 
and frivolity and were the better for having heard him. For the last eleven years he 
has resided in the Park Hotel, Columbus. 

"Copy of a letter from Congressmen." 

Washington, D. C, Feb. 24, 1877. 

To Gen. Joseph H. Geiger. 

Dear Sir :— The undersigned members of Congress having learned that your 
lecture on "Snapping Turtles, Natural and Human," has been listened to by large au- 
diences in the West, and, by special invitation delivered successfully before the Legis- 
lature of Ohio, as also uniformly commended by the press, respectfully request that you 
will repeat it in the city of Washington, at such time and place as you may designate 
before the adjournment of the present session of Congress. 

Signed: A. V, Rice, Charles Foster, John L. "Vance, H. B. Payne, M. I. Southard, L. T. 
Neal, L. D. Woodworth, I. A. McMahon, H. B. Banning, J. P. Cowan, Frank H. Hurd, Wil- 
liam Lawrence, James Monroe, A. H. Van Voorhes, L. Danforth, A. T. Walling, John S. 
Savage, Milton Saylor, E. F. Poppleton, J. A. Garfield. 

We join in the foregoing request of the Representatives in Congress from Ohio. 

A. G. Thurman. 
John Sherman. 

Conclusion of speech to the 46th O. V. I., delivered at Worthington, September, 
1900, at their Annual Reunion, by Gen. Joseph H. Geiger: 

There stands the reward of your toils, your sufferings, your courage, and your 
triumphs. A Union purged of a curse by which it was weakened and dishonored. It 
needs no flattering encomiums, it speaks for itself in the extent of power and grandeur 
of a nation. It has brought us from a small beginning unto a mighty people, binds us 
together at home, closer than e'er before and extorts reluctant tribute for us from abroad. 

Every consideration which can influence the patriot, philanthropist or Christian 
causes us to cling to and love it. Blistered be the tongue that will lisp against it. Pal- 
sied be the arm that would be upraised to mar it, and may every degenerate son who 
opposes its duration, fall powerless before it as fell Dagon before the Ark of the Lord. 

Honor, all honor, continuous and imperishable to the men who accomplished a 
result so magnificent as its preservation. They not only rescued their country from de- 
struction but through their valor its foundation walls shall sink deeper and grow 
broader as the current of years rolls along. Over this country nowever, as over other 
lands, calamity and trial may arise. "Grim visagedwar may raise his horrid front." 

Anarchy and riot may run wild. Lawless ambition may seize the reins of 
power. The stealthy steppings of a tyrant may reach toward the throne. The last 
spark on freedom's altar may be growing dim, when the memory of their glorious 
deeds shall stimulate the hearts of future patriots and nerve the arms of heroes now 
unborn, to rouse anew a nation's sons, to form afresh a nation's freedom. 
Forever float our standard sheet; 
Where breathes the foe, but falls before us; 
With freedom's soil beneath our feet ; 
And freedom's banner streaming o'er us. 



CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 

officers and directors for 1900, are: President, Joseph Outhwaite; First Vice 
President, Frank E. Hayden; Second Vice President. X. W. Lord; Secretary, 
|ohn V. Bassell; Assistant Secretary, |, \V. Howard ; Treasurer, Edwin R. Sharp, 
"Directors, [ohn >l. Caren, Charles "i ). Cussins, Robert H. Jeffrey, Thomas 
Johnson, E. B. Kurtz, E. S Pettigrew, F. O. Schoedinger, George T. Spall r, 
Kminett Tompkins, Henry C. Werner. 

Columbus is unrestricted by natural obstacles to the enlargement of 
area, as are Boston, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati and other large cities, 
there being abundant room here for manufacturing establishments, residences, 
and the gradual extension ot a large metropolis in every direction. Surround- 
ed by the garden of the State; the agriculturists of the fertile Miami, Scioto 
and Hocking valleys being favored by its mills and markets; and 40,000 of its 
working people employed in its manufactories, numerous lines of railroad 
radiating from its center like the spokes of a wheel it possesses all the re- 
quirements of transportation to make it one of tin- greatest as it is now one of 
the busiest and most attractive cities of the nation. 

The city covers about twenty square miles, and is laid out chiefly in 
squares, with streets from sixty to one hundred and twenty feet wide, well 
paved and shaded by beautiful trees. In fact, there seems very little difference 
in this respect in the various sections of the city, streets where mechanics and 
laborers li ve presenting as neat and inviting an appearance as those lined with 
the more pretentious homes of merchant s and manufacturers. No city of its 
size in the world has a greater percentage of workingmen whoown homes, and 
no city can claim a more prosperous or thrifty class of working people. This 
can be attributed to various reasons. The cost of living here is very low, much 
less than New England, and fully fifty per cent less than in other western 
cities, fuel, rent, clothing, and other necessaries all being cheap here. The 
principal streets are .North High, South High, State and Broad streets. Colum- 
bus has doubled its population every thirteen years for the past half century. 
The census of 1900 shows its population to be 125,560, an increase of 42.44 per 
cent, since 1890. These returns indicate that in the redisricting of the State 
for congressional districts, Franklin county will have sufficient population to 
entitle it to a full district, thus eliminating Fairfield county, which is at pres- 
ent included in th9 Twelfth Congressional district. In all features that go 
to make up a thoroughly metropolitan center Columbus is complete and 
secure. 





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Stone furnished and erected 03 Wittenmeier Stone 1 ompanj 

THE NEW ADDITION TO THE STATE HOUSE. 




GEORGE LEROY CONVERSE 

George Leroy Converse -was born in Georgesville, Franklin county, Ohio, June 27th, 1827, son of 
Dr. George W. and Cassandra Cook Converse. Mr. Conveise's lather was a physician, the son of Sanford 
Converse, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and Jeremiah, the father of Sanford and great grand- 
father of George Leroy Conveise, was a soldier in the Revoluticnai y "War. The family descent is from 
the French Huguenots, the hist of Ameiican line came to this ccuntiy with Winthicp. Mr. Convi 
father died when he was a babe of four months. His mother was a woman of strong character and 
attainments and supported herself and child by teaching school. Mr. Converse received the foundation 
of his education at district school, he then for seven yeais attended Central College Academy and in 
1859, was graduated from Denison University at Granville. Ohio. He studied law with General Joel 
W. Wilson at Tiffin, Ohio and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He began the practice of law at Napo- 
leon, Ohio, ibutin 1852 removed to Columbus, Ohio. In 1854 Mr. Converse was elected prosecuting attor- 
ney, served one term but declined re-election. He was elected to the Legislature in 1859 and re-elected 
in 1861. In 1863 Mr. Converse wes elected to the State Senate and became the Democratic leader. In 
1873 he was elected again to the lower house and became its Speaker and his ability as a parliamenta- 
rian attracted universal attention. In 1875 he was re-elected. In 1877, Mr. Converse, Gen. Durben 
Wood and R. M Bishop were recognized as strong candidates for Governor and Bishop was nominated. 

In 1878 Mr. Converse was elected to Congress and was made chairman of committee on public 
lands and this appointment to so important a committee was an hone r seldom conferred on a new mem- 
ber. In 1880 Mr. Converse was reelected to Congress and was in 1882 elected for the third term. Mr. 
Converse's position on the tariff question and his marked abilities made him a conspicuous figure in 
national politics. Mr. Converse and Samuel J. Randall were in entire sympathy in political sentiments 
and advocated that a tariff should be levied that would protect home industries against foreign compe- 
tition. Mr. Converse moved to strike out the enacting clause of the Morrison horizontal tariff bill, when 
in committee of the whole, the bill was undei diE ussion. After the defeat of the bill, its friends and 
those opposed argued that the question should be settled at Chicago by the Democratic National Conven- 
tion. Mr. Morrison was to represent the supporters and Mr. Randall the opponents of the bill. Mr. 
Randall was unable to be present the first day of the Convention. Mr. Converse though not a delegate, 
sought a place in the Ohio delegation and membership on the committee on resolutions where the 
control was to be reached by an attempt to make Mr. Morrison its chairman. The opponents of the bill 
were successful but Mr. Converse as a favor to Mi. Morrison requested, although entitled to the victory 
gained, that Mr. Morrison be made chairman. Mr. Converse then made the first speech in reply to Benj. 
F. Butler who spoke against the report of the committee. 

Mr. Converse contributed largely to the presidential success in 1884. He canvassed with Mr Ran- 
dall the State of New York. In 1892 he was appointed by Governor McKinley delegate to the Nicaragua 
Canal Convention held in St. Louis. He was made chairman of the convention and of a subsequent con- 
vention held in New Orleans called by him under authority of the St. Louis convention. Mr. Converse 
held the view that the Nicaragua Canal should be constructed by the government as a safe-guard and 
in the interests of commerce. Mr. Converse delivered many addresses in different cities sustaining 
patriotic views in regard to the Nicaragua Canal. 

In 1896 Mr. Converse was urged to allow his name to be used as candidate for Congress from 17th 
district; although appreciating the honor Mr. Converse declined it. For many years Mr. Converse was 
permanently connected with the National Wool Growers Association. At one time he was the law 
partner of Hon. S. S. Cox. 

In 1852 Mr. Converse married Sarah E., daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Patterson. F 
of this union are still living: Mrs. Mary Follett. Wade Converse. Capt. George L. Converse of Coin; 
Ohio, and Howard Penelleton Converse, of Eosti m, Massachusetts. Mrs. Converse died in 1883 and in 
1889 Mr. Converse again married, his second wife being Elouise, daughter of Dr. Chauncey P. Landon, 
an eminent physician of Columbus, Ohio. Four children were born as a result of this second union; 
Helen Converse, Samuel Randall Converse, named for Samuel J. Randall, Elouise Converse and a babe 
that died in infancv. 

Mr. Converse died March 30th, 1897, at his home in Columbus, Ohio. 

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DAVID T. KEATING. 

David Thatcher Keating was born on March 24, 1 879, in Columbus. He is the oldest of the family, 
of five children of Hon. T. J. Keating, one of the leading lawyers of Ohio, and resides with his parents at 
their beautiful home on East Broad street. 

After an uninterrupted course of study in the public schools of Columbus, he entered the Ohio 
State University. In May of ] 898 he dropped his university work to serve during the war with Spain 
as a member of A troop of Cleveland in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. In the following October, 
after a few months of camp life in Florida, he was mustered out of the service, resumed his college 
work and was graduated in 1899, with the degree of B. Ph., and the distinction of being the youngest 
member of his class. 

On the day of his graduation he was elected fellow in Philosophy and Psychology by the Ohio 
State University board of trustees, but during the following summer resigned this position in order to 
take up the study of the law at the same institution. During his sophomore year he was editor-in- 
chief of the Ohio State University Lantern, the college organ, and, while in college, he joined the Beta 
Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. 

In December ] 9O0, he took ths highest rank in the civil service examination held to fill the vacancy 
of secretary in the Columbus Health Department, was certified by the commission for appointment and 
assumed the duties of the office on the first of January, 1900. 



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HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB- 

Tile Ohio Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, was incorporated by an act of the Legis- 
lature January 30, 1827. The first recommendation to establish such an institution was made by Gov- 
ernor Morrow in his message to the Legislature in 1826. The act of January 30th -was in compliance 
with his recommendation. The act of incorporation provided for the appointment of a board of trustees 
by the Governor who was to be ex-offieio president. The board was to exercise the usual corporate powers 
and to hold property, the annual income of which should not. exceed $30,000.00. The first board con- 
sisted of eight members, who met and organized in July, 1827. Governor Trimble was president ex-offieio ; 
Rev. James Hoge, D. D., secretary, and Gustavus Swan, Esq., treasurer. The number of trustees was in- 
creased to twelve the next year. Until 1845 the number fluctuated bet-ween twelve and fourteen. In 
1846 the Governor ceased to be ex-offieio president, a. id the board has since appointed one of their own 
number to discharge the duties of president. Then the number of trustees was reduced to seven, and 
remained so until 1852, when all the benevolent institutions were placed under one board of nine trus- 
tees. A committee of three had control of the institution during the interim of the stated meetings of 
the board. In 1856 the institutions were re-organized, being placed under separate boaras of three 
trustees each, which number continued until 1878. The number has, since then, been five, the superin- 
tendent of the institution discharging the duties of secretary. 

Theboard in its first reportmade to the Legislature December 5, 1827, recommended that the institu- 
tion be located at Columbus, Ohio. In accordance -with this recommendation an act was passed by the 
Legislature in 1829 appropriating $500.00 for the purchase of a suitable site in Columbus. Three contigu- 
ous outlots containing about ten acres, then one-half mile from the town were bought for $300.00 and 
the institution was located on them. Rev. James Hoge, D. D., who was then in charge of the Presby- 
terian church, took a very active part in collecting statistics showing what could be done for the unedu- 
cated deaf and the number to be found in the State. It -was largely through his benevolent and untiring 
efforts that the Governor and the Legislature provided for the institution. He -was secretary of the 
board of trustees for a number of years. Pending the erection of the first building, the school was opened 
in rented property in 1829. The first building was fifty feet bv eighty feet, with a capacity to acccmmo- 
date sixty pupils. It was opened in 1834. In 1845 the school had outgrown the capacity of the first 
building and a wing four stories high was added, making a capacity for one hundred and fifty pupils 

As the news went through the State of what was being done forthe deaf children by education, the 
attendance rapidly increased. As the city was giadually surrounding the grounds and the old buildings 
were entirely out of harmony with their new surroundings, the auestion of anew institution was con- 
sidered. It was first thought best to buy a farm in the country and erect the new building on it. but this 
plan was opposed by every superintendent who had it to consider. In 1864 the legislature provided for 
the erection of a new building on the old grounds. This building was to accommodate three hundred 
and fifty children and the necessary officers and employes and its erection -was left to the Governor of 
the State. Ground was broken June 30, 1834, and the building was formallv opened February 11, 1865 
It was begun by Governor Brough, carried throuah the administrations of Governors Charles Anderson, 
and Jacob D. Cox, and finished by Rutherford B. Hayes. 

In connection with the new building the power house was erected and a modern heating plant put 
in. In 1897 the attendance had again outgrown the capacityof the institution and the Legislature made 
approDriation for the erection of the new school building. This was built in 1898 and 1899. The old 
school building was put in condition for living rooms for the children and the capacity of the institution 
thereby increased to six hundred. 

The institution is supported by appropriations made by the StateLegislature from year to year. The 
boarding, room, laundry, education and medical attendance are furnished free of charge to all children 
who are too deaf to be educated in ths public schools. The minimum legal age at present for entrance is 
seven years and the children can remain for a period of from nine to twelve years, owing to their prog- 
ress. At present the attendance is five hundred and fifteen. The number of children who have attended 
the school since the founding of the institution is ;hree thousand and fifteen. 

The following gentlemen have s i-Toratio Nelson Hubbell, 1 827-51 : Josiah 

Addison Carv, 1851-52; Collins Stone. 1852-63 ; George Luddington Weed. 1803-66 : Gilbert Otis Fay, 
1866-80; Charles Strong Perry, 1880-82 : A] r 1-90 James Wilson Knott. 1890-92; Ste- 

phen Russell Clark, 1892-94 ; "William Stewart Eaqleson, 1894-95; John William Jones, 1895. 



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CHARLES O. HUNTER. 

The subject of this sketch., a lawyer and railway officer, and who for a quarter of a century last 
past has been a resident of Columbus, Ohio, was born in Pickaway county, of English-Irish lineage. His 
father was Elnathan Scofield Hunter, a university graduate, and prominent in educational work, but 
after the age of thirty turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he followed successfully until 
his death in 1 882. He was married in 1845 to Mary Peters, whose parents were among the first settlers of 
eastern Pickaway county , and whose grandfather, John Peters, was one of the founders of the City of 
Petersburgh, Virginia, and for whom it was so named. The great grandfather of Charles was Captain 
Joseph Hunter, a soldier in the War of the Revolution, whose parents had emigrated from England to 
Stanton, Virginia, and who, after the close of the war and after his marriage, came to Ohio, located at 
and became one of the founders of Fairfield county, and original proprietors of the now beautiful City of 
Lancaster. 

Two sons were born to Captain Joseph Hunter, Moses M., the grandfather of Charles, and Hocking 
H., whom local history says, was the firstwhite male child bom on the Hocking river, and for which he 
was named. Moses M. died while the fatlier of Charles was a lad of about twelve year's. 

The career of Hocking H. Hunter is so inseparable from the first three-ciuarters of the century of 
Ohio's history, that its recital here would only be what is already familiar to the most casual student of 
the State's history. His reputation as a lawyer of the highest order of ability was national and may 
truly be said to be indestructible. 

Since his admission to the bar in 1876, Charles O. has been active, energetic, and, in the discharge 
of many important positions and as corporation counsel, has been successful. Of twenty years devoted 
to conducting the legal department of the Scioto Valley Railway Company and Hocking Valley Railway 
Company, he has given about an equal tenure respectively, together with the re-organization of both 
properties, and also interested in the formation and re-organization of many others, togetherwith varied 
official relations and as legal adviser of numerous allied and subsidiary companies 

He has always taken active interest in municipal and State politics and in the development and 
progress of the City of Columbus. 



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JOHN S FRIESNER. 

Judge John Shields Friesner, one of the leading at torneys at ; he Columbus Bar. was born in Logan, 
Hocking county, Ohio, May lo. ] who was one of the most prom- 

nent dry good merchants in the He ckini i v a lley, and who v I to Miss Eliza Shields, the daugh- 

ter of William Shields, a prominent farmer oi Fairfield county, Ohio. 

Five children were born to th- in Colonel William S., Colonel of the 58th O. V. I in the Civil War ; 
Catharine Freeman, who married Captain Charles E. Barker, Captain in the 58th regiment O. V. I., and 
who served throughout the -war ; Joseph Simpson, who served in the Commissary department during 
the Civil War: Sarah, who married Mr. Cutler a picmment stockman of Kansas, and John Shields Fries- 
ner, who 'was educated in the public schools of Logan and graduated from the high school of that city. 

He read law with Judge James R. Grogan. of Logan, whom Governor Tod appointed Common Pleas 
Judge to succeed Philadelph Van Trump, when that gentleman was elected to the Ccngress of the Uni- 
ted States. Judge Friesner was admitted to the tar by Couit in the fall of ] 879, and began 
the practiceof his profession in Logan. Shortly after entering the practice he entered into partnership 
with Hon. Charles H. Rippey, the firm name l • :ii< i Ri [ | sner. He was repeatedly chosen as city 
solicitor of Logan. Later he became a membs r of the law firm of Ripi er <& Price, 'which had 
offices both in Logan the county seat of Ho at New Straitsville, the great mining emporium 
of Perry. 

In the fall of 1879 he was elected Common Pleas Judge of the first sub-division of the 7th judicial 
district, composed of the counties of Fairfield, Hocking and Perry and was re-elected, serving two con- 
stitutional terms of five years each. His ■ I = of clearness and probity. 

When he retired from the bench in 1 889. he removed to the capital of the State to find a wider and 
more inviting field for his ability remei He] been in the practice in Columbus 

since. For a short period before going on the bench he was the law partner of Hon. Oakley Case of Lo- 
gan. He was the Chief Clerk of Hon. W. M. Bell, Jr.. when that gentleman was the Secretary of State of 
Ohio. 

When he first came to Colo i partnership with Hon. John H. Heitmann, former 

Mayor of Columbus and member of the Ohio Legislature under the style of Heitmann & Friesner, which 
firm continued until the death ot member. For ti has been a member of 

the law firm of Friesner & Siegel, with offices at the coiner of High aid Mound streets. 

Judge Friesner has been twice mairied. His first wife, whom he married in September 1879, was 
Miss Harriet Gallagher, the daughter of William Gallagher of Logan, Ohio. Three children. He t 
Frederick McDonald and Catharine E., were born to them. Kis wife died August 4th. 1884. 

In September 1889 he was married to Mrs. Orrl Courtright, nee Shepard, the widow of John 
Courtright of Franklin county. There are no children i I nd marriage. Judge Friesni 

military service in the Civil War. 

He is a Democrat of the strongest convii tii i .- is a member of the Grand Arm. 
and of the Columbus Hunting ind ] ' I in Columbus since 1S£9, and his 

is at 344 South Washington 







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ACADEMY ST. MARY'S OF THE SPRINGS. 

One of the most famous educational institutions of Columbus, or Ohio, is the Academy of St. Mary's 
of the Springs. It is justly famed for its beauty of situation and architecture, no less than for the gentle 
care and training bestowed by the devoted Sisters upon the girls and young -women who throng it year 
after year, and are sent out to lead Christian and useful lives. 

This institution was originally known as St. Mary's Academy, and was founded at the town of 
Somerset in Perry county in the year 1830, and was among the very first of those early institutions in 
the west devoted to the cause of education. 

In 1866 Mr. Theodore Leonard conceived the idea of removing the Academy to the centre of the 
State where it would be more accessible to the pupils, and in furtherance of this idea generously offered 
to devote a portion of his lands on the eastern edge of the City of Columbus to the cause it typified. The 
offer was accepted by the Sisters and the location was changed, and its name amplified to express the 
natural environments. 

A third of a century ago the institution stood almost alone in its picturesque beauty, a mile to the 
northeast of the city. Now the pretty suburban village of Shepard has grown up in its vicinity and partly 
enveloped it without detracting from its beauty, its modern setting heightening it. From its sloping 
and modulated eminence in the centre of thirty-five acres of rolling grounds, with delightful diversifica- 
tions of topography, the Academy smiles like a saint, its once never failing springs being somewhat 
diminished by the -water works of that part of the city, but nature clothes and re-clothes its beautiful 
slopes and dales and intercoursing meads with ever recurring beauty. 

It is easily accessible by rail, the point of debarkation being at Shepard, only three hundred yards 
distant from the Academy and three miles east of the Union Station in Columbus, where daily connec- 
tions are made with the Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking railroad, which stops at Shepard. The Acad- 
emy has its own postoffice and express delivery and telephone connections with all parts of the country. 

Originally, and when it was incorporated in 1830 it was entitled "St. Mary's Female Literary Soci- 
ety." But after its removal to Columbus it was re-incorporated under the name and title of "Ladies' In- 
stitute of St. Mary's of the Springs," and under its charter it possesses all the rights and privileges of col- 
leaiate institutions. 



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ROBERT SALATH1EL SWEPSTON. 

The Franklin County Bar is composed of gentlemen of the highest repute, many of whom have 
achieved distinction in their time- honored profession . and among these mutt t:e included the subject of 
this sketch, whose offices are in the Eberly block, South High street, Columbus, Ohio. Robert Salathiel 
Swepston was born at Aliens ville, Vinton county. Ohio, on Fabruary 3, 1861. son of Charles and Mariam 
(Remy ) Swepston, and was one of a family of eight children, six daughters and two sons All are living, 
their names and residences being as follows : Alonzo T. Swepston, Chillicothe, Ohio, who holds ti 
sition of Sheriff of Ross county; Mrs. Dr. Ora V in. e, ' >f London, Ohio: Mrs. Dora Hawkins, of Frank- 
fort, Ohio; M.'s. Minnie J. Bslford, of Joplin, Missouri ; Mrs. Ella E. Graves, of Anderson, Ohio : Mrs. Emma 
L.Clark, of Allensville, Ohio ; Mrs. Annie M. Dowd.of Allensville. Ohio. 

Charles Swepston, father of the above, was the son of John A. Swepston, one of the early pioneers 
of Ohio, who came here from Virginia, and his wife was Miss Wmme Bruce, a lady of Scottish descent. 

Mariam Swepston, mother of thesubject of this sketch, was the daughter cf Elias Remy, whose 
wife was Miss Sarah J. Gardner, and both families had numerous descendants, the Gardners in particu- 
lar, many of whom achieved promini it. e as prea< h is They -were of English descent. 

Robert Salathiel Swepston was raised on a farm near the place of his birth, attended the common 
schools, began teaching school at the age of sixteen, and dui m g his vacations, assisted his father on his farm. 
He was clerk in a mercantile establis bmeni , attended the Academy at Chillicothe, Ohio, and finished his 
education at the National Normal Univeisity at Lebanon, Ohio. He then began the reading of law, and 
was admitted a member of the Bar by the Supreme Court of this State on February 2, 1886, and began 
the practice of his profession at once, at McArthur, Ohio. He made a distinct success, and his ability 
was recognized r>y his being elected attorney or solicitor for that- town for three consecutive teims. In 
1894 he resigned the office and moved to Columbus, where he has since conducted a general law prac- 
tice. Mr. Swepston is well known in legal circles throughout Ohio, and has clients in many counties of 
the State. His services as counsel nav i i ned in many important cases and his practice con- 
tinues to constantly increase in voli me and in flu Mr Swepston is a legal writer of great research, 

and a fluent and forceful speaker. He has contnbuted many articles to the leading Is w journals of the 
country, and also writes, when time peimits, for many of the tore most liteia iv periodicals. Personally, 
Mr. Swepston has a host of friends, an. I his ma ny excellent qualities have won for turn the esteem of the 
ent ire communi ty 



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FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT HOUSE. 



288 




IVOR HUGHES. 

In the legal circles of Ohio the Franklin County Bar has long held a prominent position and the 
Columbus Bar Association numbers among its members some of the brightest and most successful at- 
torneys m the State. Among the well known names is that of Mr. Ivor Hughes, whose offices are at 
No. 167 1-2 South High street, and who has long been active in both civil and criminal procedures. 

Ivor Hughes was born September 13, 1846, at Newport, South Wales, being one of a family of four 
sons and four daughters, his parents being Thomas and Ann (Jones) Hughes, the former a ship broker in 
Newport. In 1850 they came to the Unhed States, settling in Iowa, and engaging in farming, and here 
Ivor's early life was passed. Of his brothers and sisters five are living, their names and residences being: 
Anna J., Chicago; Kendrick, Illinois; Eleanor, California ; Margaret J., Missouri ; Dorothy, Iowa. 

After attending the public schools of Iowa, Mr. Hughes entered the Iowa State University, one of 
the best equipped and most ably conducted institutions of learning in the United States, and was gradu- 

in 1869, after which he taught school for a short term. In 1870 he began the reading of law, came 
to Columbus in 1873, and in that year was admitted a member of the Franklin County Bar. Mr. Hughes 
has since conducted a general law practice, and been identified with many important cases, in both the 
civil and criminal courts. In the latter he was counsel for defendants in two of the most important 
murder cases on record in this county, in both of which he successfully cleared his clients. These were 
the cases of Michael Heimlich, charged with the murder of William Dill, near St. Mary's, the trial last- 
ing twenty -nine days, and of Byrne, charged with the murder of a friend on High street. In the latter 
case Mr. Hughes defeated the prosecution on their own evidence. For fifteen years Mr. Hughes was 
Commissioner of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, and efficiently discharged the duties 
cit that office. He gives attention to the practice of law in all its branches and conscientiously aims to 
advance the best interests of all his clients. 

In fraternal circles. Mr. Hughes has long been known as a prominent member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. He became affiliated with the order in 1 88 1 , took an active interest in 
matters, and was steadily advanced every year. He was elected a representative of the Grand Lo>! 
1891, served for six vears on the Grand Lodge Committee on Appeals, and, in May, ] 899, was e] 
Grand Master of the Lodge, serving up to May, 1900. During his incumbency the lodges had a gi 
and more prosperous growth than under the regime of any of his predecessors, and the fraternal jour- 
nals printed many complimentary articles upon the success of his year's term in office. 

At the last session of the Grand Lodge, held at Marietta, Ohio, the oldest city in Ohio, Mr. Hughes 
was presented by his fellow members with a very handsome gold Grand Master's Jewel, a token 
pri ; tt.ion highly prized by him. 

On November 6. 1870. Mr Hughes was married to Miss Addie J.Rhodes. Her death c i urred in 
1891, and on December 12, 1895 he was united in marriage to Emma R. Griffin, and they i 
n e in this city w have a host of friends. 




OLD AMERICAN HOUSE. BUILT IN THE '30's. 




FIRST OHIO LUNATIC ASYLUM. 
Erectc.l 1S35. Burned Nov. is. lS'fiS. 




FIRST RAILWAY STATION. BUILT IN 1850. 




FRANK L, BEAM. 



291 




JOHN FISCHER. 




DeWITT C. SAWYER. 



DAVID GOLDSMITH. 
■11 Known Furniture I 'i:nVi . >, Eas1 




OSCAR E. HALTERMAN, 



lklin Counts 



CHAPIN BURTON BEEM, 

Was born in Licking County Oct. 31, 1870, and »;i 
the schools of that county. He taught in the i>nl 
Lickingand Franklin counties for several years ai 
i). s. U. Law School in IS95, where he completed thi 
June,189S, in which mouth he was admitted to the bi 
into tin- practice of his profession. Mr. Beeni is om 
nent young attorneys of Columbus. 



,ols of 

ed the 

itereil 




RICHARD REYNOLDS, 
A popular citizen. Was I it \ Cou 



21 years. Origi 



itS ill till- CltN 



THOMAS J. HARTLEY, 
iwn citizen. Ex-Councilman, Arbitral 
an. I Adjuster. 




L. W. SHEPPARD. 

Mr. Sheppard is a native Buckeye and has spent his life from early boyhood in educational 
efforts, being a teacher at sixteen and a principal at eighteen years of age. His work has been confined 
principally to towns and villages in the vicinity of Columbus, where he has received numerous re- 
elections and the highest salaries at Deavertown, Fultonham, New Holland, West Jefierson and 
Mt. Sterling, in each of which places he served several years. He has also been principal of the Ironton 
High School and of the Preparatory Department of the Ohio University, in each of which places can yet 
be found marks of his activity and enterprise, the Physical and Chemical laboratory constructed ' y him 
for the Ironton high school being one of the best in the State. He is now a member of the reserve list of 
Columbus high school teachers. He is a member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association, and of the Na- 
tional Educational Association. He holds the highest grade of certificate confened ty Cliio upcn her 
teachers. He first proposed and against much opposition urged untiringly for many years the 
union of town and township schools which has recently become a part of the fixed policy of Ohio's 
beneficent system of free education. 

In 1881. he was married to Clara E. "Weber, a pupil of his, and after their marriage an as- 
sociate teacher with him for several years. They now reside , with their two little girls Leoti "Vernon 
and Leah Maude, at 79 East Eleventh Avenue, Mrs. Sheppard teing associated with her husband in 
pushing the sale of his publications, -which are in demand in many parts of the continent. 



295 




JOHN J. BEEKMAN, M. D., 
Was born Jan. 25. 1SS2: educated at Ohio Wesleyan University 
Read medicine with Dr. Constance of Delaware, attended lectures 
at Cleveland Medical College, and was graduated from Columbus 
Medical College Feb. 29. 1876, and for the pa-t 2."> vears has been an 
active practitioner in Kansas City and Columbus. Married to 
Mis- Lillian Conway Oct. 26, 1876, and is the fatherof two children 
The Doctor is a Mason, and resides at ley W. ,'ith ave.. and is one 
of the best known physicians in the city. 



E. S. EVANS. M. D. 
Graduate Chicago Homeopathic Medical Collet 





S. F. HARRIMAN. 



Yell-known publisher of and ' 

class Hooks, whose office is i 



holefale dialer in t 

n the Pioneer buildi 



296 V. J. DAVIS, HYDROPATHIST, 

i Expert Masseur and Hydropath. Proprietor Vendome Tur- 

kish and Electric Baths. Opposite Mate House on :ird St. 




M \-,<ik SAMCEL I. SWARTZ 



J.T. BAKR, City Clerk. 

\V. P. rVLER, i ln.i of p -,-. 

L. I: K Ml MAN. Director of Public [mpmvements. 



l. con ii 



I H. < KIM, Dire, toi nl Law 
' HAS LATER, Chief of Fire Department 



THE NEW FIRST NATIONAL BANK. 

The New First National Bank of Columbus, Ohio, is the resultant of the consolidation 
of the Fourth National Bank and the National Bank of Columbus, two strong financial insti- 
tutions, which were united on the 15th of June, 1897, and not only new and additional capital, 
but new and young blood and energy put behind it. 

The officers of this institution are : Nicholas Schlee, president; A. I). Heffner, vice presi- 
dent; Charles k\ Mayers, cashier; Paul A. DeLong, assistant cashier. Its board of directors 
consists of the following well known business men of Columbus: Nicholas Schlee, John Joyce, 
|r., of Green, Joyce & Company, wholesalers; James Kilbourne.of the Kilbourne-Jacobs Manu- 
facturing Company, manufacturers; W.H.Jones, of Jones, Witter & Company, wholesalers; 
E. W. Swisher, of the E. W. Swisher Cigar Company, manufacturers of cigars ; Henry C. 
Werner, of the Henry C.Werner Company, manufacturers of shoes; Peter Merkle, capitalist 
and business man, and A. D. Heffner, Earl C.Peters and Charles R, Mayers, leading capitalists. 

Its resources embraces loans to the amount of $549,937.45; fixtures, $16,500; real estate, 
$16,493.15; United States and other bonds, $1,503,097.23; cash and exchange, $1,039,097.20; total, 
$3,158,477.03. Liabilities: capital stock paid in, $100,000; surplus and profits, $113,897.59; circu- 
lation, $85,000; United States deposits, $77,600; deposits, $2,432,979.44; United States Bond ac- 
count, $19,000; total, $3,158,177.03. Since this statement was rendered to the Treasury Depart- 
ment of the Government, the capital stock was, by a vote of the stock holders, increased to 
$500,000, increasing the resources and liabilities in that proportion. 

The progress made by the bank since its present organization iti 1897, is something wor- 
thy of being permanently recorded as well as something that reflects the highest credit on 
each and every one of theofficers and directors above named. 

As shown by the official figures furnished the Comptroller of the Treasury in different 
years, its deposits in December 1898, were $1,229,312; in December 1899, $1,891,222; in December 
1901), $2,510,579, an increase of 101 per cent, from 1898 to 1!H>I). 

These remarkable additions to its available funds, as a matter of course, advanced the 
profits correspondingly, and in December, 1900, stood at $113,897, or thirty-five per cent, greater 
than it was in the corresponding month of !*!>!), and these figures compared with those for De- 
cember, 1898, show the remarkable increase of over four hundred per cent, in the surplus and 
profits of the bank in two years. But in this connection it must be stated that the bank pays 
a semi-annual dividend of five per cent, upon its shares at $400,000. I nasmuch as this amounts 
to $40,000 each year, it goes with the saying that the bank's affairs must be managed with the 
highest ability to produce such gratifying results. The standing value of its shares is per- 
haps between 128 and U."0,but exceptional sales have been made at as high as 175. 

This bank is distinguished from the ordinary commercial bank in this that it conducts a 
municipal bond department, purchasing these securities direct from tin- municipalities issuing 
them, lint only alter the most careful investigation by the most learned and prominent attor- 
neys, into their legality and regularity of issue. The department has grown to large propor- 
tions and as shown by a recent circular issued by Cashier Mayers, the list of securities offered 
customers includes bonds of no less than thirty-four states, counties and municipalities. How- 
ever, the securities must be i;ilt edged or the bank will not handle them. The New First Na- 
tional Bank is one of the great financial concerns of the Capital of ( )hio. 




C n SAV 

Of the younger members of the Franklin county bar who 
have achieved prominence m recent years, none have mel 
with more distinguished success than has attended the career 
of Mr. C. D Saviers, who has handsomely appointed offices 
at No. 119y a South High street. He conducts a general law 
practice, both civil and criminal, and has figured in some !■"> 
murder cases, either as prosecutor or for the defendants. 

C. D. Saviers is a native of Columbus, born Februarj IT, 
1866, educated in the public schools of this city and Chicago, 
111., and in- also took a five-year course at Notre Dame Uni- 
versity, Indiana, graduating therefrom in 1886 with the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Science. Returning to Columbus he be- 
came deputy clerk in County Clerk Joyce's office, remaining 
there six months, when he began the reading of law in the 
office of Converse, Booth & Keating, and was admitted a 
member of the bar in 1888, at once entering upon the prac- 
tice of Ins profession. In 1892 he was appointed First Assist- 
ant Prosecuting Attorney of Franklin county, and gained a 
magnificent reputation during his term of service, which c in- 
tinued for three years and three months I luring his nicnin 
bency he participated in the Elliott murder case, in which 
tragedy six persons were killed on High street, and many 
other important trials. Af.er his retirement as assistant 



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prosecuting attorney the court appointed him to assist the 
Stale in the prosecution of Taylor, the colored murderer, 
who killed Farmer Yokum. The negro was convicted and 
duly hung, and it is worthy of nod' to state that he was the 
last one in Franklin countv to meet death in this form before 
electrocution was adopted as the means of execution. Mr. 
Saviers's latest notable victory was the clearing of Michael 
Hemline, jointly accused with Mrs Hill with having mur- 
dered her husband, the trial lasting 17 days, and affording op- 
portunity for the display of much legal acumen. Since then 
he also cleared ( Iscar Gardner, the well-knokn pugilist, who 
was indicted for the killing of George Stoul in the prize ring 
in ISIS. 

Mr. Saviers retired from the position of assistant prosecut- 
ing attorney to go to South America as attorney in some im- 
portant land cases He was for four years attornej foi till 
p. dice department and attome- lor the sheriff six years. 

In politics Mr. Saviers is Democratic, though he pays 
much more attention to business than political mailers He 
holds membership m the Masonic Order. Elks and Knights 
of Pythias and Ins successful career heretofon pn 
most brilliant future for bun in bis chosen prol 



WILLIS G. BOWLAND. 

Among Franklin county's merchants of mark must be in- 
cluded \\ illis G. Bowland, Secretary and Treasurer of the 
li.ii d i Beggs ' o., the largest exclusive importers and job- 
bers of carpets, curtains, rugs, parquetry floors ami wa'J 
papers in Ohio. 

Mr. Bowland is a "self-made man" in the fullest sense 
thr.t the term implies. He is an Ohioan by birth, having 
been Lorn in Van Wert, Van Wert county, May 1. 1853, but 
he has resided in Columbus since 1861. He was the sole 
offspring of his parents, Dr. M. J. Bowland and Susan M. 
(Hancock) Bowland. The latter, a most estimably known 
lady, is still living, but Dr. Bowland has long been deceased, 
bis death occurring while in the service of his country. He 
was a surge, ,n m the Army of West Virginia, performed 
va.iant duty in those "times that tried men's souls," and 
(luring his arduous work in the campaign fell prey to illness 
and died in 1865. His staunch oa.riotism and self-sacrific- 
ing efforts remain as lasting monuments to his memory. 

Willis G. Bowland obtained his education in the public 
schools of Columbus, af.er leaving which, he. as a lad. earned 
a living in selling newspapers. His ability being noticed 
be was engaged as assistant bookkeeper by Osborn, Ker- 
shaw & Co.. with whom he remained 12 years, finally be- 
coming head bookkeeper for that firm. He resigned" this 
position to establish the dry g Is firm of Moler and Bow- 
land. which continued in existence for 11 years, or up to 
1892, when be became president of the Columbus Wheel 
Company. The works were destroyed by tire after he bad 
held this position for two years, ami his next business ven 
Hire was in connection with the firm of David C. Beggs & 
Co i »n July 1, 1899, this firm incorporated under th» tit'e 
of The David C Beggs Co.. the capital stock being placed 
at 1200.000, ami they have a magnificent five-storied is lD - 
lishment at Nos 34-36-38 North High street, where both a 
wholesale and retail business is conducted. 

Mr. Bowland is interested in many business and social 
interests, ami is an active member of the Repub'ican party, 
of whose principles he is an ardent, strong supp irter. He 
is a member of the Masonic Order, the National Union. 
American Insurance Union, 'be Columbus Club, i mm 
Club, President of the Columbus (dee Club, one of the fin- 
est organizations of the kind in the country: director of the 
Columbus Terra Cotta Brick Company, Secretary of the 
Interstate Mining Company, and a stockholder in several 
banks ami business interests. 

On October 2. 1*77. Mr. Bowland was married to Miss 
Alice Carlisle, and they have had one daughter, Grace, who 
is now married. Mr. Bowland is a strong supporter of all 
interests for the promotion of the welfare of Co'umbus, and 
is a citizen universally liked and popular. 

Mr. Bowland is also one of the proprietors of the Home 
Dry Goods Company, of Nos. 134-136 South High street, 
which is conducted under the firm of Bowland, Morehouse 
& Martens. 



CHARLES RICHAKDSt i\ MARTENS. 

Of the Franklin county citizens who have achieved 
prominence in commercial life in the Capital City, a well 
known merchant is found in Charles Richardson Martens, 
of the firm of T'owlaml. Morehouse & Martens, proprietors 

of the Home Dry G Is House, located a' Nos. 134-136 

Sou'h High street. 

Mr. Martens was horn on Wr I I, I860, s-n of Alice 
Richardson and David Miller Martens, the later a wel'- 
known clergyman, to which profession be added 'be v e.a 
pon of proofreader. Their fairilv was comprised of four 
children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom ae liv- 
ing. 

Charles R. Martens attended tin- village and dis'rict 
schools "i his township up to bis fourteenth vear, when he 
came to Columbus and secured pmploymenl in 'be music 
establishment of C II. Walker & Co. on North UiMi street. 
Mpt remaining there some yen's he moved to Fredo-na. 
Mercer countv, Pennsvlvania, where be obtained a position 
in a general merchandise Ftore ami continued there up to 
1881. when be resigned ami returned to Co'umbu . si-ice 
which time be has made tin- bis permanent abiding place. 



Slior ly at er his arrival h re lie b came employed with Weis- 
rian & Martens, an older brother being a member of the 
firm, and be remained with them until 1883, when the firm 
was dissolved. For a year or so following this Mr. Mar- 
tens was a traveling salesman for the Miller Oil Company, 
of Columbus. He next engaged with the house of Meier 
& Bowlar.d, with whom he was connected until 1888. when 
he purchased a partnership interest in the firm of J. P. 
Weisman & Co. This he retained until 18112, when, with his 
two colleagues, he organized the present firm of Bow'and. 
Morehouse & Martens. This. 'oday. is cne of the largest and 
most prominent of the representative dry goods establish- 
ments of Columbus, and it controls a large and influential 
trade. 

( in Jure 3, I8"4, Mr. Mar ens was married to Emma Char- 
lotte Wirth, ;nd two children have been born to them, bo h 
living and be; ins of sunshine in the happy home of this 
popularly known couple. 

Mr. Martens is a member of the Arion Cub. and both in 
btisim ss and social life bis standing is of the highest, most 
creditable character. 



GEORGE G. MOLER. 

Within the last quarter of the nineteenth century many of 
the most prominent men known in the history of Franklin 
county, those who were most instrumen'al in building up 
its present prominence, have departed this life, and their 
rames and careers have passed into history. 

< )f this number one of the best known was the late George 
G. Moler. whose demise occurred on February 19. 1899. 
an event deeply deplored by the entire community, of which 
lie had so long been a central figure. 

George G. Moler was born on the farm of his parents, 
Daniel and Cornelia (Moore) Moler. at historic Harper's 
Ferry. Virginia, on June 26. 1839. the family consisting of 
two sons and a daughter, and of these, the latter. Sarah 
Moler, is the only survivor. His education was secured in 
the common schools of Harper's Ferry, but at the age of 
thirteen he was obliged to "o to work for a living and he- 
came a clerk in a country Grocery store, in which he re- 
mained for several years. He had a natural aptitude and 
talent for commercial life and soon made him^e'f acquaint d 
with the most approved business methods of that time. .V 
the age of nineteen he came to Co'umbus. and here secured 
employment in the o'd established dr" goods house of James 
Kershaw, this being in 1863. The firm later became Osborn 
& Kershaw. Mr. Moler remaining with them and becoming 
their manager and buyer, a dual position he continued to 
hold when the firm changed to Osborn & Co.. who bud' 
the department store at the corner of South Hi Hi street and 
Chapel alley. 

On September 1, 1881. in company with Mr. W'l'is G. 
Bowland. Mr. Moler founded the establishment of Mo'er 
& Bowland, in the old Nauehton Hall Building, on South 
High street, the co-nartnership continuing until February, 
1892, when Mr. Moler purchased Mr. Bowland's in*erest, 
carrying on business under the same firm name of George 
i i Moler up to June. 1896. when Ins son. Alfred S. Moler. 
was admitted to partnership, thus forming the now widely- 
known firm of George G Moler & Son. The latter retired 
some years later and his ueath occurred on February 20, 
1900. On his retirement Mr. Moler's second son, Walter 
S.. and Mr. C. L. Drake, son-in-law of Mr. Moler. became 
members of the firm. At the senior partner's death they be- 
came proprietors, and still continue business under the firm 
name of George G. Moler & Son. according to the expressed 
wish of the father, before his decease. 

Mr. George G. Moler resided in Co'umbus forty-one vars. 
and the family home for the la^t thirteen years of his life 
was the fine three-storied brick residence at No. 45 South 
Sixth street. In February, 1864, he was married to Miss 
Mary Stewart, at Uniontown. Pennsylvania, the union re- 
sulting in three children. Of these Alfred S. Moler is de- 
ceased: Walter Stewart, is a member of the firm of Moler & 
Son, and bis sister. Caroline, was married to his partner. 
Charles Livingston Drake. 

Mr. George G. Moler was not affiliated with any fraternal 
organizations; was a strong sunnorter of the Repub' ; eoi 
party, and ever stood readv to aid in any project that m-ght 
be advanced for the good of the community. 



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\\ I I.I I \M ARM BRUS iTK. 

Representative merchant and well-known citizen of Colum 
bus, was born on December I". 1835, at Ebinger, Wuertem 
berg, Germany, and was the eldesl son ol Philip Armbrustei 
and Anna Barbara (Reemelin) Armbruster, of that town, 
whore his Father was engaged in I usin: ss as a manufacturer 
of woolens There wire five children in all in the family 
three being sons and two daughters, all of them still living. 

William Armbruster was educated in the public schools of 
Germany, came to the United States when seventeen years 
of age. Later on he became an apprentice in a wagon manu- 
facturing establishment, learned the wagon making trade in 
all its departments, becoming an expert workman, and lie 
followed this craft for twent) years in different parts i f the 
United Stales; and in 1870 established Ins present bu c in??s 
which has since continued to flourish and prosper under Ins 
able management. Armbruster's Stocking Factory, as his 
lnnise is known, is located at Nos. 212, _'l 1 Si nth II gh 
stree*. and furnishes errplovmi nt to a large number oi h ml , 
m I he manufacture of knit stockings, and underwear oi su- 
perior manufacture. He also is a general dealer in dry 

g Is. notions and ladies' and men's furnishings. lie is . 

sisted in ike management by his son. Harrj E Armbrust r 
who was horn in Columbus, ami is most popularly known r 
the community. 

In November, 18C0, Mr. Armbri's'er was married to M ss 
Susan Bleistein, and the- have had two children, a daughter. 



who is now Mrs. Hudgel, of Columbus, and their son. 
Harry E. 

\h Armbruster is not affiliated with any political organi 
zation, though In- takes a public spiritfd interest in local ami 
national affairs, is a member of tin- Independent Ordei of 
Odd Fellows, and no citizen commands a greater di 
confidence and esteem than is allotted to him 



D. 



AFT, IK 



Was born m Columbus, Ohio, March 23, 1850, and ha- al- 
ways made his residence in this city, with win-'' moral 
social and business welfare he ha- so Ion- been activel) 
identifii d Hi- moil,, r , Mr, Sarah Eli abe h (Conine) Taft, 
was horn in New Jersej in 181!) Hi- father. 1) II Tafl 
was born in Massachusetts in 1814, hit thai state when a bo, 
lor Ohio, which was then con ulered the far We t, and set 
th d in Columbus in 18 10 

I In,' he . ncagi d in the dry goods lee inc in c mipain 
w nli I ). \V I leshk r, ai il e ci i net of I figh nrd Bro 
tin firm name being Deshler & Taft. In 18-12 Mr. Tafl put 
chased Mr. Deshler's n erest, thus I, lomirg ;o!e [>n prietor, 
and he continued business under his own name up to 1807, 
when In- health becoming seriously impaired, he ret 
privad life I fe was the lather i f a fanv'h i 
a daughter three of whom are living, ainonu them b 
subject o] this ;1« tch. The latter receive, 1 his educa'i m in 



the public schools of Columbus; in 1868, at the age i I 18, 
he entered the dry goods house of J. D. Osborne & Co., re- 
maining with them four een years, when lie left lor a position 
with Green, Jovce & Co., with whom he passed seven year-' 
service. He next entered into partnership, in 18-9, wi h 
Messrs. Joseph H. Dunn and Joseph A. Hartley, the firm 
name of Dunn. Taft & Co., being adopted, and this co-part 
nership still continues. 

The firm's extensive establishment is at No. 84 North H gh 
street, and it is one of the largest and best known dry goods 
house in Central Ohio. Mr. Taft was first married in Sep- 
tember, 1882, to Mary Ri:son. now deceased, and in Novem- 
ber. 1897, he was united to Martha B. Hill. 

He has two children, one of either sex. and is a citizen 
thoroughly devoted to home, to business and to the interests 
of the community in which he dwells. 



FREDERICK WILLIAM PRENTISS. 

In writing the history of Franklin county and its sons and 
prominent citizens, particularly of those most active in the 
latter part of the nineteenth century, a name that must not 
be omitted is that which stands as the caption to his sketch. 

Frederick W. Prentiss has been active in financ a', manu- 
facturing and social progress in Columbus, and has done 
much to promote the general growth and welfare of the 
community. 

He was born in Columbus, in 1855, his parents being W. S. 
V. Prentiss and Mary Elizabeth (Weaver) Pren iss. and 
beside him. the family consisted of two daughters, one of 
whom is married and a resident of Toledo, while the other 
still resides at home. The late W. S. V. Prentiss was a 
well-known member of the Franklin County Bar, of recog- 
nized ability, and was Adjutant General on the staff ol Gov- 
ernor Medill. and in his death, which occurred in 1869, the 
community lost a most valued member. 

Frederick W. Prentiss obtained his earb- education in the 
public schools of the Capital City, and in 1870. at the age of 
fifteen, began his career as a messenger boy with the finn 
of P. W. Huntington & Co., continuing with that house, in 
various capacities, for fourteen years He is possessed of 
financial ability of a high degree and for two years he'd the 
responsible position of cashier of the State Treasury, while 
for more than sixteen years lie was treasurer of the Ohio 
State University. 

In 1887, in company with the late M. M. Greene, he or- 
ganized the Clinton National Bank, and was elected it; 
cashier and vice president. He was one of the origina ors 
of the plan of bringing about a consolidation of the Clinton 
National Bank and the Hayden National Bank, and this re- 
sult, due greatly to his efforts, was finally consummated on 
January 9. 1900. This organization is known as the Hayden- 
Clinton National Bank, of which Mr. Prentiss is president. 
It has abundant capital, able executive officers, and enjoys 
the confidence of the entire business community. 

In 1882 Mr. Prentiss was married to Martha K. Greene, 
who died in 1888. by whom he had one child. He was united 
in marriage with his present wife, formerly Miss Belle Irving 
Hayden, of Columbus, in 1893, and they have a handsome 
residence in this city. 

Mr. Prentiss is an independent Democrat in politics, is a 
trustee of the Columbus City Sinking Fund, member i f the 
Columbus and Country Clubs, and is regarded as a cit'zen 
of the highest personal worth. 



GEORGE DANIEL CROSS. 

The biographical writer who desires to delineate the per- 
sonal history of self made, successful business men will find 
ample material for thought and pen in Ohio Capital City. 
In fact, it is to this class of citizens, more than all others. 
perhaps, that Columbus, conjoined with its splendid natural 
great growth and commercial promi- 
nence 

In the list of those coming within this category is George 
Daniel Cross, head member of the Geo. D .Cross Lumber 



Co., whose offices are at the junction of Water and Long 
streets. 

Mr. Cross is a native of the great lumber state of Michi- 
gan, having been horn in Manchester. Lenawa county, that 
s'ate, m 1855 Hi- mother was Elizabeth (Fuller) Cross, 
his lather. Chauucv Cross, wdio was one of the early miners 
of the West, and was also for years engaged in agricultural 
pursuits. His death occurred in 1856, when the subject of 
this sketch was an infant, and there was but one other in 
the family, his brother. De Forest A., who is still living. 

George D. obtained his education in the common and high 
schools of his native town, after which, at the age of 14. he 
went to La Cygne. Kansas, where he remained a short time, 
and. becoming iden'ified with the Chicago Lumber Company, 
he removed to Nebraska City. Nebraska, where he located 
for about a year. He became a partner in the company, and 
next went to Brownville, Nebraska, where he assumed the 
management of the companv's yards. He remained in Ne- 
braska some ten years, and then went to Kansas, where he 
looked after the company's interests at various p iin s in 
that state. The Chicago Lumber Companv was one of the 
most prominent lumber concerns in the United Sta'es. and 
at one time had between 300 and 100 branches at the prin- 
cipal railroad noints in Kansas and Nebraska, transact ng a 
l'ii-ir, ss of great magnitude in those states. 

As one noteworthy specimen of the enterprise possessed 
by Mr. Cross, who is one of the most progressive of the wide 
awake business men of the end of the century, it may be 
staled here that when Oklahoma was thrown open by the 
United States for settlement, he was the first lumber man 
to reach Guthrie with a stock. He entered Guthrie with a 
very heavy supply of lumber, conveyed on a train so large 
that three engines were required to draw it. It is needless 
to add that the lumber was quickly disposed of and the ven- 
tm< proved a most profitable one. 

Mr. Cro-s came to Columbus in 1890, after having sp'nt 22 
years in the lumber trade in the West. 12 years in Kansas 
and In vears in Nebraska. 

Tn 1885 the Geo. D. Cross Lumber Company was organ- 
ized and duly incorporated with a capital stock of $25 

and since his residence here Mr. Cross has been active at 
the head of affairs. The officers are: President, Geo. D. 
i ross Vice President. D. H. Sowers; Secretary and Treas- 
urer. C. B. Brown. The company conducts both a whole- 
sale and retail business, handling lumber of all kinds, also 
sash, doors, blinds and other building woodwork. Ibavy 
stocks are carried in their yard, and the immense trade sup- 
plied extends to all points within a radius of 50 miles of 
Columl lis 

In 1880 Mr. Cross was married to Elizabeth Florence 
Bailey, and they have had one child, a son, whom they have 
named George Bailey Cross. 

Mr. Cross is an active member of the Masonic Order, a 
strong supporter of the Republican party, and a whole- 
souled, genial gentleman who commands the undisguised 
confidence and esteem of the business and social community. 



ORLANDO ALBERT MILLER. 

Among the leaders of commerc ; al enterprise in Columbus 
the name of Orlando Albert Miller has long been familiar, 
and he has exerted valuable influence in promoting the best 
interests of the community. 

Mr. Miller was born in Belmont county. Ohio, on Sep- 
tember 24. 1859, the son of Alonzo Plummer Miller, a de- 
sc< ndant i i Janus Smith, signer of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, and Flizabeth Ross Evans Miller, a descendant of 
Ross, signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
IK was one of a family of five sons and five daughters. Of 
these there are now living two sons and three daughters, i"- 
cluding the subject of this sketch. His earliest ancestor in 
America was David Miller one of four brothers, who came 
from England in 1682, and acquired large land grants from 
William I'enr. in Chester county. Pennsylvania, wdiere the 
iani'lv remained until 1802, when the grandfather of the 
subteel of 'In- sketch. Mil'oti Miller, removed to Ohio a"d 
•ettled at St. Clairsville, Belmont county, and helped to hew 
,i commonwealth out of the wilderness llis son. Alonzo 
]'. was united in marriage March 20, 1846, with Elizabeth 



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Ji >SEPH WILL WALKER. 



The lives of some men stand out in strong relief as exam- 
ples of what may be accomplished by perseverance, industry 
and a steady determination to succeed and make a place for 
themselves among their Fellowmen. Success rarely comes to 
him who labors ii"t fur it. ami too much credit cannot he 
given a man who has risen from the ranks and to. lav holds a 
place of honor and respect among his fellow-citizens. 
"Honor and fame from no condition rise; 
Act well your part; there all the honor lies." 

Joseph Will Walker is one of the best known and most 
popular among those of the citizens of Columbus who havi 
been eminently successful in business life, and is also an un- 
wavering supporter of the Republican parly and its time- 
tried principles. 

Mr. Walker was horn on May 31. 1859, in 1) avertown. 
Morgan county. Ohio, his oarents being Malachi Wa'ker ami 
Nancy (Deaver) Walker .ami the place of his birth was 
named in honor of his mother'- iaiiiih Ills mother died 

about thirty-four years ago, when he was still in earlj chi'd 
hood, and the death of his father, who was fur years a mer- 
chant grocer in Zanesville, Ohio, occurred on Januarj 23. 
1886. The Walker family comprised thirteen children, all 
sons, with a single exceptii n. and of these eight sons survive, 
including the subject of this sketch 

The latter received an education in the common schools of 
Zanesville. < >n terminating Ins studies at the age of four- 
teen, lie began to learn the conlcc" iom rv-makim.' trade, ami 
continued m that line for seven vears, when, imbued with a 
desire to see other sections of his native country, he traveled 



all throughout the Western States. Returning to (dm. in 
May. Ic81, Mr. Walker secured a clerkship in the furniture 
establishment of W. V Brewer, Columbus, having 
this city for his permanent residence, and hi- connection 
with that firm continued mi to 894, with the exception ol an 
interval of four years, during which period he conducted a 
general house furnishing store m the Park Hotel Block, 
North I ligh street. 

In the sprin . ..I 1894 Mr Walker was elected a constable. 
on [he Republican ticket, and served most efficient!) in this 
capacit" for a period of three years. On the expiration of his 
term he' established a general law and collection bureau in 
the management of which he has met with the most definite 
ami substantial success, gaining the patronage of the leading 
business men throughout the community, lie is surrounded 
1 . % .i -all' oi experienced advisers ami assistants ami is pre- 
pared to furnish his clients the most efficient and satisfactory 
i if -i rvices. 

Mr Walker takes an active mi- n -i in fraternal i 
Hon.. is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the < irder 

of Red Men. giving a warm support to those - i' and 

by Ins In-other members is held in the highest i steem 

()n Mav 4. 1882, Mr. Walker was united to Miss Nettie 
Clark of Columbus, the union bearing fruit in a famih ol two 
s,,n. and lour daughters, of whom one son and a dauuhtet 
are deceased. Personally . .r Walker is popular with all 
classes, and he has gained the entire confidence ol the bust- 
m - 1 1 immunity. 



Ross Evans, whose ancestors, the German Witmers and 
Swiss Rolands, of Lancaster, and the Welsh Evans, ol 
Gwynned, came to America in 1700, and these having inter- 
married with the Taylors of Chester, and the Ross' and Bu- 
chanans', of Lancaster, united in the subject of this sketch 
some of the earliest and best blood that came to America 
from England. Scotland. Wales, Germany and Switzerland. 

Mr. Miller attended the common schools of Belm.nt and 
the Woodsfield Academy, and upon leaving school in 1875 
came to Columbus, where he has ever since been id n.ified 
with the paper trade, a- bookkeeper, traveling salesman, 
manager and capitalist, being President of the Central Olr'o 
Paper Company, a corporation he organized in 1887, to ab- 
sorb the business with which he had been identified s'nee 
1875. He i- also connected with one of the largest paper 
manufacturing plants in Ohio, and a'so cue in Massachusetts. 

Hi- career has from the start been successful, due largely 
to untiring energy and his organizing ability. 

Mr Miller has been an acti\c promoter of the commerce 
of the Capital City, and in 1899-1900 had the honor to be 
President of the Columbus Board of Trade 

On October 20 1880, Mr. Miller was united in marriage 
with Mi" Mia May Morn-, daughter of Major William T. 
Morris, and granddaughter of the late Hon. Joseph Morr'.s, 
M. C 1844-48, a lady well known for her estimable p-rs nal 
qualities. They have a family of four children. Albert Mor- 
ris. Edna May. Helen Louise and Roland Winner. 

Mr. Miller is a member of the Odd Fellows, the Elk-, the 
First Congregational Church, the Columbus Club, and o-her 
societies of the first rank, and in both business and social l'fe 
Ins -landing i- such as to command the confidence and esteem 
of all. 



THE HOCKING VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. 

By F. B. Sheldon. Chief Engineer and Assistant to 
the President 

April 14. 1864, the Mineral Railroad Company was incor- 
porated to build a railroad from Columbus to Athens. Ohio. 
imt beyond making preliminary surveys and securing s me 
rights of way. nothing was done towards the construction 
of the line. Mr. M. M. Greene, who was operating salt 
works at Salina. Ohio, in the Hocking Valley, seven miles 
north of Athens, in I86"i took up the project, and on June 
26 of that year, by decree of the Franklin County Common 
Pleas Court, the name was changed from Mineral Railroad 
Company to Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad C m- 
pany. Peter Hayden was elected President of the company 
and M. M. Greene Vice President: the road was finally 1 - 
eated and construction was begun. In 1868 the line was 
opened for traffic from Columbus to Lancaster, and in 18 9 
was completed as far a- Nelsonville, where it reached the 
fii Id 

July 25, 1870, the construction was finished to Athens with 
a branch from Logan to Straitsville. in the coal district. 
The annual report of the President for the year 1870 
That the company at that time owned 12 locomotives, - 
passenger cars, 3 baggage cars. 27!' coal, 60 box and 26 flat 
cars, in addition to which private parties furnished 103 coal 
car-, and that with all this equipment, together with 150 
other cars furnished by connecting lines, the company was 
unable to supply the demand for coal, and would have to 
provide more coal cars. The gross earnings of the line for 
1870 amounted to $372,229.00 In 1870 the population of the 
City of Columbus was 33,000, and it- subsequent subs*ant : al 
growth began with the building of manufacturing concerns 
immediately upon the introduction of coal by the Hocking 
Valley line. 

In the year 1871, the gross earnings increased I J54J 
ril the President report for that year stated that a 
valuable trade for coal had been commenced through Cleve- 
land to points on the lakes. 

The report further state- that the heavy traffic made it 

rj to renew some of the rails, and that, in order to 

have a test between iron and steel, 50 tons of steel rail- were 

d as an experiment and laid in sidings in Columbus 

yard, where the heaviest wear occur- of any part 'i the road. 

In January. 1871. Benjamin I-'.. Smith succeeded Peter 



Hayden a- President of the Company. M. M. Greene re- 
mained Vice President, and J. J. Janney was elected Secre- 
tary and Treasurer. The Director- chosen were: W. B. 
Brooks, C. P. L. Butler. Theodore Comstock. Isaac Eberlv, 
John L. Gill. M. M. Greene, J hn G.eenleaf and B. E. Smith, 
all of Columbus; John D. Martin, of Lancaster: C. H. Rip- 
pey, of Logan, and o. W. Pickering, of Athens. The coal 
business of the line developed rapidly, the gross (anting- for 
the year 1872 being $854,892, the company trebled its number 
of coal car- and began to feel the need of proper outlets 
hn traffic to points beyond Columbus, connecting lines be- 
ing either unable or unwilling to furnish cars for the busi- 
ness offered their lines. It was thereupon determined to 
undertake the construction of a line to supply the grtat de- 
mand of the lakes and the Northwest for Hocking Valley 
coal, and Toledo was -elected ;s the most appropriate port. 
Accordingly on May 28, 1872, the Co'umbus & Toledo Rail- 
1 1 oi.l Company was incorporated by M. M. Greene. P. W. 
Huntington. B. E. Smith, W. G. Deshler. James A. Wilcox 
and John L. Gill aid a preliminary survey was at once made. 

October 15, 1873, the line was permanently located from 
Columbus to Toledo. The financial panic of 1874. however. 
made it necessary to defer for nearb- a vear the construc- 
tion, which was commenced August 17. 1875' on October 15, 
1876, the line from Columbus to Marion was opened for 
traffic, and on January 10, 1877. the first regular train ran 
through to Toledo, where the company had acquired valu- 
able frontage on the Maumee river for the construction of 
docks. 

February _"_'. 1877, the Co'umbus & Hocking Valley and 
Columbus & Toledo Railroad Companies entered into a con- 
tract providing for the joint management of the two lines. 
and for the joint use of terminal property and facilities in 
Ci ilumbus. 

During the year 1877. extensive dick- were const- uc ed a' 
Toledo, and the connecting lines at Toledo furnished an out- 
let to points in Michigan and Canada. In the meantime, the 
Columbus c\: Hocking Valley Railroad had continued to 
prosper. In December. 1S74, M. M. Greene succeeded B. E. 
Smith as President, and in 1877. the Monday Creek and 
Snow Fork branches in the coal field were partially con- 
structed and opened and seven iron furnace- were in b'ast 
in the coal region. 

May 21, 1878, the Ohio & West Virginia Railway was in- 
corporated to build from Lo^an, in the Hocking Valley, to 
Gallipolis. on the Ohio River, and some little grading had 
been done upon this line, but no further progress was made 
until one year later. May 21. 1879. when the Hocking Vallev 
interests took up the Droject, amended the char'er to evend 
from Gallipolis to Pomerov and commenced c msfuc'ion. 
On October 15, 1880, the line was opened for traffic front 
I.o; an to Gallipolis. and on January 1. 1881, was comple ed 
to Pomeroy. 

August 20. 1881, the Columbus & Hocking Valley and Cn- 
lumbus & Toledo Railroad Companies, and the Ohio & 
\\ est Virginia Railway Cottfanv were consolidated ivder 
the name cf The Columbus. Hocking Valley & To'edo Rail- 
way Company, M. M. Greene continuing as President of the 
new company until July 1. 1886. when he was succeeded by 
Stevenson Burke, of Cleveland, who occupied the Presidency 
for a few months ending lanuary 11. 1887. the next annual 
meeting, when John W Shaw was elected, and continued in 
office until Aueust 30. 1889, when he resigned and was suc- 
ceeded by C. C. Waite. 

Mr. Waite came to the property with large railway exper- 
ience, and immediatelv set about the work of reducing 
grade-, rebuilding bridges and introducing heavier ecptip- 
ment upon the line, increasing the capacity of coal train- 
front 30 cars of 17 tons each, to 45 car- of 30 ton- each, a 
gain of 150 per cent., which brought the property up to the 
best standards of that day. an- 1 assured it- position a- the 
principal coal-carrying read of 'he state. 

In 1895, the Well-ton & Jackson Bell Railway was built 
by Ib.cking Valley interests from McArthur Ju-ctinn to 
through the Jackson county coal field, affording a 
valuable feeder to the line, and was opened for traffic 'o 
Wellston December 1. 1895. and to Jackson. Februirv 10. 
1896. While a'tending a hpnouet "iven to the offVa's of the 
Hocking Valley Railway Company by 'he ci'iz-.-ns of J-i.-k- 
-"ii. mi the occasion of the opening of the line, f'r .1 ml 
Waite took cold resulting in pneumonia, from wlv'ch he died 



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LL( >YD W. BUCKM \S II R 

Lloyd W. Buckmaster was born in Zanesville, May 16, 
L849 is a ■-on of the late John V Buckma ! 
soldier in the Mexican war and was wounded m the bat 1< oi 
Jbsuena Vista, being shot through aim through, that disabled 
him the balance of Ins life. John A. Buckmaster was a prom- 
inent railroad man. bein nr agent al Zanesvilli of the Central 
( Urn. Railroad, now known as the I!. & 0. ; he died in the [all 
ol l-T 1 ' and his mother, Selenah Wilkin-, died a yeai 
At the age cf fourteen years Lloyd, the subject of this sketch, 
was compelled to leave school and battle with the world and 
take eare of his father, mother, brother ami sister 11. ;tarl 
ed out, as was termed in those davs, a- peanut merchant on 
what was called the Central Ohio Railroad, undei the presi- 
dency of the Hon II J. Jeweii 1 ) \\ ( aldwell, late presi- 
dent of the Lake Shore Railroad, was superintendent. He 
served as brakeman on freight and passenger trams. 1 
master and yardmaster ai Zanesvilli , lefl thai company and 
entered the service of the Adams Express company as driver 
of their wagon; was af erwards made messenger on Ih Pan 
handle and Cincinnati ami Muskineum Valley Railroads; 
left that company when Mr. C. C. Waite was mad, superin- 
tendent of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley in 1870. ind 
wa- made baggageman ei was promol d to passen^n 
ductoi and run in thai capacity tor twelve years. When Mr. 
ook charge i f the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton 
Railroad, he entered again his service a- passenger conduc- 



tor, afterwards being made the citv passenger and ticket 
ai em of the line at Indianapolis. He left that position on 
tlu recommendation of Mr. Waite and accepted the superin- 
tendency of the Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad, 
where he served for three years and had charge of the con- 
struction of one hundred miles of that line, hut retired on ac- 
count of his health. 

II' vas appointed commissioner of transportation of the 
Ohio Centennial by Governor Foraker and afterwards made 
steward of the Ohio Penitentiarv, which he filled to the en- 
tire credit of his party 

After the change of administration he again returned to the 
service of Mr. Waite and was made city passenger agent of 
the Columbus, Hocking Vallev and Toledo Railway, which 
position he still holds in this city. 

He was appointed deputv oil inspector bv Governor Mc 
Kinley and served during his entire term of office. He is now 
secretary of the State Sinking Fund Commissioners. 

He i~ a Knights Templar, thirty-second degree 
Rite Mason and a charter member of Aladdin Temple. 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 

He is an uncompi o Repub 

.i!' it to the intercuts of his party and tin . and is 

popular with all classes. He has 
who is clerk in the State Treasti 

who died in 1879. On Decembers. lSTn. he was m. 
llattie Newell Taylor and has liv 



on February 21, 1896. Samuel D. Davis. Vice President, be- 
came the executive head of the company until June 18. 1800, 
when he was succeeded by Nicholas Monsarrat, as Vice 
President, who has continued in charge of the property to 
date, becoming President of the reorganized Hocking Valley 
Railway Company March 1, 1899. 

During Mr. Monsarrat"s term of office, radical improve- 
ments have been made in the capacity of the company for 
handling traffic; 40-ton cars have been introduced to the 
number of nearly 5000 during the past year, together with a 
much heavier type of freight locomotive, with the resu't that 
for the year ending Tune 30, 1900, the Hocking Va'ley Com- 
pany shows the heaviest average freight train load in the 
State of Ohio, and stands second in the entire world. 

Its business is still increasing, and although many import- 
ant manufacturing developments have been made along its 
line in iron and steel, stone, lime and clay products, the 
bituminous coal and coke traffic still form its principal busi- 
ness; during the season of navigation just ended more than 
1,000.000 tons of coal was loaded over its docks at Toledo 
on vessels going out on the Great Lakes. The Hocking 
Valley is the longest line of railway entirely within the limits 
of the state, and occupying as it does a central posi'ion from 
north to south, has been, and is of more value to the people 
of Ohio than any other. 



THOMn^ J. McLEISH. 

Thomas J. McLeish, the well-known and highly efficient 
Secretary of the Alum Creek Ice and Coal Company, of Co- 
lumbus. Ohio, which was organized in 1867. and whose of- 
fices are at No. 35% North High street, was born on August 
6, 1871. at Dennison, Tuscarawas countv, Ohio. His parents 
were Louisa (Voshall) McLeish and Charles McLeish. the 
latter a coal and ice operator, and both are still living, their 
residence being in Columbus. They had a family of two 
sons and three daughters, and of these all are living with the 
exception of one daughter — Katie — the survivors being: 
Olive, Mabel, Allen and the subject of this sketch. 

The latter was educated first in the common schools cf 
Columbus, later takin -T a full course of instruction under the 
private tutorship of an expert bookkeeper, and at the age of 
17 he entered the employ of the Big Four Railroad, remain- 
ing with that corporation up to his twentieth year, when 
he became bookkeeper with the coal and ice company that 
are conducted under the joint name of the Alum Creek Ice 
and Coal Company, over which his father presides in so ab'e 
a manner, and in Tub-. 1899, he secured a partnership inter- 
est and was elected Secretar-' to both companies. This re- 
sponsible position his thorough experience and valuable 
business training enables him to fill in the most eminently 
satisfactory manner. Mr. McLeish is also interested in a 
number of other enterprises, being one of the organizers of 
The Home Building & Loan Association, whose offices are 
at No. 1089 Mount Vernon avenue, and of which he is a 
director. He was likewise one of the organizers of the East 
Side Board of Trade, and now one of its foremost members. 

In February, 1892, Mr. McLeish entered the martal state, 
his estimable bride being Miss Marie Pelton, of Chardon. 
Ohio, a favorite in society's circles, and they have had two 
bright children, a son and daughter, whom they have named 
Murray and Margaret. 

Mr. McLeish is a member of the Republican party, to 
whose principle he eives close allegiance and support: is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias, and the Uniform Rank. 
Knights of Pythias, also the Buckeye Club the Sherman Rod 
and Gun Club, the East Side Gun Club and other social 
organizations, and he has a host of friends in both social 
and business life. 



GEORGE W. BRIGHT. 

George W. Bright is a native Ohioan. having been born 
in Tiffin, his mother bein- Mrs. Sophia Ann (S'oner) 
Bright, and father, the Rev. John C. Brieht. a well-known 
clergyman of the United Brethren denomination. Itis mother 
died in 1850, and father on August 0. 1866, after a most use- 



ful, clean and honorable career, and his memory was held 
in high veneration 1>- all who knew him. There were four 
sons and four daughters in the family all of whom are Ly- 
ing wi.h the e..Cvp.icn cf cne son. '1 he survivcrs are George 
W., John L., jesse L., who reside in Columbus, and Mary 
E., who lives in Kansas, and is married; Anr.a A., aLo ma.- 
ned, who resides in Parkersburg, Virginia, and Miss Jes.ie 
C. Bright, whose home is in Weslerville, Franklin county. 

The Rev. John C. Bright removed from Tiffin to Wes er- 
ville in 1852, and it was here that the subject of this sketch 
attended the common schools, later entering O.terbein Uni- 
versity of Westerville, and afterward the High School of 
Columbus. During the war he enlisted in the One Hundred 
and Thirty-third and One Hundred and E ghty-seventh 
Regiments, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for 14% 
months in the campaign, during a portion of which he was 
prostrated with typhoid fever. He was mustered out during 
the latter part of 1866 in Macon, Ga., and returned the same 
year to Columbus. Here he obtained employment as cl.rk 
in the millinery establishment of A. E. Souder. in which ca- 
pacity he remained for six years, when he purchased a part- 
nership interest, the firm name being Souder, Brigh: & Co., 
under which style it remained up to 1880, when the firm 
changed to Souder, Bright & Bro. Mr. Bright retired from 
l he firm in IS! 4. In 1891 was elected Vice President of the 
Sunday Creek Coal Co., of Columbus, miners ef bituminous 
coal in Perry and Athens counties, Ohio, and for a year he 
has also been Treasurer of the company. 

Mr. Bright is also prominently connected with numerous 
other business interests, being President of the Kaufman. 
Lattimer Drug Co., Columbus; President of the St. Paul 
& Western Co., of St. Paul, Minn. : President of the Boomer 
Coal & Coke Co.. of Columbus; Vice President of the Capi- 
tal City Bank; Vice President of the Perry Stock Co.. of 
Columbus; Vice President and Direc'or of the C. H. D. Rob- 
bins Co., Columbus, and holds an interest in numerous minor 
enterprises. 

On February 23. 1809, Mr. Bright was married to Miss 
Martha Worrel, of Columbus, and they have had one child, 
a daughter, who is now Mrs. Mary Louise Barrere. of Co- 
lumbus. 

Mr. Bright is a member cf the Republican party, also of 
Wells Post. G. A. R.. and is a recognized influential mem- 
ber of the community. 



IIKRMAN BRAUN. 

Herman Braun, one of Franklin county's foremost mer- 
chants and best known citizens, was born on Mav 31. 1810. 
in Rhenish-Bavaria. Germany (Rheinphalzl. His mother 
was Flizabeth (Dieterich) Braun. his father Philip Braun. 
who was also engaged in the time-honored voca'ion of 
apothecary. They had a large farmily. of whom but four 
arrived at the age of maturity, among them being the sub- 
ject of this sketch, and but two are now living, the latter 
and a married sister. Mrs. Anna Dieterich, who resides in 
Stark county, Ohio. 

Mr. Braun's parents came to the United Sta'es in 1849. 
and settled in Starke county. Ohio, where Herman attended 
tin common schools of Massillon for a year and a quarter. 
In 1851. when but eleven vears of age. he was sent to Heidel- 
berg, Germany, and studied for five vears in the preparatory 
schools of that city, after which he was a student for two 
years in the famous University of Heidelbers\ I" 1858 he 
returned 'o the L'nited States, and since the fall of that vear 
he made Columbus his home. In 1858 he became a cle-k in 
the drug Frm of Robberts & Samuel. pharm?cy having be^n 
chosen as his life vocation, and it is worthy of note that that 
firm conducted business at the same stand where Mr| B*-aun 
has always continued, viz.: No. 24 North High s're~t. where 
extensive quarters are occupied, where both a wholesale and 
retail drug trade is transacted, ard whence goods are shipped 
to all parts of Ohio, also to sections in West V'rcntra. 

Mr Braun became a partner in the business in 1804. the 
firm name being G. Roberts and Co. Mr. G Roberts died 
in 1867. and af er his demise the members cf »he reorganized 
firm were his vidow, Mr. Herman Braun and Mr. Phi ,: p H. 
Bruck. Mr. Rob rs' widow did later on. a-d Messrs. Braun 



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JAM ES 1,1 ill H 

The above-named well-known Columbus citizen is a native 

of I ngland, having been burn in East W lhay, County 

Hants, that country, on August 24, 1857. His parents were 
James and Sarah (Golden) Goodall, and Ins father was a 
house steward by vocation. The family comprised two sons 
and one daughter, all of whom are living. 

The subject of this sketch was educated in the National 
schools of England, and on leaving school engaged in differ- 
ent employment up to 1882, when he migrated to the United 
Slates, landing in New York, and he made his home in the 
American metropolis for five years, during which tune he was 
employed in the capacity of yacht steward on the famous 
yacht "Electra," owned by Eldridge T. Gerry, who at that 
tune was commodore of the New York Yacht Club. In Feb- 
ruary. 1>. X 7, Mr. Gooda'l received the appointment of steward 
to the Columbus Club of Columbus, Ohio, and at once left 
New York for this city, and immediately entered upon the 
execution of his duties. He filled this position in a most sat- 
isfactory manner (or nine years, when he resigned, in July. 
1896, to establish the Goodall Hotel, which he conducted up 



N Hi H iDAI.L. 

to December, 1897, when he sold out his interests and en- 
gaged in the restaurant and catering business. In this line 
he has met with excellent success, and at the present time he 
is conducting the Tavistock Inn, located at No. 26 Wesl Gaj 
street, where the best of entertainment is offered, and where 
he has secured a flourishing and most desirable patronage 

Mr. Goodall was married in England to Miss Ellen Susan 
Betts, who has borne him two children, both sons. The eld- 
est. John Belts Goodall, a bright lad. i- now in Ins fourteenth 
year 11 is brother. William Golden Goodall is in his eleventh 
year. Both children were born in the United States and the 
family reside at No. 26 West Cay street, where the Tavistock 
Inn is situated. 

Mr, Goodall is a Republican in politics and is prominently 
identified m h several fraternal organizations, being a mem 
ber of the Masonic Order, thirty-second degree, a Knight 
Templar and Shrmer. and a member of the Benevolent and 
Protective Order oi Elks. He has a host oi friends in the 
community and takes an intelligent interest in ail 
cerns the welfare of the Capital City. 



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and Brack became proprietors. In 1887 Mr. Brack received 
the honor at the hands of his fellow ckizetis of being elected 
Mayor of Columbus, a position he filled with credit and dig- 
nity, and on his election he withdrew from the firm of Braun 
& Brack. Mr. Braun then admitted to partnership his s ins, 
Messrs. Carl and Herman Braun, Jr.. both na.ives of this 
city, and expert pharmacists and chemists. Carl was e lu- 
cated m the public and high schools and the < >hio State Uni- 
versity, while Herman, Jr., also studied in the public and 
high schools and took a course in the Starling Medical Uni- 
\ ersity. 

On December 24, 1863, Mr. Braun was married to Miss 
Louise Hachtel, who bore him four children, three sons and 
a daughter, all of whom are living here. The daughter is 
Miss Bertha Braun, and the youngest son, Walter Braun, 
who is engaged as a civil engineer here. The o her two 
sons have already been mentioned. On March 0. 1900, his 
wife*s decease occurred, thus closing a most useful, lovable 
life, and her demise was deeply deplored in the community 
where she had teen so long and estimably known. 

Mr. Braun has been a su""orter of the Republican party 
since he cast his maiden vote and, beyond performing his 
duty at the polls, all his interests are thoroughly vested in 
his business and his home anairs. 



CHARLES ELIAS MARKESON. 

Charles Elias Markeson, who is prominently identified w'th 
real estate operations in Columbus and Franklin county, was 
born in Milwaukee, Wis., on December 1. 1849, and was a 
son of Alexander and Hannah Olson, the former a well- 
known captain and vessel owner on the Great Lakes. There 
were three children in the family— Charles F... Jacob and 
Hannah, all of whom are still living. 

Charles E. received his early education at the public 
schools of Milwaukee, also took a business course in Past- 
man's Commercial College, then studied telegraphy and be- 
came an operator on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 
railroad, filling that position for three years, when he be- 
came employed with the Northwestern Telegraph Company's 
branch at Winona, Minn., also the Winona Rochester & 
Minneapolis railway. His next position was as press reporter 
at Minneapolis for the Northwestern Telegraph Co., and 
after a year's service he came East to Pittsburg, and occu- 
pied a similar position. In 1873 Mr. Markeson removed to 
Columbus, where he was at first engaged as press reporter 
for the Western Union Telegraph Co.. serving in this ca- 
pacity for a year, when he became night operator, and in the 
day time engaged in real estate operations. In the latter 
field he was so successful and his business became so heavy 
that he was compelled to resign from the Western LJnion. 
and devote his entire attention to his real estate interests 
He buys and sells improved or unimproved realty of all 
kinds, negotiates loans and mortgages and has consummated 
many large deals. 

Mr. Markeson was married in 1873 to Miss Mary Pettit. of 
Ohio, and thev have had seven children, viz.: William Petti' 
Clara Eyre, Chas. E., Jr.. John Milton. Elnathan Pettit. 
Mary Pettit and Helen, all of whom are living with the ex- 
ception of William Pettit Markeson. who died in 1898 in 
Porto Rico, where he was stationed with his regiment, the 
Fourth Ohio. 

Mr. Markeson is a member of the Republican party, and 
a citizen popularly known in both business and social life. 



FRANK P. HALL. 

Upon the younger and more energetic members of our 
commercial fraternity does the continued prosper! y and de- 
nt of the community, in large measure, depend, and, 
regarded from this very reasonable standpoint. Columbus and 
Franklin county are well and amply provided for. 

Among the most successful and progressive of the mer- 
chants of tin- class in our midst is Mr. Frank P. Hall, Pri - 
dent of the Hall-Collins Hardware Co.. whose well-known 
emporium is at No. 143 South High street. This gentleman 



is a native of Columbus, having been born here December 
2, 1871, his parents being Chas. H. and Anna (Price) Hall. 
the latter a daughter of T. J. and Mary Price, while Mr. 
Chas. H. Hall, who is now deceased, was a well-known 
dealer here in lime and stone for building purposes. Frank 
P. Hall was brought up in this citv. was educated at the 
common and high schools, and all his interests are located 
here. After completing his schooling Mr. Hall entered the 
hardware establishment of McCune. Lonnis & Griswold, and 
while there gained a thorough insight and knowledge of this 
branch of trade. 

Thus experience has enabled him to score a marked suc- 
cess since he entered into business individually, making him 
an expert buyer and fully acquainted with how to most sat- 
isfactorily meet all the demands of an exacting trade. 

On January 15, 1806, Mr. Hall was united in wedlock to 
Miss Clara L. Jones, and they have established a permanent 
residence in this city. Mr. Hall does not meddle with poli'i- 
cal affairs nor fraternal organization, but devotes himself to 
his business and domestic affairs and is one of our most 
popular merchants. 



FREDERICK BEAUMONT SHELDON. 

Mr. Sheldon is the Chief Engineer of the Hocking Valley 
Railway, and is also Assistant to the President of that cor- 
poratism. 

He was born in Manchester. England, on January '-'7. 1856, 
son of Stephen Sheldon and Ruth (Beaumont) Sheldon. 
The family consisted of five sons and two daughters, all of 
whom are living, with the exception of one son. who died 
in infancy. Mr. Sheldon was educated in one of the En- 
dowed Grammar schools of Fngland, and in April, 1870, the 
family emigrated to the United States. His parents died in 
St. Louis. Mo., after residing there many years. Of his 
brothers and sisters Arthur L. resides in Lancaster. Ohio; 
Fdith S. (Hanly) resides at Frankfort. Ky., Alfred in Chi- 
cago, 111., and Stephen B.. in St. Louis. Mo., while the sub- 
ject of this sketch has lived in Columbus since 1870; and 
Annie M. is unmarried and makes her home with each of 
them from time to time, or travels abroad. 

In November. 1870, Mr. Sheldon began his railroad career, 
as a flagman on the preliminary survey of the Arkansas Cen- 
tral Railroad. From 1871 to Mav 28, 1872. he was draughts- 
man on the same road, and on June 1. 1872. he entered the 
service of what is now the Hocking Valley Railway Com- 
pany. He has been employed successively as topogranher. 
draughtsman and assistant engineer of the Columbus and 
Toledo line, and from 1877 to 1881 was engaged as engineer 
in charge of the Columbus & Toledo Railroad. From 1881 
to 1888, Mr. Sheldon was engineer in charge of the Toledo 
and Ohio River divisions of the Columbus, Hocking Valley 
and Toledo Railway, and from 1888 to 1800, he served in the 
capacity of Chief Engineer of that road. On the reorganiza- 
tion of the Hocking Valley Company in 1800, he was ap- 
pointed Chief Engineer, and on January 1. 1900, also became 
Assistant to the President in addition to his office of Chief 
Engineer. 

On September 6, 1881, Mr. Sheldon was married to Miss 
Harriet E. Thrall, and they have been blessed with seven 
children, six of whom are living. Their names and ages are 
as follows: Walter, a?ed 18; Stephen. 16; Mary Lees. 13; 
Ruth Beaumont, 10; Harriet Sheldon, 7; Anne Edith, 4; 
while the last born — Frederick Beaumont, died in February. 
1800. aged ten months. Mr. Sheldon resides at No. 80 Lex- 
ington avenue, and is well known in the community. Politi- 
cally he is a Republican. 



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CHAR1 ,ES B URLEIGH GAL B K EAT I [. 



Charles Burleigh Galbreath, State Librarian of Ohio, is a 
native Ohioan, having been born in Fairfield township, Co- 
lumbiana county, on February 25, 1858, on the farm of his 
parents, Edward P. Galbreath and Jane M (Shaw) Gal- 
breath. His father has re irea from agricultural pursuits and 
now resides with his estimable wife tit Latonia, Ohio, but is 
still the owner of a valuable farm in Columbiana county, 
They had a famih of four sons and two daughters, all oi 
whom are living. Of these the subject of this sketch is the 
eldest. The youngest member of the family is L. W. Gal- 
breath, a live stock raiser and owner of three valuable farms, 
situated near Latonia. The o her four members of the family 
tire: James Galbreath, a prosperous Farmer near Lisbon, Co 
lumbiana county; A. A. Galbrea'h, formerly a school teacher, 
but latel) admitted a member of the bar, and now practicing 
Law in St. Louis, Mo.; Edith Whitacre, widow of Frank E. 
Whitacre i f Salem, Ohio, and Uics E. Carr, wife of the Rev. 
George Carr. Methodist minister, of New York State. 

Mr. Galbreath's parents, both of whom are living, wen 
born m Columbiana county, near the birthplace of Edwin 
Coppick who became famous in connection with the historic 
events that occurred near Harper's Ferrj 

Charles Burleigh Galbreath is a self-made man in the full- 
est sense that the term implies His life has been one ol con 
stant. strenuous endeavor' his education was only obtained 
in the face i i many difficulties. Up to the aee of thirteen he 
attended the district school of his native county, when, his 
father becoming seriously ill, he was obliged to leave ;cl : 



Later <>n he resumed Ins studies in the winter months and 
worked in a sawmill during the season that the school was 
nut in session. Through the work done in this way Mr. Gal- 
breath earned enough mone to continue Ins studies in the 
High School at New Lisbon, Ohio. At the age of seventeen 
lie became a school teacher, and so earned sufficient to com- 
plete Ins High School course 

In 1879 Mr. Galbreath entered Mount Union College, from 
which, rive years later, he was graduated as a Master of Arts. 
Soon afterward he was -elected orincipal of the schools of 
Wilmot, Stark county, Ohio, remaining in that capacity up 
to 1886, when lie resigned to Income superintendent of the 
schools of East Palestine. < (hio. This position he held eight 
years. Though pressed upon to remain, he resigned in 1893 
to accept the otter of a membership on the faculty of Mount 
Hope College. Three years later he was appointed president 
of that institution .and resigned that office to enter upon his 
present incumbency. 

While in Palestine Mr. Galbreath was for two years editor 
of The Republican Reveille, and while holding that position 
was an earnest advocate "1 the night school hill, which was 
.afterward introduced by the Hon. J. 1 Brittain, and is now a 
law. He has .lone much institute work and has always taken 
tm active interest in the cause of education. He was county 
school examiner of Columbiana county for eight years. In 
1896 Mr. Galbreath was appointed State librarian by the 
1 ibran Commission, created bj thi Sevent\ second General 
Assembly of Ohio, and under his administration the library 



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has been brought to and maintained at a higher plane of use- 
fulness than it ever reached at any former period of its his- 
tory. Since entering upon his duties the traveling library 
system has been inaugurated b Mr. Galbreath. '1 hrough it, 
books are sent to all parts of the State. The system has 
proved a great success and already about 2 of these travel- 
ing libraries have been sent out. .Mr. Galbreath is a Repub- 
lican and was a delegate from his county to the State con- 
ventions of 18S3 and 1896. He is prominent in the Odd Fel- 
lows' Order and has served as deputy grand master. 

On July 29, 1882, Mr. Galbreath was united in wedlock to 
Miss Ida Kelly of Columbiana countv. a most estimable lady. 
and the have had one child, a son. Albert \\ '., who was born 
on October 29, 1883. He is now a student in the Ohio State 
University. 

Under the direction of Colonel Ethan Allen of New York, 
Mr. Galbreath. in 1897, organized the Columbus branch of 
the Cuban League of America of which he was the energetic 
secretary. This League, which was organized for the pur- 
pose of aiding the Cubans, had 2000 members in Columbus 
and was very active in the advocacy of armed intervention 
just before the Spanish-American war. 



CHARLES H. FRANK. 

Mr. Frank, who is the efficient Secretary of the Ohio De- 
benture Company, and a life-long resident of this, his native 
city, was born in Columbus on January 1. 1863, the son of 
Caroline (Hutt) Frank and Charles Frank, who are engaged 
in mercantile pursuits here. The family comprised five sons 
and three daughters, all living, their names being as follows: 
Emma nee Nonnemaker; George C, Charles H.. Anna nee 
King, Henry, Herman. Lily nee Mangold, Walter, all mar- 
ried with the exception of the last named. 

Charles H. Frank was educated in the common and high 
schools of Columbus, and also took a full course through a 
business college. At the early age of sixteen he entered the 
coal and feed business, with a partner, the firm name being 
Jacob Rapp & Co., and he continued in this line for three 
years, when he disposed of his interest. It was now that he 
entered upon his duties in the business college referred to. 
and from which he graduated in his twentieth year. He 
soon thereafter secured the appointment to a clerkshi- in 
the Hocking Valley Railroad, and held this position until 
April 1. 1884, when he resigned, having been offered the 
office of Secretary to W. A. Mahoney. real estate operator, 
and he continued in this capacity up to July 3. 1885, when he 
tendered his resignation to accept a more lucrative position 
with the Hocking Vallev Railroad, as clerk under J. F. 
Anthony. On February 20. 1890. he a"ain resigned to ac- 
cept an appointment under Andrew Gardner. Jr., Postmaster 
of Columbus, as general delivery clerk. He held tin- por- 
tion until August 1. 1894, being retained six months in 
office under the Democratic administration, because of his 
marked efficiency. From 1892 to the close of his clerkship 
in the postoffice he was also Secretary of the government 
civil service office of Columbus. His next position was an 
appointment to a deputy clerkship under Charles F. Gallo- 
wav. Countv Clerk, which he held until July 5. 1900, and at 
the close of Mr. Galloway's term of office he accepted the 
secretaryship tendered to him by the Ohio Debenture Co.. 
which incumbency he now fiills. 

Mr Frank has ever been an active upholder of Republican 
principles and a foremost worker in securing victory for that 
party. He has acted as secretary of city and county conven- 
tions on several occasions. He has been for sixteen years 
a member of the Columbus Republican Glee Club, which is 
celebrated all over the country. 

i in October 3. 1888, Mr. Frank was married to Miss 
Catherine Rothweiler, daughter of the late Rev. Jacob Rcrth- 
weiler, who prior to his death, was a most prominent minister 
in the German Methodist O '' They have had two chil- 
dren — Milton K. and Carl Melvin Frank, but of these the lat- 
ter only survives. 



whom he and his 1 rother Henr are the sole survivors. He 
received his educa ion in the public schools of his native 
country, and on July 6, 1856, when a young man of _'H. emi- 
grated to he United States, taking up his permanent resi- 
dence in Columbus in March, 1857. He had learned the 
trade of cabinet maker, and worked at this craft up to 1862, 
when, together with 22 others they organized the Columbu; 
Cabinet Company. He was first connected with the me- 
chanical department, but after a year in this capacity, he 
was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the company, and 
fulfilled the duties of this position up to 18!'0. when he re- 
signed and established himself in the coal and building ma- 
terial business, in co-partnership with Mr. H. Ni rm^yer, 
and under the title of the Columbus Coal and Lime Com- 
pany. Mr. Frank is the only surviving member of the orig- 
inal twenty-two comprising the Columbus Cabinet Company. 
The company's affairs went in'o the hands of a receiver in 
1M07. and the business was wound up by him with consider- 
able loss to the stockholders. Mr. Frank has prospered in 
his present venture and he commands an extensive, in- 
fluential patronage. 

On June 22, 1858, Mr. Frank was married to Caroline 
Hutt. of Wuertembere, Germany, a most estimable lady, 
and she bore him eight children, their names and years of 
birth being as follows: Emma R.. 1850: George C. 1861; 
Charles C, 1863; Anna. 1864; Henry. 1866; Herman. 1869; 
Lillie, 1871; Walter Benjamin. 1883. All are married with 
the exception of Walter B.; Emma was united to Henry 
Nonnenmaker. trimmer with the Columbus Bugery Co.: 
Georee C. married to E'izabeth Decker, is a^ent at Nor- 
fo'k. \'a.. for the Hoster Brewing Co.. of Columbus; Charles 

C. married to Kate Rothweiler. was Deputy County Clerk 
under County Clerk Galloway, and at present is engaged as 
Secre'ary of the Ohio Deben'ure Company: Anna was mar- 
ried to Robert King, bookkeeper in Baker's Art Gallerv: 
Henry, married to Fmilie Rich, is a salesman in the C. H. 

D. Bobbins Company's department store; Herman, married 
to Flora Grube. is a wood carver in the employ of the LTni- 
ted S'ates Carriage Company, and Lizzie is the wife of Wil- 
liam Mangold engaered in the umbrella trade in Columbus. 

From 1878 to 1882 Mr. Frank served as councilman from 
the Fifth Ward, and was an infirmary director from 1893 to 
1899. He is a prominent Republican, a member of the Ord >r 
of Odd Fellows, and a thoroughly representative citizen in 
every sense that the term implies. 



CHARLFS FRANK. 
Son of George and Mary (Haucg) Frank, was born on his 
parents' farm in Wuertemberg. Germany, on March 5, 1833. 
and was one of a family of four sons and two daughters, of 



JAMES TAYLOR. 

One of the oldest and best known and most highly re- 
spected citizens and business men in Columbus is James 
Taylor, the undertaker, on East Town street, and who for 
almost hall a century has been engaged in that business in 
Columbus, either on his own account, or in partnership with 
other well-known business men. 

He was born in the city of Sheffield. England, in the year 
1823, his lather being lames Taylor, a shoemaker and tan- 
ner in that city, and who manufactured the leather from 
which he made the footwear for his customers, thus being 
able to guarantee the quality of the material in his manu- 
factured goods. His mother was Miss Elizabeth Smethers, 
and to them were born eierht children. Mr. Taylor being the 
only one living in this country. 

He was able only to obtain a limited educa f ion in the 
schools of his native country, but by self-application he se- 
cured a fair and useful education which enabled him to suc- 
ceed in business. He left England upon reaching man's 
es'ate. sailing from Liverpool, and after a voyage lasting 
seven weeks, reached 'he United States and came to Co- 
lumbus in the year 1844. 

He had learned the tailor trade, and upon his arrival in 
Columbus opened a place of business in that line, near the 
corner of Rich and riistl streets, where he continued for a 
number of years, meeting with fair success. 

He then engaged in the undertaking business, and about 
1853 entered >n f o partnership, the style of the firm being 
Williams ,\- Tavlor. I ater the firm became Taylor & Wall, 
and in 1856 it became Tavlor & O'Hara. u"der which name 
it still continues in business, at 80 East Town street. Mr. 



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LUKE G BYRNE. 



There is no member of the Franklin Count} Bar who 
stands higher in the esteem of his fellow attorneys and the 
public generally for his ability, probity and 1 1 i ■ ■ 1 1 character 
and sterling integrity, than Luke G Bvrne, who wa recentlj 
appointed to the importanl position ol Director oi Law foi 
the citj oi Columbus b} Mayor Hinkle. In his case il was 
the "l ret- seeking the n an and nol the man -< i king the offio . 
as it came to him without solicitation, Had his feelings 
been consulted he would no doubl have preferred his private 
practice to the onerous and complicated duties imposed by 
the public office But believing thai if is the duty of the 
citizen to fulfill all the obligations of citizenship when called 
on, he subordinated his own personal affair- to perform a 
great public duty, and entered upon the discharge of thai 
du'y with the single object ol performing il faithfully, 
modes ly and for the promotion of the besl interests of the 
whole community as he saw them. 

Mr, Bvrne was burn near the villagi of Uhboy, in the 
county of Meath, Ireland, on the seventh da} of December, 
1848 He is the son of William Byrne, who was an Irish 
fanner in the old land, and his mother was Mis- Elizabe'h 
Gavaean They were the parents of six sons, five of whom 
are liviner, and all occupvina respectable positions and en- 
iovinp the respect of their fellow citizens. 

William Byrne died on November 13, 1882. and Elizabe'h 
Byrne died on January -'I] . 1884. The younger Byrne received 
a fair education in the public schools of GroveDOrl beine 
rather apt in his studies, and in later years increased bis 
education by an extensive course of useful reading and close 
study while fitting himself for Ins profession, lie read and 



studied foi four years in the office of Lorenzo English and 
I William Baldwin, two of the most distinguished lawyers 
ol the Columbus bar, a third of a century ago. Under their 
tuition he became well grounded in the principles of law, 
and proper!} imbued with an appreciation of the high re- 
sponsibilities of Ins profession. 

lie u,is admitted to the bar in 1875, and shortly afterward 
formed a partnership with Hon. George S, Peters, a former 
Mayor oi Columbus, and United States Attorney for the 
Territor} of Utah, under the firm name of -Byrne & Peters. 
Tins partnership continued for about 12 years. He and his 
partner were oi nearly the same age, and tliev rose rapidly 

in their profession, and in less than ten years ;l 1 in the 

front rank of the attornevs of the Franklin County Bar. 

Mr Byrne was married on the twenty-fourth of November, 
1880, io Mis- Rose M. Leonard, daughter of the la'e Theo- 
dore Leonard, Sr . and they have a daughter aged 15. who 
i- attending school. He has been a citizen ol Franklin 
county nearly all bis life, and a resident oi Columbus the 
greater portion of it. He i- not only a Democrat in politics 
Inn thoroughly democratic in all hi- ideas having unlimited 
fault m the ultimate wisdom oi the majorit} when fairly 
expressed. He is a member of the Knights oi Columbus, 
and the ( J ilumbus Bi >ard of Trade. 

Still itt the meridian of hie and mental activity and equip- 
ment, surrounded In devoted friends ami admit I 
commanding the unbounded respeel and i mfidence of the 
entire community, it may he properly -aid thai la is 1ml fully 
entered upon his career ol usefulness. 



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Taylor's being perhaps the oldest establishment in the line 
of business in the city of Columbus. 

Mr. Taylor was married in 1841 to Miss Ellen Cowen, and 
six children were born to them: Charles, deceased, who 
served gallantly as a soldier during the Civil War; Ellen, the 
wife of Mr. Henry Herbert, a civil engineer, living in the 
East Indies; Christina Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Sadler, one 
of the prominent physicians of Columbus; Ida Belle, the wife 
of Mr. Albert Edwards, residing in Seattle. Washington, 
and Mary Jane Fisher, who is an assistant in the under- 
taking establishment with the firm. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Taylor is a Republican. He 
resides with his family at 8OV2 East Town street. During his 
long residence in Columbus Mr. Taylor has commended the 
respect and esteem of the entire community. He has, at 
times, held considerable real estate in Columbus and vicinity. 
He sold to the United States Government two of the three 
cuv lots at the corner of State and Third streets on which the 
Custom House and Postoffice Building stands. 



PATRICK DOYLE. 

Patrick Doyle was born in Carlow. Ireland, March 10, 
1831. and is the son of Lawrence and Mary Doyle, formerly 
residents of that place. They were both the children of 
Irish farmers, to whom were born 11 children, four sons 
and seven daughters, of whom the following are living: 
Thomas, Ann, wife of Patrick O'Rourke, a farmer of Central 
College; Patrick, Clona, widow of Robert Cluney; Bridget, 
wife of John Allen, and Mary, widow of James Murphy, who 
now resides in Ireland. 

Patrick Doyle received a fair education in the schools of 
his native place. He left Ireland for America when a young 
man, sailing from Queenstown aboard a sailing vessel, which 
required eight weeks to make the trip, landing him at Ben- 
nington. Vermont, where he remained for about two years. 

In 1852 he came to Columbus and at once engaged with 
the Central Ohio, now the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 
in track laying, in which he was engaged for five years, and 
then engaged with the old Piqua road; and in 1859 with the 
Miller & Hines Paper Mills on West Main street. In 18f!2 
he went back to the old Piqua round house, where he re- 
mained in a highly responsible position for 10 years. In 1872 
he engaged with the Pan Handle division as night hpst'er. H • 
never lost a single night's duty during a consecutive period 
of 10 years. In 1873 he began service with the new Pan 
Handle round house, serving there for an uninterrupted per- 
iod of 15 years, being night inspector during the last ten 
years of his service. He retired from active service on April 
1, 1901, upon a pension from the company as a testimonial for 
his faithful service after almost half a century of fa'thful work 
in the railway business, and during all this time commanded 
the fullest and most complete confidence of his sunerior offi- 
cers in the company, his entire record being without a single 
flaw. 

Mr. Doyle was not only industrious, but. with his wife. 
was economical, and looked forward to the welfare of their 
children. He is the owner of several pieces of valuable real 
estate in the city of Columbus, including two double and two 
single houses, as well as his own handsome and commodious 
brick dwelling at 575 North Twentieth street, which was 
erected in 1883, and is up-to-date in every way. with all the 
modern improvements and accessories. 

As already stated, his wife's parents were farmers residing 
in Kilkenny. Ireland, but they did not migrate to this coun- 
trv. She has a brother. Tames, and a sister. Mrs. Cody, re- 
siding in Ireland. Mrs. Doyle came to Cleveland in 1853, 
but. owing to an outbreak of cholera in that city at the t ; nv\ 
went into the country in Ashtabula county to escape the epi- 
demic. She has visited her old home in Ireland since com- 
ing to this country. 

Mr. Doyle was married to Susan McCarty. April 29. 18(11. 
and six children were born to them, namelv: Lawrcc A ., 
assistant foreman at the Panhandle roundhouse; Patr ck 
Henry, a grocer in New York City: John, cal'man for the 
Panhandle; Catherine M.. wife of Nicholas J. Cody, a mer- 



chant, and also a railroad man; Josie C. who resides at 
home, and Mary, who died quite young. 

Mr. Doyle and his family are not onlv well and comfort- 
ably situated, but are highly respected bv all with whom they 
mingle. Mr. Doyle himself, after half a century of honest 
toil, still sees the bright side of life, has hosts of friends, and 
contemplates with just pride the fact that he was never 
ashamed of labor, and therefore has no reason to be ashamed 
of his achievements. 



JEROME CLEMENTS MUTH. 

Among the many enternrising, progressive and practical 
young men of Columbus, none are more highly esteemed and 
generally liked than Jerome Clements Muth. a member of 
the firm of Peter Muth & Sons, well-known contractors at 
907 East Main street. 

He was born in the city of Richmond in the State of In- 
diana, on the 25th day of January. 1871. His father is Peter 
Muth. who married Miss Sophia Baumstark. and to whom 
were born seven sons and two daughters. One son and one 
daughter are deceased. 

His father. Peter Muth, took up the business of house- 
moving under contract with people desiring to change the 
location of houses on a tract of land or co.ivey them from 
one tract to another, and locate them with a view of what- 
ever frontage or other advantage the owner might desire, 
without entailing the great cost, trouble and annoyance of 
tearing them down and rebuilding them. He and his sons 
have made a great success in their line, and frame, brick or 
stone buildings are removed by them in such a manner that 
there is not the slightest evidence that they were ever shifted 
from their original foundations. 

Jerome C. was educa'ed in the oublic schools of Richmond. 
Ind.. where he thoroughly fitted himself for a practical busi- 
ness life by securing a practical education. Upon leav ng 
school he at once joined his father in the prosecution of the 
house-moving business, which he followed as an employe 
until 1892. when his father transferred an interest in the busi- 
ness to him and his brother. F. W. Muth. s»nd *be firm of 
Peter Muth & Sons was established with nlaces of businpss 
both in Dayton. Ohio, and in Columbus. His father has 
been successfully engaged in the house-moving business 
since 1870 and his two sons and partners have grown up in it. 
The Co'umbus branch is located at 907 East Main s f ree*\ 

Mr. Muth is independent in politics. He is a prominent 
member of the Knights of St. George. He was nnrri'd 
June 7. 1889, to Miss Theresa Lienesch. They have a son. 
Albert, who is a little less than one year old. He has ben 
a resident and citizen of Columbus since 18"2. and now re- 
sides in a pretty home at 885 McAllister avenue. 



MARY E. THOMAS. 

One of the prominent and most successful business women 
of Columbus is Mrs. Mary E. Thomas, who built up and is 
now conducting a large and successful business in the city. 
She was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and is the daugh- 
ter of Mr. F. T. Smith, an extensive farmer. Her mother 
was Dorcas Spencer, whose father was an extensive farmer 
and prominent and successful stock raiser, and her brother 
one of the prominent lawyers of his day. 

There were seven children in the fatnilv; John A.. Monroe. 
Homer. Sarah J.. Josephine. Anna and Mary E. all of whom 
are living and are useful and highly respected members of 
the community in which they reside. 

Mrs. Thomas was educated in the nub'ic schools of ber 
native county, and being unusuallv apt in her studies and of 
a practical turn of mind from her girlhood, found no diffi- 
culty in preparing herself for the ba'tle of life. She learned 
the dressmaking trade and entered noon it in Columbus in 
1879 and conducted the business so successfully that she 
largely extended its original scope and began the ma"ufac- 
turing of shirts, which business took on so large a growth 
that she was soon at the head of. and sole manager of a large 



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FRED J. HEER. 



A most prominent instance of the self-made 



found m the career of Fred J. Heer, one of Franklin county's 
best known citizens. 

Fred J. Heer was born in Columbus on October 11. 1858, 
and was one of a family of seven boys and one girl, of whom 
but three are now living — Fred J., Otto and Edward R. 
Heer. His mother was Caroline (Schweitzer) Heer, and 
father, Jacob Heer, who was a machinist by trade, and both 
were estimably known people. 

Fred J. Heer received but a very limited education, at- 
tending the Columbus High School for but one year, when. 
at the age of 12 years he became an apprentice with Glenn 
& Heyde, printers. His aptitude enabled him to quickly 
master the printer's art, and at the age of 19 he was ip- 
pointed foreman, and for 23 years has been connected with 
the Lutheran Book Concern, of Columbus, and as the gen 
eral manager of that establishment has placed the business 
upon a most prosperous and permanently successful basis 

Mr. Heer is possessed of tireless energy, as well as su- 
perior executive ability, and has taken a foremost part in all 
matters effecting the welfare or growth of the community. 



d of He lias been elected to many positions of prominence and 
-, is trust, and has ever discharged the duties connected there- 
with m the mosl credit; ble and faithful manner. Among the 
important position which he lias occupied and some of the 
interesl with which he is still connected are the following: 
I lire, lor of the Ohio Penitentiary, two years; Member of the 
School Board, 11 years; Director of the Central Building 
and Loan Association; President of the Board of Trustees, 
the < Ihio University; Memoer of the Hoard of Trade; Mem- 
ber of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Soi iety; Mem- 
ber of the i llentangy Club, and honorary member of (he 
I j pographical Union, No. 5. 

Mr. Heer's father was one of the pioneer settlers of Frank- 
lin county, and all the interests of the famil) have long been 
i entered here. 

( in June 12, 1890, Mr. Heer was married to Miss Pauline 
K. Beck, who comes of an excellent family, and they have 
had three children— Esther M.. Walter F. and William C. 
Heer. 

The career of Mr. ileer serves to show what industry and 
continued application may accomplish, and he d 
commands the esteem of all his fellow citizen . 



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manufactory, which she is still conducting with marked suc- 
cess. 

She was married to Mr. Moses Thomas in 1878, who was 
one of the best known men of Columbus, and who was fur 
many years connected with the business which she con- 
ducted. Xo children were born to them. 

Mrs. Thomas has not only proven herself a practical and 
successful business woman, but one who understands all the 
practical details of life, including the care and investment of 
her earnings. These she wisely and judiciously invested, 
and she is now the owner of some very fine property in the 
city, all of which she has earned by her own industry, tact 
and excellent management. 

She is a prominent member of the Wesley Chapel M. E. 
Church of East Broad street and one of its active and least 
ostentatious workers, believing in work rather than in mere 
words. She was a leading teacher for 20 years in the church 
and always has a large and interested and attentive class. 

Without making any pretensions in that direction, she is 
noted for her practical and wisely bestowed charity to the 
needy and deserving, ever ready to help those who are both 
needy and deserving. She has resided in Columbus for the 
past 31 years. 



WILLIAM H. IX MS. 

William H. Innis, of the firm of Innis & Kiefer, proprie- 
tors of the leading photographic establishment of the Capital 
City, was born Sept. 2. 1X70. and is the son of William H 
Innis. a prominent farmer and land owner of Clinton town- 
ship and one of the well-known Innis family, who were 
among the pioneer families of Franklin county. His mother 
was Miss Mary Gantz, and to them were born nine children, 
all of whom but one are living. . 

Mr. Innis was educated in the public schools and the Ohio 
Wesleyan University at Delaware. Ohio. In IS' Fi he gradu- 
ated from the law department of the Ohio State University 
and practiced about two years, after which he entered the 
photographic business as the junior member of the firm of 
Lane & Co.. 199 and 201 South High street. In 1901 he took 
entire control of the business under the style of Innis & 
Keifer. 

In his artistic venture he has met with a great and de- 
served success, and is second to none either within or be- 
yond Ohio. The work of his firm not only commands the 
warmest encomiums of his patrons, who nre numbered by 
the thousand, but elicits the praises and Commendations of 
all his competitors in business, as well as the calm and judi- 
cial approval of the tribunals that pass upor the competition 
exhibitions of works of photographic art. 

At the Ohio State Fair of both 1899 and 1900. where al- 
most half a hundred of the leading artists in the Sate_ entered 
their work for competition, his firm earned ofi the first pre- 
mium on all the points of artistic excellence and finish, and 
it was conceded on all hands that his firm not only had the 
finest exhibit at the Fair, but the finest and most complete 
one ever placed on exhibition in the State. 

When the Photographers' Association of the Slates of 
Ohio and Michigan met in convention at Put -in-1'.av in 1899- 
1900, his firm was awarded the first medal over every com- 
petitor And at this convention was exhibited the best work 
that was turned out in each and all of the lea. ling photo- 
graphic establishments in the States mentioned, making the 
compliment of the first medal unusually vautanle and com- 
plimentary. 

("If course, in view of these things, if taken separately from 
In- other artistic triumphs, it is bul natural that his firm 
should enjoy the finest and most profitable trade in the city. 
and that their work should be held in Mich high and univer- 
sal esteem. 

On the 4th of June, 1895, he was married to Miss Cora 
Benner of Chillicothe, Ohio, and one child. Miss Edna, was 
born to them. He is a Democral in politics, a member of 
the Knights of Pythias and the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. 
He is a most genial and affable gentleman and immensely 
popular wherever he is known. 



WEBSTER PERIT 1 1 CXTIXGTON. 

Webster Pent Huntington was born February 20, 1865. 
lie was educated in the common schools of Columbus. In 
1880 he wuii to Keene, Xew Hampshire, ami remained there 
until 1891, when he returned to Columbus. During lis resi- 
denee m Xew Hampshire Mr. Huntington was editor of the 
Cheshire Republican (a Democratic weekly established in 
1793), and subsequently established 1 he livening Tribune 
w I lie Evening Sentinel), the first daily paper in south- 
western Xew Hampshire. He was a delegate to every Demo- 
cratic Slate convention in New Hampshire from 1884 to 1890. 
lie was secretary of the License League of Massachusetts, 
Xew Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. He was a deiegaie 
to the Xational convention oi Independent Republicans to 
ra.ify the nomination of Grovcr Cleveland for President, of 
which George William Curtis was president, in 1884, under 
the appointment of George Fred Williams of Massachusetts, 
who was at that time chairman of the committee of one hun- 
dred of Boston. He removed to Washington in 1890 as a 
correspondent for Eastern newspapers, and in 1891 came to 
Columbus. Thereupon he was made associate editor of the 
Columbus Evening Dispatch and afterward managing editor 
of i he Columbus Post. Upon the consolidation of the Co- 
lumbus Post and the Columbus Press in 1894, Mr. Hunting- 
ton was elected associate editor of The Press-Post and a di- 
rector of the Press-Post Printing Company. Subsequently 
he was elected managing editor of The Press-Post, which 
position he held until March, 1900, when he resigned. Mr. 
Huntington is now the president of the Ohio Xewspaper 
Syndicate. He was chairman of the Democratic State con- 
vention of Ohio, June 18, 1900. 

Mr. Huntington is the son of Pelatiah Webster Hunting- 
Ion and Jane Nashee Deshler. Mr. Huntington married 
May IS. 1886, Anna Harlow, born in Charles, on, Xew Hamp- 
shire, January 6, 1865. They have three children. Jane, Desh- 
ler Harlow and Ruth. Mr. Huntington's pa'ernal ancestors 
settled the town of Norwich, Connecticut, in 1632. His ma- 
ternal ancestors were Pennsylvania Dutch. 



EDWARD H. WARRICK. 

Mr. Edward H. Warrick of Columbus is ranked among 
the most energetic and pushing young business men and one 
who is rapidly building up a prosperous business. He was 
born in Hendricks county, Indiana, on the 29th day of Aug- 
ust, is;:',. 

He is the son of Calvin Warrick, an Indiana fanner, who 
married Miss Eva Smith and to whom were born Eoui sons 
and one daughter, all of whom are living. 

lie was educated in the public schools of Pittsboro, In- 
diana, at the Indiana Universitj and at the Central Normal 
College of Donville in that State. He completed his educa- 
tion at the age of 21 years, and immediately thereafter en- 
tered the creamery business at Indianapolis, the capital of 
the State, in which he continued until the year 1895. when he 
disposed of Ins establishment and became a clerk in a gro- 
cery, in which he continued until 1896. 

In that year he bought out the proprietor and continued 
for two years in the grocery business, meeting with gratify- 
ing success and building up a large and nourishing trade 

In 1898 he disposed of the business to an advantage and 
entered a wider and more promising field, engaging himself 
with The Arthur Jordon Company, wholesale jobbers of but- 
ler, eggs, cheese, poultry, and manufacturers of butterine and 
its products. He continued with the firm as its city sales- 
man, until 1899, when he moved to Columbus. 

Before severing his connection with the Arthur Jordon 
I ompany, Mr. Warrick, with Messrs. G. D. Amtrini and 
George H. Dunmeyer, organized the Columbus Ice Cream 
(.'ompany. which is located at 82 South Fourth street, where 
lliis, enterprising company is doing a large and increasing 
business 

Their ice cream is made from a high grade of cream col- 
lected from several of the best Jersey dairies located in Cen- 
tral ( lino. The cans in which the cream is shipped or hauled 
jo- perfectly sterilized by the use of live steam, thus prevent- 



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Of those who have bee 
the welfare of Franklin 



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and foremost in promoting 
and particularly of Colum- 



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bus, none is better known than tin 
President of the Central Ohio < )il ( 
the < Ireat Si luthern Hotel, 

Mr. Karli was born in this city Film 
parents being Elizabeth (Bower) Karb and Ge 
the latter a mercantile broker, both of whom arc deceased, 
the father's death occuring at the age of 82, the mother's al 
74. The subject of this sketch, who was their only child, 
was educated in the public schools of Columbus, and in 187-1 
entered the pharmacy of Frederick William Schwarz, corner 
Main and Fifth streets, with whom he remained I 11 years 
when he received the position to enter into business inde- 
pendently, opening a pharmacy at the corner ol Fourth and 
Main streets, where he continued up to 18!)8, when he sold 
out. Mr. Karb has taken an active and most successful part 
in the public affairs and served most efficiently in a number 
of important offices. In 1887 he was a member ol the Com 
n i ouncil; served two terms ol two years each as Polio 



KARB. 

Commissioner, and in 180] was elected Mayor, a position he 
filled with such ability that in 1893 he was r< elected by a 
handsome majority. Mr. Karb is a Democrat in politics, a 
member of the Columbus Heard of Trade, and is prominent 
m fraternal circles, being a 32nd degree or Scottish Rite 
Mason, Shriner, Knight Templar, < 1. 1.1 Fellow and member of 
i!n Red Men a,,. I Elks fn 1898 he organized the Central 



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veil known figures in social functions, 
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ing the growth of contagious germs, which may often be 
found in neglected cans. 

The vanilla flavor used in making the delicious ice cream 
is made from the best vanilla bean, ground with X X X X 
powdered sugar. In making all of their creams and ices, 
XXXX powdered sugar is used. Taking three points, viz.: 
good flavor, good sugar and good pure cream, in considera- 
tion, their goods are sure to meet the wants of the public. 

The machinery in their factory is all of the most modern 
improved, giving them advantages in many ways. With 
their present capacity they are prepared to turn out seventy 
gallons of ice cream an hour and many hundreds of pounds 
of fancy creamery butter a day. They are not only cen- 
trally located in the city of Columbus, but also connected 
with all parts of the city by both telephone systems. 

They not only turn out all the fine ice creams, but ices of 
all kinds and descriptions, pure creamery butter, and are 
jobbers of sweet milk and cream, in the firm handling, which 
Mr Warrick still retains his interesl 

He was married June. l'"-'. 1898, to Miss Clara A. Leonard, 
who died April in." 1899. His little daughter Theresa, aged 
two years, is now the sole comfort of his household. He re- 
sults, and has since 1899, at 201 South Grant avenue. In 
politics, he is a Republican, and a member of Joseph Dow- 
dall Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 



HENRY SEIBERT. 

Than whom no citizen is more popularly known, or has a 
more creditable record, was born on April 15, 1851, in Hilde- 
slieim, Hanover. Germany, and his parents, John Conrad 
Seibert and Amelia (Poppe) Seibert, emigrated to the United 
States later on in the same year, coming to Columbus, and 
making this city their permanent residence. The worthy 
couple had a family of five daughters and two sons, and of 
these, three of the daughters — Henrietta. Amelia and Min- 
nie — are deceased. John Seibert was a brickmaker by trade 
and he secured the position of foreman for John Steib's 
Brick Works, which he held for eighteen years. 

Henry Seibert was raised in this city, and when of suitable 
age attended the public schools here, on leaving which he 
elected to learn the carriage blacksmithing trade, in which 
line he remained up to 1893, when he opened a first-class 
cafe at Nos. 440-442 South High street, which proved a thor- 
ough success. 

In 1898 Mr Seibert. together with John Becker, Henry 
Weisbecker and Fred Zeigler, organized the Columbus Brew- 
ing Co., whose wholesome, refreshing products are so favor- 
ably known to the public, and of which many of the promi- 
nent citizens are stockholders, and he was elected the first 
president of the corporation, which position he held until 
July. 1900. 

This company's plant is fully equipped with the most im- 
proved apparatus adaptable to the brewing industry, and the 
demand for the superior beers produced continues to steadily 
increase. 

On August 31, 1871, Mr. Seibert was married to Miss Caro- 
line Lang, of Columbus, and they have had a family of ten 
children, of whom one son and two daughters are dead: 
tlin-i uirls and one boy are living at home, and three are 
married, these being Fred, Henry, John A., and Mamie Lil- 
lian', who was united to Benj. A. Morris, of this city. 

Mr. Seibert was Captain of Company A. of the old Capital 
City < iiiards, and when they disbanded in June. 1877, he im- 
mediately reorganized them as Company B, 11th Regiment, 
Ohio National Guard, and they were shortly after detailed to 
tie of the great railroad strike in Newark, Ohio, when 
their efficiency and soldierly bearing won for them an excel- 
lent record. Captain Seibert resigned his command in Feb- 
ruary, 1880 lie i- a member of I. O. O. F. and Encamp- 
ment, the Knights of Pythias, Druids. Columbus Msenner- 
chor. In all of these organizations Captain Seibert always 
took an active interest, and is held in high regard by all of 
In- co-members. 

Captain Seibert ha- been actively prominent in the Demo- 
cratic party, has served as chairman of the Democratic Cen- 
tral Committee for two years, and a- a citizen he commands 
the popular good will of the entire community. 



LOUIS F. FIESER. 

Mr Louis F. Fieser, a member of the firm of Miller, Wag- 
oner, Fieser & Co.. one of the leading houses in Central 
Ohio engaged in the manufacture of pig iron, their head- 
quarters being at No. Tin Wyandot e building, is a na ive of 
Columbus, having been born here m 1-">L His father, Fred 
Fieser, was a prominent resident of Columbus, having been 
engaged for years in the banking business hue. and m his 
death, winch occurred in 18! 1. the community lost a highly 
valued citizen. His mother, Louise (Schede) Fieser, came 
to America, when a child, from Germany The} had lint 
one other m the family besides the subject of this sketch, 
and this was a daughter, who is also living. 

Mr. Fieser ha- had a thoroughlj liberal and technical edu- 
cation, and is a thorough, expert, practical civil engineer, 
lie attended several years at the Ohio State University; 
from there went to Austria and studied end engineering at 
the Polytechnic Institution of Vienna, where lie remained 
till 1879. 

On returning to the United State- Mr Fieser successively 
held some important positions, engaging for some seven 
years m railroad engineering work, during which period he 
was employed in the construction of the Wheeling & Lake 
line, the Ohio cc We-t Virginia, the Big Four. Hocking 
Valley, Cincinnati Southern, and the New York, New Haven 
& Hartford Railroads. 

On returning to Columbus after fulfilling these engage- 
ments Mr. Fieser became interested ill the banking house of 
Reinhard & Co.. remaining with them until, together with 
Mesrs. Frank H. Miller, vice-president and manager of the 
Columbus Iron & Steel Company, John J. Wagoner and 
Linn Bently, the firm of Miller. Wagoner, Fieser & Co., of 
which he is a partner, was organized, and he has since de- 
voted hi- entire energies to the promotion of its interests. 
The firm are dealers in pi g iron and coke, and manufacturers 
of the famous High Silicon Silvery Iron "Bessie"; also spe- 
cial grades of -oft and strong foundry iron, under the brand 
name "Hocking." and their trade operation- extend all over 
the United States. 

Mr. Fieser was married in June. 1891, to Mis- Martha Y. 
Kershaw, of Columbus, < >.. and they have since had a family 
of four children, of whom three are living. Mr. Fieser, a 
former Democrat, now gives allegiance to the Republican 
party, though not active in the political world, and he com- 
mands the utmost confidence and esteem of the entire com 
munity. 



GFORGE M SCHXFIDER. 

In the lengthy list of names of those connected with 
building operations in Franklin County none i- better or 
more favorably known than Mr. George M Schneider, who 
has his office and residence in Columbus. 

Building work has been a marked and natural consequent 
feature attendant unoii the great growth and development 
that has been attained here in recent years, and all interests 
connected with or contingent upon the building industry 
have experienced marked activity and substantial advance- 
ment. In this activity Mr. Schneider has prominently fig- 
ured, executing contracts in Columbus and all parts of the 
surrounding country. 

George M Schneider is a native of Franklin County, born 
December 3, 1860, hi- parent- being Adam S. and Mary 
Schneider, anil they bail a family of five boys and a girl, of 
whom two -on- and the daughter are now living. George 
M received bis education in the public schools, aftei which 
he became employed with In- father, who was a manufacturer 
of bricks, and. on attaining proficiency, was made foreman, 
lie ha- been a general contractor for the past dozen years, 
and for two years ha- been associated with a partner, the 
firm name being Gutheil X- Schneider. Estimates for build- 
ing work of all kinds are furnished and till contracts awarded 
the firm are carried through in a manner that guarantees the 
In t class i il workmanship. 

Mr. Schneider was married lii year- ago to Mi-- Jennie 
( row, of tin- city. lie is a member of the Knights of 
Pythias, the Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity and is 
a popular figure in both business and social circles. 



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GE( IRGE S BEAL 



George Strieker Beall a leader in Columbus in .ill that is 
enterprising and progressive in modern business methods, 
was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, \ i > t i 1 I, 185!), on the 
farm i i his parents, Henrj Beall and Susan (Priestly) Beall. 
His father, a prosperous and highly respected farmer, h Mill 
living, but his mother, who came from an old and well-known 
English family, died in 1898. her demise deplored by an ex- 
tended circle of relatives and Friends. 

Mr. and Mrs . 4 enry Beall were blessed with a familj of 
nine children, six sons and three daughters, and of this 
number, six are still living Those deceased are two married 
daughters, late Mrs. Clara Wall and Mrs. Lizzie Drummond. 
and a son, Albert G Beall. ["he latter wa.« a young man 
of many excellent qualities, and being endowed with that 
patriotic ardor for which .Americans are noted, he a: the i ut- 
lireak ,,i the late war troubles, enlis'ed in the Nineteenth 
Regiment, United Stales Infanlry, aid was sent to the fron! 
n Pi ii.. Rico Here Ik, nni laiinaiclv con'ractcd the deadlj 
miasmatic fever, tor which the climati of that e untry is 
noted, and in 1809, succumbed :.. the disease, tints ending a 
y. .ung life ii 11 . i pn miise. 

The living members of th. familj an : George S Beall, 
ihe subject of this sketch; Jan.. s I' Beall. who .. sides in 
Columbus, aid was formerly a member of the firm ..i Taylor, 
Beall & Co., now the C lumbus Stone Company, dealers 
in building stone; Basil Beall, general insurance agent, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio; William I' Beall, drj goods merchant, .a 
< iallipolis, Ohio, and Elmer E. Beall. who is th efficient 
manager and buyer ..i 'lie cloak and suit department of 
George S Beall's < stablishment in this city. 

The subject of our sketch owes much of his education 
to our grand system . f public schools, so purely American 
Ik ait. ink d the grade d and high schools of Gallipo'is, gradu 
ating from the latter at the age ..i IT ,\ year later he went 



to Cincimi 
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sior 



he began his biibi 
In- recompense I 
th was quickl) recog 
eeks' time. lii about 



:ss .ar,. r as clerk 
ng three dollars a 
zed and In- wages 
\ear the firm with 



was engaged— Harmison & Co., who had store, 
in vara. ns parts ..i lie countrj -sent him to Gallipi ilis to 
assisi in tin management ol their 1. ranch there II. -a. 
ceeded so well thai he was next appointed manager of the 
linn's branch ai Parkersburg. West Virginia, lie was then 
21 years of age, and, when 22, became a partner in the firm, 
under the title of Harmison, Beall & Co. In February. 
loc2, this hi in was dissolved, and in March, of the same 
ve; i, Mr Beall ..pee,, I an establishment of Ins own in Galli 
polis, ( Ihio. This venture proved a success, but Mr I'., all. 
na i ing that he should have a larget I i Id in which to ope rale, 
moved, in February, ISM, to Columbus, selling out his Gal 
lipolis store to Ins brothers, Basil and VV 1' Beall 1 hough 
his capital was limited, the grit and energy La. I. of the en 
terprise won their reward, and. in two years lire,, quarters 
an.l increased facilities becoming imperatively necessarv. Mi 

Beall secured conn lious quarters in the \\ i -k \ Bio, I. 

Tin re the t rowlli ■ f tin businc s? . ontinued without inti r 
ruption. and in 18IMI when the magnificent four-story and 
has. nam building was erected on the east side ol High 
stn .1. 1 etw, . n Spring and Chestnut, Mr B, all leased the 
entire structure, made mam alterations 111 the interior, and 
on S pt( inker I. HMHI, when he had his grand publi, open 
ing, the place was visited L\ thousands, whose unanimous 
verdict was that not a handsomer busim -- 1 lablishmenl 
could be found in the Slate I here are 21 complete d< pari 
ments. embracing everything in dn iroods notion and 1111 
nishings and upward of 125 people are employed Ihe trade 
operations of the lions,- extend all over the State. 

Mr Beall's domestic relations have been most felicitous. 



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He was married on July 7, 1880, to Madeline Stevenson, 
Gallipolis, who has proved an invaluable life companion and 
Though not active in politics, Mr. Be all gives his 
support i" the Republican party; is a prominent Mason, 
being in the 32nd degree and a Shriner, and Ik- also holds 
membership in the Elks. His record as a business man and 
is most commendable. 

JAMES G. PULLING 

The son oi Joseph and Margaret (Glaze) Pulling was born 
October v . 1838, in Bosberry Parish, Herefordshire. Eng- 
land. His parents sailed on August 5, 1-41. from England, 
landed in Quebec on September 29th, and proceeded thence 
by way of the lakes to Chicago. Illinois, where they arrived 
November 5th, which was about the usual time for making 
a journey of that length. The first recollection of James G. 
is that of getting out of a big covered wagon on a prairie, 
where land and sky equalled each other in extent. His par- 
ents removed from Illinois the Mississippi and 
Ohio rivers to Cincinnati, from which place they proceeded 
to Portsmouth, and thence by canal to Columbus, where they 
arrived in the winter of 1M4. Mr. Pulling attended tl 
mon and high schools of Columbus and also a busini 
lege. He received his first employment in L s ~>4 as a clerk in 
a grocery store. He next studied law for two or three 
years and finally engaged in the banking business, in which 
steen years. In 1869 he went into the 
manufacturing business, and he is now sole proprietor of the 
Columbus Steam Pump Works, located at the corner of Sci- 
oto and West Broad streets, where he manufactures steam 
pumping machinery which is sold in all parts of the United 
State-, and occasionally in foreign countries. 

In politics Mr. Pulling has been a Republican since the 
iormation of that party. He is a member of the Odd Fel- 
lows, and the Columbus Board of Trade. Since 1N48 he has 
resided at the same place on Oak street, but in 1893 removed 
to his new residence, corner of Ohio and Madison avenues. 
He was married on March '.'7. lr<77. to Emma Love Meek, 
and they have had three children surviving. Margaret Glaze. 
James Meek, and Robin. 

About two hundred years ago there lived in Herefordshire. 
England, three brothers as shown below 
\hout A, D. 1680 — Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. 

A. D. 17U9- Jacob. 

A. D. 1759— Joseph. 

A. D. 1807 — Joseph — Wives: Margaret Glaze. 1838 — James 
G. — Emma L. Meek. 

Children of James G. and E. M. L: 

Januarv 22. 1878 — Marv and Glaze Pulling. 

January 10, 1880— Wiljo Pulling. 

February 4. 1884 — Tames Meek Pulling. 
ember 15, 1885 — Robin Pulling. 



JOHN OTSTOT. 
The above named gentleman was one of the earliest pio- 
neer settlers of Columbus, and resided here tor about three- 
quarters of a centurv. or up to the time of his death. He 
was a prominent citizen who was ever ready to advance the 
best interests of the community, and much credit is due to his 
n this respect. An interview held with him about 
four years ago. and other references to him will be found 
elsewhere in this volume. 

Mr. John Otstot was born on September 7. lsu4. in Lan- 
caster County. Pennsylvania, his father being Adan 
native of Germany, who came to America before the Dec- 
laration of Independence was given to the world: while his 
mother was born in York county. Pennsylvania. 

John Otstot attended the district school of his native 
county for about two and a half years, and this was all the 
schooling he received. He was raised upon a farm, but at 
the age of seventeen began to learn the wagon-making trade. 
at which he finally became an expert, and. when twenty-one 
'■■'■■ - si ttling in Columbus, where he con- 
tinued the balance of his life. He arrived here in December, 
1824, having walked the entire distance of rive hundred miles. 
and carrying a knapsack weighing fifteen pounds, in which 
was placed. Vet his arduous journey, at that 
iny difficulties, owing to the poor roads 
and lack of roads, was accomplished in the remarkably short 
space of ten 

■■ after his arrival in Columbus Mr. Otstot secured 



employment with Ma.hias Kinney, and worked for him two 
years, when Mr. Kinney s death occurred and the business 
\ .\.i OlSlo_, he continued to conduct a 
..King industrj up i0 ic(i3, when he re.ired to attend 
to the management of his real estate inttres.s. In l -°> he 
was appointed Street Commis ior.er b> ,i unanimous vou ol 
Council, which was .hen a Democratic boa.'d, al- 
Vlr. Otsto: was a Republican, and a ,;ir_e amount of 
the public money was saved under his jud.cious manage- 
ment. 

From the time he came here up to the time of his death on 
May i. 1897, Mr. Otstot always resided at the same address. 
No. 318 South From street, a period of over 72 year-. It 
was first a log cabin that stood on this site, and he lived in it 
for many years, including two years of his married life, be- 
fore he built the large, roomy and comfortable brick duel- 
ing that has replaced the more primitive structure, and which 
is now owned, and was recently remodeled, in i.s interior, by 
his 5 on, Ldward Ots o:. Mr. Otstot was [or forty-eight 
years a member of the First Presbyterian Church, for r.f y- 
three years a member of Order oi Odd Fellows. Columbus 
Lodge. No. !'; treasurer of the lodge for twenty-three ytars. 
and has held all offices connected with the order; was a trus- 
hirty-nine years; was color bearer for Canton. No. 1. 
I. O. O. F.. and in 18! •*> on the occasion of the visit of the 
Uniform Patriarchs to their convention in Chicago, he was 
a member of the delegation, and. although '. " years 
proudly carried the colors jn the ceremonies he'd in .hat 
city. He was a member oi the Mechanics' Benevolent Asso- 
ciation from its organization m lfc25, until it ceased .<> exist. 
in 1880 At his death he was .2 year and six months old. 
and was the oldest citizen in Columbus. 

' h Vugusl 5. 1829, Mr. Otstot was married to Eleanor Van 
: New York S'ate. and they had thirteen children. 
Mrs. Otstot died in 1861. Of the children the survivors are 
Catherine, Elizabeth. Amanda. Adelia. Charles. Charlotte. 
Edward and Albert. All live in Columbus, with the excep- 
tion of Charles, who resides in Springfield. Ohio, and Albert, 
residing in Monticello. Indiana. In October, 1864, Mr. Ot- 
- married to Mrs. Matilda Wofford nee Webb and she 
died, childless, in 1892. Of Mr. John Otstot's immediate 
family, who are living at the old homestead, there are but 
two — "~d\vard. the owner, and Charlotte, widow of Philip 
Luckhaupt. 

Mr. Edward Otstot was born at this old homestead on De- 
cember 17, 1853, and was educated in the common and high 
schools i ^n finishing his studies he entered the establish- 
ment of M. & D. Krttmm. machinists and manufacturers of 
architectural iron work, and has been connected with that 
house for over thirty vears. for the last fifteen years holding 
the position of foreman, the duties of which his thorough ex- 
perience enable him to discharge in the most competent 
manner. 

In November, 1882. he was married to Miss Mary Louise 
Demuth. of Circleville. Ohio, and they have had one child, 
a son. Edward, who is now one of the brightest pupils at the 
Columbus High School. 

Mr. Otstot is a Republican in politics and is most estim- 
ablv known in business and social circles. 



CLIFFORD F. ANDREWS 

Among the newcomers to establish themselves and their 
intere-ts m Franklin County is Mr. Clifford F. .Andrews. 
Mr. Andrews is a native of New England, having 1> 

November 27, 1869, where his mother. 
Mrs. Amanda M. (Newell) Andrews is still living. 

ather, I. F. Andrews, was a prosperous furniture 
merchant in Boston, but has been deceased some years. 
There was but one other in the family beside Clifford F., he 
having a sister. Edith G. Wright, who is also living. Our 
subject received his education in the common and high 
schools i ind then took a course in Bryant and 

Stratton's Business College, and he was thus fully eciuipped 
for a commercial career. He first started in business life 
by securing emplovment with Webster. Cooke & Co., furni- 
ture dealers of Boston, with whom he remained some years, 
when the west attracted his attention, and he removed to 
Chicago, where he obtained a position in the great beef- 
g house of Libby, McNeil & i.ibby. with whom he 
continued seven vears. In 1898 Mr. Andrews came to Co- 



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(, ( )RGE M. FINCKEL. 

Among the fore mi si members of the legal fraternity en- 
gaged -ii practici M Co'.umbus, the above named gentleman 
occupies a prsltion of the .. "hcst standing, and is recog 
i : ed, particularly, as an expert authority in all ma ters con- 
r.ec.ed with pa lent, copyright and trade mark casi ■ 

Gci rge M. Fir.ckel \ as born on July I, L8G2, son of G orge 
K. and Sophie I . I Pi ti i l Fim ki I His mother's fa In r was 
.: ii.ii la i r in the Q. S, Treasury a1 Washington, I > C, and 
Ins [a her a clerk in the War Department, and has been since 
lc58, being the clerk longi i in active service in that de- 
partment. Mr George M Finckel is one of a familj of nine 
suns and four daughters, and of these six sons and two 
daughti i - survive 

Mr Finckel was educated in the public schools of Wash- 
ington, .'mil later entered Columbian University, graduating 
ii. uii thi law -chool of that university, and in 1890 he was 
admitted a member i f the bar, at the National Capitol In 
1878 he enered the office of his uncle, W. II Finckel, a 
patent attorney, al Washington, and continued with him 
for a number cf years, when he i stabl shed an office inde- 
penden h and continued in practice in Washington for over 
five years, and later formed ;i partnership with his brother. 
Win 11. I). Fincki I 

On J.iun;ii\ 3 I Sill, he came to Columbus and opened 
an offce here, this he!nv a branch of the Washington firm 
. Find el & Find i !. whii h he ha . es ablished some years 
before ihe ventun was a pronounced success, the practice 
of ilie firm ! rowi adily in this city, and in pa'en 

matters the Messrs Finckel represent most of the leading 
manufacturing concerns in Columbus, as well as manj in 
( 1 1 1 1. 1 and ci ml igui ms ■ t.n- - 

( )n i )< 'ober I. 18! 7. Mr Finckel was married to Miss \ 
.1 Mel anii I. ,i Columbu young la !y, and b ith are popularl 5 
known in the community. 



P \TI. FINI KEL. 

This gentleman is a brother of George M Finckel hi 
associate in the firm of Finckel & Finckel, and li ■ 
oi the firms' Washington office lie was educated in tin 

public schools ol Washin n, D. i rose to be Professor 

of Mathematics in tin I tigh Scl I, then studied 

graduated with the degree of I.. D. I . M , and was admitted 
to practice in 18117. He studied patent law with Mr. II. D. 
Finckel, and .it that gentleman's death on Decembci 10, 
180(1, In- position as a member of the firm of Finckel & 
Finckel was assumed by Mr. Paul Finckel. The latter is 
unmarrii d and makes Ins permanent residence in Wa 
Bi idi practii ing before the Pati nt ( itfice, he conducts busi 
ness luii. re .ill the departments and practices in the court at 
ihe Nation's capital. 



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Iumbus, and in conjunction with two other gentlemen, estab 
lished here the firm of Andrews, Knight & Barnes, dealers in 
power transmission machinery and general mill supplies, and 
agents for the Dodge Manufacturing Co. of Indiana, and 
Orr & Sembower, manufacturers of boilers and engines, of 
Reading. Pa., for which they hold the agency for Central 
Ohio, with business quarters at No. 15 West Broad sixeec, 
where they conduct an extensive trade. On April 11. Ib94, 
Mr. Andrev/s was married to Miss Addie L. Appleton, of 
Boston, and they have had one child, a boy. Freeman W. 
Andrews. In Masonry. Mr. Clifford F. Andrew- is a mem- 
ber of the Blue Lodge. Chapter. Council, Scottish Kite and 
Consistory, and 1- pooularly known in that organization tie 
is a Republican in politics, and a business man and citizen 
of the highest personal standing. 



JACOB A. SHAWAN. 

Mr. Jacob A. Shawan, Superintendent of the Public 
Schools of the city of Columbus. Ohio, is an educator who 
has a national reputation, and a gentleman specially fitted 
for his exacting position because of his rare administrative 
and executive ability. Mr. Shawan wa- born at Wapakoneta, 
Ohio, June 15, 1850, and wa- one of a family of foul sons 
born to John Nicholas Shawan and Margaret (Fosterl 
Shawan. His parent- died during his childhood and lie be- 
gan the struggle of life when but a boy. By dint of industry 
and application he completed a common school course in 
the district schools of Champaign County. After attending 
the Urbana High School for one year, he was granted a cer- 
tificate to teach and began his career in that profession in one 
■ a the country schools of Champaign County. While teach- 
ing he continued his studies and never for a moment lost his 
thirst for knowledge or desire for a college course. He 
taught the same school for tour year-, entered ( )berlin Col- 
lege, where he graduated in 1880, with the degree of A. 1'.. 
Three years later he took the degree of A. M., in the same 
institution, and in 1893, was awarded the honorary degree of 
Ph. D. at Muskingum College. When he had completed his 
studies in college, and had taught the required number of 
years, he was given a state certificate which covered all 
branches. From 1880 to 1883 he was Superintendent of 
Schools at St. Marys, O.; and until 1889 at Mt. Vernon', 
Ohio. He resigned his position there to become Superin- 
tendent of the Columbus Public School-, which position he 
has most creditably and honorably tilled for twelve years. 
During his regime he has brought about many reforms in 
school management, and given the public schools then 
highest efficiency. When he became Superintendent of the 
City Schools, the high school enrolled 652 pupils, 236 boys 
and 416 girls. At present over two thousand are in attend- 
ance in the city high school-, 920 of whom are bovs, or III 
per cent. 

Mr. Shawan was treasurer of the Ohio State Teachers' 

ion from 1889 to 1900, and has been three times di- 

oi the National Educational Association for Ohio. 

Superintendent Shawan has traveled extensively in North 

America and Europe, which has given him unusual resources 

for historical and geographical illustration. 

He was married at De-Graff. <).. December 23. 1881, to 
Miss Jennie Koch, and has three sons, bright, sturdy boy-. 
Harold K.. Robert F., and Jacob A. Shawan. Mrs. Shawan 
i- ;m accomplished musician and has been secretary of the 
Woman's Musical Club of Columbus for a number of years. 
Naturally fond of literary work, she has been very promi- 
nent in the ladies' chilis of tile city. 



WILLIAM LTTKRIDGE COLE. 

The medical annals of Franklin County are of great interest 
and lasting importance, ami both in the past and the present 
the di'. ., physicians and surgeons in the state have 
practiced here. 

One >>i the most successful of the modern school physi- 
cians in active practice in Columbu- i- William Utteridee 
1 ole, M. I)., whose office i- at No. i'>i'< East Broad street, 
e i- a native Ohioan, having been born April 13, 



1862, at Mt. Vernon, Knox County. In- mo her being Charity 
(Phillips) Cole, his father T. Francis Cole, a successful 
farmer. There were f.ve o.her children in the family, ail oi 
whom are living, and iheir names are a- follows: Airs. Mar\ 
Garfield Schellinburgtr Mi-. Alice King, ol Mi. Vernon, 
(.).; Michael brands Cole, t S. Co:e, agent at Kan as ( i j 
\'\<> . ior the McCormick Harvester Co. and Robert L., gro- 
cer, of Mt. Vernon, l he subject of this -ke.ch amended .he 
public school at Lebanon, Ohio, also atter.dcd school at 
Gambier, afterward becoming a school teacher m Knox 
and Montgomery Counties, and later entering the Starling 
Medical College of Columbus, from which he was ! radua.ed 
m 1890, at once entering upon ihe practice of his prof --ion 
in which his manifest skill has gained for him general recog- 
nition and an inrluen.ial patronage. Dr. Cole make- a lead 
ing specialty of surgical cases, and litis performed many dif- 
ficult operations in this line. He hold- the chair of minor 
and general surgery in the Ohio Medical University, with 
which he was connected since its origin: i- surgeon for the 
Protestant Hospital, and chief surgeon for the Ohio Central 
and Hocking Valley Railroads. In the spring of 1893 he was 
elected a member of the Board of i ducation from the l-'..h 
Ward: has served as assistant surgeon to the Ohio National 
Guard, oi which he i- an ex-member; hold- membership in 
the American Medical Association, also the Knights of 
Pythias, Brotherhood Patrio.ic Order of Elks, and also 
member of American Academy of Railway Surgeons, mem- 
ber Columbus Academy of Medicine, member Ohio S.a e 
Medical Society, and on May 15, 1900, was appointed a mem- 
ber of the Columbus Civil Service Commission. In August, 
1886, Dr. Colt- was married to Miss Lillian Belle Colwell, 
and since 1888 ha- made his residence here, where he is qui.e 
an extensive propertv owner. 



ALLEN FRANKLIN EMMINGER. 

A leading exponent of the modern school of dentistry in 
this city is Allen Franklin Emminger, D. D. S... whose office 
is at No. 62 i_ast Broad street. He has been in continuous 
practice for the past .'13 years, and is the second oldest den- 
tist in the city m hi- term of active experience. Dr. Emmin- 
ger was horn m Man-held. O., December 5, 1S47. his par- 
ent- being Sarah and Abraham Emminger, the latter a suc- 
cessful contractor and builder. The family comprised three 
-on- and a daughter, and of them two survive, these being 
Dr. Emminger, and Mrs. Mary F. Warner, whose husband 
l- a prominent dentist in this city. Allen F. attended the 
common and high schools of Mansfield. O.. graduating from 
the latter in 1865. after which he was a student in the office 
of Dr. Moses DeCamp for two years, and then attended the 
New York Dental College for one year, and on leaving that 
institution at once entered upon the practice of his profes 
ston. In i876 he studied at the Cincinnati Dental College, 
and ha- ever kept abreast of all progress made in dentistry. 
In 1892 he. in conjunction with a number of other gentle- 
men, organized the Ohio Medical University, of this city, 
and was the first dean of that institution, holding the position 
for a year, when he resigned. He has also served as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Trustees of this University, is a member 
"i the State Dental Association, of which he was president m 
1878, and holds membership in the American Dental Society. 
and i- now serving his third term as president of the Board 
of Dental Fxaminers of the State of Ohio. He is likewise 
prominent m fraternal circles, being a 32d degree Mason, an 
Odd Fellow, and in politics is affiliated with the Republican 
party. Dr. Eirminger owns one of the handsomest resi- 
dences in Columbus. It is a magnificent brick building, lo- 
cated at No. 880 F.ast Broad street, and stands amid splendid 
grounds. 100x175 feet m area. He also own- ."> acre- oi val- 
uable farm land in Ross County, ( • . and business and resi- 
dential property in Columbus. On May 27, 1876, Dr. Em- 
minger married Miss Minnie Potter, and they have had one 
daughter. Mi-s Helen Potter, an estimable known young 
lady, who but recently made her debut in society. 



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WILLIAM R. MATHEWS. 



William R. Mathews was born in Washington county, 
Ohio, February 22, l£58, and is the son ol ( aleb T. Mathews, 
:m extensive <>il operator who married Miss Narcissus 
Thomas, and to whom were born six sons and two daugh- 
ters, all of whom survive excepl cur son 

Mr. Mathews received a good education in the public 
schools of Marietta, and thru wenl to work in the mines of 
the Hocking Valley, where he remained until he was 24 
years of age, and then left the mining district and located 
in Columbus and entered into the business of book agent, 
with Wm. H. Garretson & Co., handling tin sale of an en- 
cyclopedia, which lie continued with great success for nearly 
two years, when he went into the phut" engraving business 
which he followed for some two years 

In 1886 he concluded to enter upon a new line of business, 
and engaged with the Wvoming Steam Laundry, as solici- 
tor and driver, remaining with it for some months, when, 
near the close of that year he engaged with the Columbus 



Steam Laundry, in a similar capai ity. \it. r Mm \. at 

ice, lie » ,i- promi ited to the pi isil ii n n man o 

tablishment After serving [out years as foreman he saw an 
opportunity to enter business on his own account, which he 
did under the style of the "M" Laundry, which he con 
dueled Hi. I . --lull) fot two > l at and a half, when li 
.> partm i ship under the style i ii thi Big I Laundi \ i 
which he continued as managei for a -oar. when he : 
about the consolidation oi the Big I and Model Laundries, 
under the name of the Model Big loan Laundering I o., in 
which he is one of the stockholders and occupies tin po i 
tion of looking after the outside business and collections. 

II. was married December 23, 1885, to Mis; Florence F. 
I )ye, and tin j have one daughti r, Miss Mai. el B . 
ing miss of 14, In his affiliations Mr. Mathews is a Re- 
publican. He is a member of the Olentangj Lodge F . v; . 
A.M., a Royal Arch Mason, No. 3, and a K ol P., 



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DAVID NATHANIEL KINS 

rica. and 
5 of Eng 
ss Kins • stors < 

Betsy T< 

:« '; back to 14- 
• S 

.-tli. and 

- 

- 
man having been burned there : 

Dr. K J family of 

- 

le public 
schools is of Mass setts 

■ 

Cinsman was for s 

■ 

5 g He immedi- 

gan 5 long s 

\ • 
on the diseases diseases 

5 
_ 

as Medical College, arc • 

- 

ssioners. serving 

• S 

n - - y prominent 

s 

. Royal 

■ 
has bee- - Upon 

5 Mas having 

■ 

Dr. Kins - " 

Stevens, who bore hill 

all but th< son 

Dr." Kinsman has res 

s home in the M n Long 

- one of our most highly reg 



EDGAR M. HATTON. 

- 

S 
was bor- 

- - 
-. Dr. Hatl 
of one of s in English hi- 

famous ' - - he house 

n. and all nts have 

Hatton. During the I 
Queen Elizabeth, a : S 

nd prominent in t'r 
- 
s 

- country- in the 
s 
Dr. : s ition has been 



mon and 
im the High 
and a ha.i - -sis 

hat citj 

he r'hila- 

a 

r later he returned to Zanesville and with his 

irs in the 

g business - - -iJ in o.lur business 

. - 

I his brother were the org 
. Trade and 

>hio 1 har- 

s was member 

intments 

I Foraker. He next took up .he 

cine, and was - S arling Medical 

New York, and had valuable clinical ex- 
which was a 
complimei - spital work while pur- g 

proficient, not 

5 g - - 

- _ bus. and eng - - 

which his experience and ability. 

both as a pharmacist and physician, have enabled him to 

ss. S - served as 

Children's Hospital: later, for two 

il, and for live 

::d Dis- 

ises and was 

S £ ri. R. R. 
Dr. Hatton is a n lumbus Academy of 

. Ohio Med 
r. can Pharma 

He is an enthusias - mblican party. 

bus. 



\Y. HARRIS GOBEY. 

In the :nat °i dental 

ent and important -.■ - 

>een se- 
: - attained. 

resented in this pro- 
g > qualified practitioners, and in the ros- 
ter of n. » a success n and an excellent 
tion are s VV. H. Gobey. D. D. S . whose office and 
home an - - street 

- :he lineal successor of one of :' 
- 

.umbus. 
having been erected over 

neer settlers. 
who was employed for som« - tes post- 

NY. Harris rn Decembei s " studied in 

the pub' - ■ tided the Ol ' Univer- 

sity in 18&T-8 gra luating theri 

g upon the practice of his chosen profession. His 
Mr. R. M. Gobey. was eng -.lmercial pur- 

ls mother. Mr- C 
nown merchant at Methuen. Mass. Dr. 
ith the latest improved, up- 
ind applianc t ntion is 

given -. 
On A] - - named to M 

>hio. and a n 
timable lady, and thk the old homestead in wh-ch 

s sergeanl 
• 1 member of the Columbus Dental '■ 

5t popu- 
siness and s 



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JOHN WITT J 

The gentleman named above, is oni ol th< 
members of the Wittenmeier famil 
een pn iminent in the busim 
develi ipment of the community. 

Mr. Wittenmeier was born in Columbus 01 
I87(i Jacob and Margaret ( Kramer 

The lain: 
and of these three daughters and on< 

' )ur subject rece ived his edu< . I 
schools of ( 'olumbu 

tenmeier Brothers. Ili- father. Mr. Jacob Wil 

founder of that firm 

curred in 1899, an event that was deeph depl' 

tire community, of which 

highly - niber. 

In 18! ! ''.'. itti irothers i 

a stock company, und( r thi 

on i - .'"■ 

d Treasurer, Frederick Wil 
Jacob Wittenmeier; Secretary and 



IKK. 

Jr Hi-. 
: John Witti 

H ; ' 

1 i 

I 



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FREDERICK WITT EN MEIER. 

For the past third of a century the gentleman whose name 
appears above, has been a prominent resident of Ohio's 
capital, and is known as one of the foremost contractors in 
the State. There are many handsome specimens of architec- 
ture in the form of public and private buildings that today 
stand as monuments to his ability and skill as a supervisor 
of structural work, and exhibit plainly the pains that have 
been exercised by him in the completeness of detail, and 
carefulness as to the excellent manner in which everj part 
has been finished. 

Mr. Frederick Wittenincier was born in Bavaria, Germany, 
nn July 24, 1848, at the home of his parents. Anton and 
Elizabeth (Joachim) Wittenmeier, and was one of a family 
composed of six sons and four daughters, all of whom are 
living with the exception of two sons. Frederick received 
his education in the oublic school and in a technical business 
school of his native land, and on quitting school became an 
apprentice at the stone cutting and carving trade. Having 
masti ud these he, in 1867, being then m his eighteenth year, 
emigrated to the United States, his destination being Co- 
lumbus. Here he arrived safely, and here has Ik- since re- 
mained and become permanently identified with the best m- 
terests and growth of the community. 

Shortly after his arrival in Columbus Mr. Wittenmeier en- 
gaged his services to Joseph Baiim and several leading con- 
tractors, in the capacity of a stone cutter, continuing thus 
up to ISTli. when he entered into a co-partnership with his 
brother. Jacob Wittenmeier, as general contractors, under 
the firm name of Wittenmeier Brothers. They paid particu- 
lar attention to stone work, and among the most notable 
and extensive contracts executed by them may be enumer- 
ated the following buildings: Court house at Sidney. Shelby 
County, O: court house at Lima. Allen County, O: city hall. 
Delaware, Delaware County. O: city prison. Columbus; 
county court house, Columbus: the Columbus Board of Trade 
Block on East Broad; the Lena Hoster Block, on South 
High street. Columbus; fine stone residence of Louis Hoster, 
on East Rich street: the Public School Library on East 
Town -treet. and numerous others, all fine specimens of 
masonrv. 

In 1894, Mr. Wittenmeir organized the Wittenmeier Stone 
Company, which was duly incorporated under the general 
laws of Ohio, with a paid in capital of $23,000, the officers 
being as follows: President and Treasurer, Frederick Wit- 
tenmeier; Vice President. John Wittenmeier; Secretary and 
Superintendent, Frederick W. Wittenmeier; Time Keeper 
and Manager of Outside Work. Rudolph Wittenmeier. The 
company have large vards and workshops on West Mound 
street, near the Hocking Valley Railroad shops, and employ 
upwards of sixty men. Their latest and most important con- 
tract was the new addition to the State Capitol, which they 
are now pushing to completion, and which is a magnificent 
specimen of workmanship, redounding greatly to the credit 
of the Messrs. Wittenmeier. 

On October 19, 1871, Mr. Wittenmeier. the subject of this 
sketch, was married to Miss Agnes Kessler. one of the most 
estimably known ladies of Columbus, and they have had 
twelve children, six sons and six daughters, of whom eight 
survive, their names and ages being: Frederick, Jr.. 25 
years; Rudolph, •_'"_' years; I >lga C . 21 years; Frieda, 18 years; 
Flora, 17 years; Erwin, 12 years; 1 Kit La. 9 years; Edgar, T 
years \!1 of these with the exception of Frederick and Ru- 
dolph, who are married, reside at the family homestead, No. 
1-L East Deshler street. 



WILLIAM G. HoM \\\ 

In the practice of dentistry it is rather difficult to see 
wherein any improvement can be made on the seemingly 
perfect work now executed, and yet improvements continue 
to be made. There are a number of up-to dale dentists of 
mature experience in practice in Columbus, and a nestoi 
among these is Dr. William G. Homan, whose offices are in 
the Hanover Building, No. 17 East Spring. 

Though one of the old school. Dr. Homan keeps fully 
abreast of the times in all innovations and improvements 
made in his profession. He was born on December 11. 1837, 
in Williamburg, Claremont County, Ohio, his father being 



Elijah Homan. a manufacturer of shoes, and mother, Mary 
A. (Bricker) Homan. bo.h of whom have long been de- 
ceased, [hey had a family of two girls and four boys, and 
of .hese Wm. G. and .he girls are the survivors. 

William G. attended the public schools of Claremont, 
graduating from the high school, after which he became a 
school teacher himself. His primary cduca ion in the dental 
scieiue was received in Illmo.s. from a dentist "Smi.h." who, 
notwithstanding the commonness of his name was an un- 
commonly good dentist. There were no dental colleges or 
universities in those days, but Dr. Homan siuiied under 
various skilled practitioners until he became an expert him- 
self, and has long enjoyed a liberal, influential pa.ronage. 

By his first wife, who is now deceased. Dr. Homan had 
three children, these being Fletcher B.. now in his twenty- 
third year, ticket agent Denver & Rio Grande R. R., Solido, 
Col.; J. G. Whittier Homan. seventeen years old. and an 
electrician at Canton. O , and a daughter Anna, who is now 
the wife of Dr. Frank Smith, a resident of Cincinnati. 

On August 6, I£94, Dr. Homan was married to Miss Marie 
Large, who is of FnMish descent, and one of whose great- 
grandfathers held the cove, id position of Lord Mayor of 
London. The doctor can also boast of his ancestrv. his 
grandfather having served for ten years in the American 
Revolution, and at one time being one of the gam-on at 
Fort Harmer. and also at Fort Washington — to-day Cincin- 
nati. 

Dr. Homan is a member of the Academy of Dentistry, of 
Cincinnati, also of the Odd Fellows, and is numbered among 
our most highly esteemed citizens. 

Mr. and Mrs. Homan are gradua'es of the South Bend 
College of Optics, a school of Physical, Scientific and Physi- 
ological Optics, from which institution they graduated in 
August. IS! 17. 



WILLIAM C. DAVIS. 

In none of the professions has greater progress been 
achieved during this wonderful 19th century than in that of 
the medical practitioner. Some of the brightes: brains of the 
age have devoted their lives to the causes and cure of disea e, 
and the result has been some marvelous discoveries, and the 
promotion of the health, happiness and general welfare of 
the public at large. 

Franklin County has physicians of the modern school, 
fully abreast of the times in all improvements and innova- 
tions made in their profession. A gentleman who has re- 
cently settled down to practice in Columbus is William C. 
Davis, M. D., whose offices arc located at No. •-'(»!» 1 ast State 
street. 

Dr._Davis was born in Clinton County, Indiana. January 
13, 1875, his parents being 1. N. Davis and Lavinia McClain 
Davis, the former a prominently knowm temperance lecturer 
and promoter of rights of way for railroad systems. William 
C. attended the common school and Frankfort High Sen iol, 
of Frankfort. Ind., and took a lull course at the Medical Col- 
lege oi Ohio, Cincinnati. O., the foremost medical institution 
in the country for the study of eye, ear. nose and throat dis- 
eases. After graduating in 1896 he began practice in Clinton 
County. Ind.. meeting with much success, and for eighteen 
months held the position of coroner of that county, resigning 
in May. 1900, and removing to Columbus, and is here build- 
ing up a large, first-class practice. He conducts a practice 
as an eye. ear. nose and throat specialist and is conscien- 
tiously assiduous in his treatment of patients. 

Dr. Davis was married on November :!. 1898, to Miss |! t ,. 
sie North, of Bluffton, Indiana, and thej have a cosj resi- 
dence m this city. He is a member of the F.Iks, and is lie- 
coming most pooularlv known in the community. 



CHARLES D. KRIM. 

Charles Dixon Krim. dentist, residence 120 Russell street, 
i- "ii of the best known men in the profession in this city. 
His office is located at 155% North High and his oractice, 
now large. i~ constantly growing. His father. Simeon D.. 
was married to Jennie Dixon, there having been as the fruit 
of this union nine children, one of whom. Frank O., is a 
clerk at the Chittenden Hotel. The children were made up 



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FREDERICK W. WITTENM EIER. 

The above named gentleman, son of Frederick Witten- War had been declared about this time, and the First Illinois 

meier, President and Treasurer of the Wittenmeier Stone Infantry, the crack regiment of Chicago, had received sailing 

Company, of Columbus, is one of the most popularly known orders for Cuba, but not having the full compleme men 

business men of the younger generation in the Capital City. as required by law, a dela) was neci ;sary in order to rei ru i 

Frederick W. Wittenmeier was born in Chicago, I linois, a sufficient number to bring the organization up to the me- 
nu .May 28, 1875, sen of Frederick and Agnes (Kessler) essary strength. Mr. Wittenmeier enlisted in this regiment 
Wittenmeier. and was one of a family of six sons ami s,x on J une 23, IS":!, ami a week latei set sail [or Cuba. He 
daughters, of whom eight survive. His initial education was remained with the regiment until it was mustered out, and 
received in the public schools of Columbus, ami th nee li»' saw considerable active service, including eleven days' du'.j 
proceeded to Germany, where he entered a technical school m the trenches before Santiago before that stronghold capitu 
at Zweibruecken, in the K..,ne Province <>i Bavaria, the lated. Mr. Wittenmeier was mustered out of the service at 
course extending from 1883 to 1891, when he returned to In- Chicago .in Januarj 27, 180!), ami immediately returned to 
native country ami attended a business college in Columbus, Columbus Previous t" his departure from this cit) lie 'eel 
from which he graduated m 1893. been Secretary of the Wittenmeier Stone < ompany, which 

( >n completing Ins education, Mr. Wittenmeier. at the age was organized and incornorated in 1894, with a capital stock 

. f in 3 .1. il i \\ ':., .. Ti .. ,1 , ...,-,.,.,. i i e 1 ,1 1 



of 111, entered the firm .if Wittenmeier Brothers, Stone em 
tractors, as bookkeeper, remainine with them up to 18!)fi 
when he resigned tn engage in the emploj of King X' Co 
extensive cattle ranch owners and exporters of cattle at 



n his return he again a - 1 1 ' ' ' d tl 
this position, In iiej also made Superintendent 
()u November 7. 1899, Mr. Wittenmeier was married ii 
iss Clara Wittenmeier, a lady of social popularity. 



Waushaugal, Sta'e of Washington. He was a kkeeper they have one son. Mr. Wittenmeier is a membei ol the 

for this concern for almost three years, when he resigned. Red Men and the Columbus Liederkranz m<l 
.mil returned as far east as Chicago lie Spanish American In- family at No 738 Seigel street. 



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of lour ' - - - - 

. ■ - 

ssie. a clerk in 0'N< 
imbus their home. 

t of .his sketch. \vh 

ambition which left its im- 
g 
of Harris - Cniver- 

by the 
- - 
g two years 

ssess the Dili Ward, and 

He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eag 
- 

lS;io His • settlers and an old 

ractice he has 
ssful. 



JAMES E. ROBINSON. 

fames E. Robinson, D. D. S.. has long occupied a tore- 
. senior member of the 
son & Chern - •■■ • 

- 
Dr. Robinson was born in Marysville. Ohio. March 11, 
s, Marg ioi ind Charles M. 

,-. are both n 
\ children iii the family — three sons and three 
four are new- h\ - a 

ilumbus, 
- Heasley. t,- 
ll r Robinson - > education in the c 

5 of • ' which he attended the Ann Ar- 

bor LV. - - - : Dental 

ncinnati in IS.!', and he had also worked at 

- ■ 

-try here, in which he has achieved distinc 

ridg rk being 

Or. K en 'ent in polHcs 

ng every 

- en. and all but three 

in, serving for four years as a memb.T 

-tent, and it is 

te that he made a remarkable record, never 

rice from any of the 

reg gs that had no; been 

- for 15 years. He retired 

the ad- 

ist able effort that received 
ind well deserved encomiums. 

had two daughters, 
young ladies well known 

n takes a keen interest in all affairs that are 
for the advancement 

steem of all his fell" 



HAR FREEMAN" GUERIN, M. D. 
- Freeman Guerin n, N. J., 

in Frank • ually in 

touch with and commanding the entire confidence of his 

mmunity in general. His lath r 

■ 

["here were four daughters and I 
ere are but 

- 
in Guerin. M. D., the subject of the 



Morristown and graduated from the academy of that city. 
In l.SvI he moved to Louisvi.le. Ind., iravel.ng thitherward 
g m, the trm taking five weeks and two days 
th of his lather in 1S-.T. Dr. Guerin, the oldest mem- 
ber of the family, was in charge of affairs. While in L> uis- 
:;ig Guerin attended the Stat* Si or ihree 

months, the first opportunity lie had .or securing an e uc .- 
tion. In 1837 the family removed to Reynolds u - 

g there on November 4. 1S:*"\ and on the December 

g his mother died, thus leaving tl e entire i. m iy 

Zophar Freeman Guerin went to work to lea.n 

the trade of wagonmaker with an uncle of his in the sum 

mer of 1S4". Later he determined upon entering i..t > ih: 

medicine, and rir>t had as his preceptor Di 
den of Reynoldsburg. He passed a successful term oi study 
and received certificates to his professional ability and c in- 
On March.. 1843, he began the practice of medicine 
at Mt. Pleasant. Hocking county, remaining there up t i 
1S47. when he removed to New Albany. Franklin con ty. 
1849. In 1852 he took the degree of doctor oi medi ine at 
_ ' s Columbus After pract'eing 

New Albany he moved to Westjrvilli 
ing that his bas ns for four years, when, 

he came to Columbus, ami has since made this his head- 
quarters and home, having a beautiful resi knee 

time, where spacious grounds surround h's d mi 
ci'.e. and he als ■ - eral other tine residences in th: 

city. 

Dr. Guerin was married to Miss 1 ucj No" mber 7. 

1843. and has had three sons. I ovett Tan. born February •">. 
cticing physician: William F... born in 
March. 1847, •• contractor in Seattle. Washington, 

and Henry F.. horn n September. l c 60, who is row a lawyer 
and lumber dealer in northern Michigan. During th; war 
Dr. Guerin was ssis surgeon at - JS 

to the close of the war. ' . st en. a most 

respected and well-bred gentleman, and is b. loved 
I v the entire community. 



WILLIAM F. BAY. M. D. 

William F. Bay. M. D.. a leading met Franklin 

fraternity, was born in Marietta Oh o. May 
son of William L. and Celia (Radenbach) Bay. 
both of well-known Ohio fam lies, and the t rmer a m »r- 
successful and creditable career. Five c' il ren 
sed their family, three sons and two dat'g 
William F.. George. Charles. Flcr ncs an 
Charles is now attend ng 
lumbus High S while the others have comoleted their 

Miss 
m F. Bay first attended the c mmon -ch^ils of 
Marietta, later the It . S umbus. and then took 

a two y< through the Ohio State Univi 

the termi chich he entered th< ' cal Uni- 

versity in 1SP-2 and. after irraduating therefrom, tork a po-t- 
se in New York Citv. Immediately afterward 
- the practice of his profession a"d secu-ed also 
some it- a ivernmental positions, k 

the Interior, physician t i the United 

States Indian Service at Fort Shaw. Montana, serving there 

e n the United States Marine Hos- 

Dr. Ba ■ - in O^'iml - 

and has his - t N 755 Nort H gh street. 

\ 1007 Hurter street He ranks 
te highest an 

immunity. 



HUGH HENDRIXSON. B. S.. M. D. 

The st :h, Push Hendrixson, B ? 

i '.. in Brown conn:-, 
bis bin' b - His pa^a 

go f work a" 
ti a form a' the mu- 
nificent - $3 a month, and he contiru.-d at farnvng 



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I GKi i\'E CARPF.XTI'R. 



hi !■ ip. i in i ,n .', c Carpentei 
field, Ohio, in Richland countv. m 1857. II.- father, VV I'. in 
Carpenti r, later moved lo Mai in Id in I--- In the pi 
of [878 Dr. ( arpi ntei va graduati '1 al tin Uan fii Id 1 
School In the fall of tin c ent< red the fresh- in 

the Ohio Wi I om thi uni m 

In wa graduat< .1 with tin els o I-- ' In the fall »] 
hi entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons th 
of Baltimore, Maryland, and took his medical degree the m 
pi ing ol I-'- I In 18 5 hi 

.-■ni phj ii i. in to the < !li \ eland State II" pital I 
I lc enti i ■ d Ihi S'ate Hospital as thin 
progn a i '1 ' 

i Id ii ir i n i , j car- n d i Supi rintendent M 
D ■ \ Ft c r fi ve y i 

pital 1 e i esigni d in 18! 0, and ei eh i-a 

wi d for tin. e -ears activelj ' ■ ■ In 188-1 I 

D I . went !■ j New York I ■ ial X 

■ ■ii ■ of s udy in bi 'tli the I ' ■ nic pi 

i dicine In Juni ol 18S) I he ailed foi Kiin 
, ■ a o ■ ■ el V lour of 1 ypt. B! 

Palestine, lurk' y and Gi dded to his I 



nerary. Afterward Dr. < !arpenti i 
the medical ol Germany, in the 

■ 
d I leidell urg. Aftei 

o < leveland and bi 

n turned bill a 
iin he e on the B 

e ni h Massilli m Stati I ■ ■ 
■ hospital h: '■■ f : R ii liai dsoi ■ 
• i pital, wa - a- ■ ' lint ■ ■ 

lc over il making the third 
irpenttr i- a mi mbi r o lie Cli 
i dical 

Acad of Mi dii ii 

■ iation I le holds the ch; ii 
Ohio 
1 

1 r l 'arpi liter man 
Lodgi I 
He is : o 



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up to his twenty-first rear, when, on October 2, 1854, he 
was disabled by an accident. While clearing away brush he- 
cut li is right foot so badly that he was laid up for five 
months, and during his confinement began his first stu lies, 
learning the multiplication table and some mental arithme- 
tic. On his recovery he attended the district school ani 
made rapid progress in his studies. He next entered the 
public school of Felicity, Ohio, where he studied up to 1856, 
when he secured a teacher's certificate and taught school in 
Mowrystown, Highland county, Ohio, in the summer of that 
year. From now on he continued to study and teach alter- 
nately until June. 1862, when he was graduated as a Bache- 
lor of Science from the Ohio Wesleyan University. He next 
received the appointment of principal of the East Delaware 
public schools, and in 1862-3, in addition to the duties of this 
position, he began the study of medicine, his preceptor b;- 
ing Dr. T. B. Williams. At the close of the schools in June, 
l v 'i ".. he was offered the superln endency of the pub ic 
schools of Delaware, also the position of druggist in the 
State Hosoital lor the Insane, at Columbus. Ohio, and chose 
the latter as the best medium for advancing his medical 
knowledge. On May 6, 1864, he entered the United Stales 
service as hospital steward of the One Hundred and Forty- 
fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served until August, when 
he received an honorable discharge. On September 22, 18 4. 
he entered the medical department of the Michigan State 
University and attended a full course of study. Returning 
to Ohio in May. 1865, Dr. Hendrixson began the practice of 
medicine at Lewis Center. Ohio, continuing there up to Sep- 
tember. 1869, when he entered the medical department of the 
Western Reserve College at Cleveland, Ohio, graduating 
therefrom with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1870. 
after which he again resumed practice at Lewis Center. In 
July. 1876, he became associated in practice with Dr. E. C. 
Lewis at Canal Dover. Tus-arawas county. Ohio, remaining 
with him until October, 1877. when he removed to Colum- 
bia, where he has continued, building uo a large, influential 
practice and winning the esteem and confidence of the entire 
community. 

On September _''2. 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss 
Sarah J. Waldron of Delaware county. Ohio, who bore him 
a son and a daughter, the former dying in infancy: the 
daughter Anna, was married to Mr. John W. Fisher, and 
they reside on a farm near Grinnell. Iowa. On December 
17. 1872, Dr. Hendrixson's wife died, and on September In. 
1874, he was married to Miss S. Elizabeth Brown of Dela- 
ware, Ohio. She was born in Somerset Perry county, Ohio, 
the daughter of Rev. J. S. Brown, a pioneer clergyman of 
the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Hendrixson was 
given a liberal education, graduating as an A. M. from the 
Louisville Female College in 1856, and afterward went as a 
missionary to Bulgaria, remaining there seven y<.ars. Re- 
turning home, she was elected to the chair of French in the 
I >. W. F. College, Delaware. Ohio, which she held nine 
years. On April 15, 1876, the worthy couple had a daughter. 
Alice, and on June '25 of the same year the deeply denlored 
death of Mrs. Hendrixson took nlace. On August 13, 1889, 
Dr. Hendrixson was married to Mrs. Ola S Jones, M. D.. 
<■! Zanesville, Ohio, a graduate in medicine, a member of 
S'lmsis and other associations of culture, and a most es- 
timable lady. 

Dr. Hendrixson is a staunch Renublican, having been a 
member of the party since Fort Sumter was fired upon. He 
hold-, membership in the Odd Fellows and several medical 
associations, and his professional standing is of the highest. 



THOMAS COURTNEY LENTZ. D. D. S. 

Thomas Courtney Lentz. one of the well known exponents 
of dental surgery in Franklin County, and having his home 
al the corner of Patterson avenue and Williams street. Co- 
lumbus, and office in Lazarus Block, was born in Perry 
County. Ohio, on January 18, 1867, being the son of Henry 
P. and Amanda (Bugh) Lentz. the former a successful ope- 
rator in real estate and financial transactions. The mother is 
1. but the father is still living, a gentleman esteemed 
and held in general consideration for hi- many excellent per- 
sonal characteristics. Eleven children composed the family. 
nine of them boys, two of them daughters, all now living 
with the exception of one son and om- daughter. With the 



exception of the subject of our sketch, who resides in Co- 
lumbus, one resides in New i ork Cnv. their names being 
C. K. A. E.. t. E.. H. W. B., O. O., E. C. and George L. 
Lentz. All live in Columbus except one. 

Dr. Lentz was fir-: educa.ed in the common schools of 
Perry county, and afterward took an academic course, se- 
curing a nrst-class certificate from the Board of Examiners. 
In his technical education he took a special course on crown 
and bridge work, in which he has become a leading expert, 
reputation extends all throughout Central Ohio. 
Since beginning practice here he has won a prestige and 
reputation that extend to all parts of the country. 

On August li, 1890, Dr. Lentz was married to Miss Lin- 
nie Wells, and they have a family of three daughters, most 
interesting children, who combine to form a charming family 
circle. In politics he is a Republican, and socially is a wel- 
come figure everywhere. 



FRANK RUDOLPH MORATH. M. D. 

Frank Rudolph Morath. M. D.. the subject of this sketch, 
was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the handsomest cities in 
America, on June 28, 1858, and was the son of Joseph 
Morath and Rosa (Baldinger) Morath, the former a pros- 
perous manufacturer of shoes. His father was born in Rus- 
sia, and came to Ohio when young, being one of the early 
settlers. His wife was born in Switzerland, and was a lady 
of estimable personality. They had a family of four children 
— three daughters and a son. the latter the subject of tin- 
sketch. Of the daughters one is Miss Rosa Morath. of 
Ravenna, while her two sisters, who are married, are Mrs. 
Anna Tinker, of Great Belt. Pa., and Mrs. Hattie Naylor. of 
Grove City. Pa. 

Frank R. Morath attended the common schools of his 
native city, graduating from the high school at the age of 
be alter which, he having selected medicine for his life study. 
entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Cleve- 
land, and graduated from that well-known institution in 
1878. After his graduation he was elected secretary of the 
Portage County Medical Society. For two years he prac- 
ticed in Mantha. removing thence to Pickerington. Fairfield 
County, where he continued for 14 years. For the past year 
he has been practicing in Columbus, and has acquired an 
influential patronage. His parents immediate predecessors 
had among them prominent members of the law and medical 
professions. An uncle of the subject of the present sketch. 
Dr. Ballinger, was a renowned surgeon of Cleveland, a man 
of great skill and prestige. 

Dr. Morath was married on November 25. 1892, to Miss 
Bessii Courtwright, of Fairfield County, Ohio, who came 
from a most estimable family. 

Dr. Morath is an active supporter of the Republican party, 
and was for five years a member of the Central Committee, 
in which capacity he performed highly valuable services. He 
holds membership in the Masonic Order. Knights of Pythias 
Odd Fellows. Red Men. and Woodmen of the World, and is 
an all-round, highlv-bred. estimable citizen. 



GUV MILLER McDOXALD. D. D. S. 

An active member of the dental fraternity of Franklin 
County is Guy Miller McDonald. D. D. S.. whose headquar- 
ters are at No. ! »-' J >7 South High street, where be occupies the 
ble po-ition of general manager of the Boston Dental 
Parlors. 

Dr. McDonald was born September 26. 1876. the son of a 
prominent Columbus family, his mother being Mrs. Mar- 
garet (Miller) McDonald. 2"d Fa'her J. B. McDonald, who 
served as Commissioner of Franklin county for two terms, 
and proved one of the most efficient county commissioners 
that ever held that office here. Their family was composed of 
five sons — John, who is now a draughtsman for the National 
Steel Co.; Harry who is also a Doctor of Den'al Surgery- 
Charles and Ray. who are still attending school, and the 
subjeel of 'In- -ketch. 

Dr. Guy Miller McDonald was educated in the public 
schools of Columbus, afterward receiving instruction in the 
private school of Professor Thompson, and he is now at- 



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JOHN PFEIFER 
li has been year I 



A most successful business career is thai whi 
exemplified by Mr. John Pfeifer, one of the best known citi- 
zens of Columbus, and a partner m the job printing estab 
lishment of Pfeifer & Saas. 

Mr. Pfeifer was born on Ma-" 20. 1850, in this city, and has 
ever resided here, llis education was received in the public 
schools, he also took a course in a business college, and at 
the age of 11 became employed with Gassman & Schulze, 
whose establishment is now known as the Lutheran Book 
Concern, and he remained with them for IT years. 

.Mr. Pfeifer' s mother was Mrs, Eva (Wagner) Pfeifer, and 
his father, Mr. Matthew Pfeifer. Their lamily comprised 
three sons and two daughters, all of whom are living with 
the exception of one son, then- names being Ambrose, Louise 
A., nee Saas, Elizabeth, nee -.oss, and the subject of this 
sketch. The latter, in 1801, formed Ins presenl business re- 
lationship with Mr. George l> Saas, under tin firm title of 
Pfeifer & Saas. and they opened a iob orintin" office al No 
271 South llieh street. A thorough knowledge oi the busi 
ness, and a liberal policy of dealing with the public soon at- 
tracted a steadily increasing patronage, and m 1805 the linn 
removed to large quarters ai No 245 South High streel I hi 
business continued to grow, and on the first of lie presenl 



this 
art. 



they moved to their present premises, No 338 South 
streel win-re they have on,- oi tin- finesl appointed 
ny plants in the Stale, ami where all kinds ol work in 
in- is executed in the most finished style ol the printer's 



Mi 



3 Mary 
bright 



( >n ( Ictober 1. 1881, Mr. Pfeil r was married ti 
F. Zengler, and the union resulted m the birth O 
sons. Carl M. and Wall, i \ Pfeifer, and the family residence 
is at No. 1 I". East Livingston avenue. 

Mr Pfeifer has keen a life-long supnorter ol the Demo 
.nil. party, was one of the first directors .a the ( olumbus 
Workhouse, and is now member oi the City Board oi Elei 
tions, is President of the Olentangy Club, membei oi the 
Young Men's Democratic Club, the facksonian and South 
Sidi Democratic Clubs, is a 32nd degn e Ma on, and also 
hold, membership in the Elks, I >dd Fellows. Knt| 
Pythias, uniform rank, and the Modem W linen 

\. ,i token oi Mr, Pfeifer's popularity wi maj i 
in voting contest for choice of candidat. foi Mayot ■ - 
lumbus, running in the Columbus Dispatch, Mr. Ph 
the liith choice in over a hundred nam.- presented, and (at 
this writing) has received 1722 votes 



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tending the Ohio Medical University, being in his senior 
tnd In- term expiring in 1901. 

Since 1898 Dr. McDonald has been manager for the Bos- 
ton Dental Parlors, located in the Eberly Block, where his 
professional ability has been amply demonstrated, every 
branch of modern dentistry i- given attention, particular care 
being given to crown, bridge, and other difficult work, and 
pei ii cl results are attained under his suoervision. 

I)i McDonald'- lather 1- a member of the firm of Schrock 
& McDonald, dealers in farm implement-. 

Dr. McDonald i- a Republican, active iti party movements. 
and served most acceptably as precinct committeeman in 
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teri college society, and has a host of friend- in both business 

and social circle-. 



REID CLARENCE MATTHEWS. M. D. 

\n esteemed name among the medical fraternity of Co- 
lumbus is that of Reid C. Matthews. M. D., whose hand- 
-oiue residence and office is at No. 58 East Spring street. 

Dr Matthews is a native of the Key-tone State, having 
been l>orn December 23, 1854, at Brooksville, Pennsylvania, 
where his early boyhood was passed. His father. John Mat- 
thew-, was a prominent lumber merchant of Brookville, and 
a leading citizen of the community. His mother was Lucie 
(Sharey) Matthew-, and there were five children in the Earn- 
ily, namely: Reid C. Clark. Perry. Esther and Elizabeth 
Matthews, all of whom are still living. 

Dr. Matthews wa- given a most thorough education. He 
first attended the common schools and the high schools of 
Brooksville, Pa., and after graduating from the latter entered 
the University of Millville, Pa., front which institution he 
was graduated in 1877. He next took a full course in the 
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Pa., from which he 
graduated with honors in 1881. Dr. Matthews then cm:, to 
Columbus and immediately began the practice of his profes- 
sion here, and his career has been most successful front the 
outset. He is a specialist in dermatology, devoting himself 
exclusivelj to the treatment of diseases of the skin, and he 
ha- limit up a large influential and steadily growing practice, 
t In June 6, 1884, Dr. Matthews was united ill marriage to 
Mi-- Sarah Harding of this city, a most estimably known 
lady, and they have had one child. Lucille Matthews, now a 
charming miss of 15. and an attendant at the St. Mary's of 
the Springs Academy. Dr. Matthews is a physician of the 
most advanced school, is a citizen who actively promotes the 
In -t interests of the community, and he has a host of friends 
in business and social circles. 



LEWELLYN E. PRATT. 

The commercial and industrial status of Columbus is of the 
highest character, and it- business interests are being pro- 
moted by men of enterprise and thorough executive ability. 
Among these must be included Mr. l.ewcllyn E. Pratt, mana- 
ger of The Terry Engraving Company, and one of our most 
ul business men. as well as a most popular citizen. 

Mr. Pratt hails from the gold state, having been born at 
Oakland. California, April 2, 1872, his parents being Mrs. 
1 ouise ( Bowen) Pratt, and Mr. Amasa Pratt, the latter of 
whom is connected with the Central Ohio Paper Company, 
and he has resided in Columbus the past 17 year-. Mr, 
Pratt attended the common schools of Columbus, graduated 
from the Central High School, and in 1890-9] attended the 
Ohio State University, entering William-' College as a 
Sophomore. He graduated from Williams m 1894. For the 
tbsequent year- Mr. Pratt was an instructor in the 
Central High School, resigning in 1891 to become manager 
of the Terry Engraving Company. The company'- plain. 
located in the Grand Opera House Block on State street, is 
doing the best work in the line of art book designing and 
engraving. A force of skilled workmen from New York is 
employed, and engraving in all its branches i- executed; 
none but work of the highest grade of excellence being pro- 
duced. 

Mr. Pratt, on April 2, 1895.. was united in marriage to Miss 
Helen A Dickson, a native of Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands; 
born of American parents, and two ■..■ children have 

-inrc gladdened their home. Mr. Pratt i- a Democrat in In- 
political faith, lie i- a member of the Chi Phi (Greek let- 



WILLIAM M. THOMFSI >N. 

\ most successful position in the rank- of the legal frater- 
nity of Columbus is held by Mr. William M. Thompson, 
wbo-e business quarters are at No. 105% Sou h High street, 
lie i- one of the foremost among the younger members oi 
the Franklin County bar. and hi- career thus tar has been 
a most prosperous and creditable one. 

Mr. 'I hompson is of Ohio birth, having been born in 
Georgetown, Brown County, July 29, 1868, his parent- being 
William J. and Rebecca (Metzler) Thompson, the former a 
prominent attorney of Southern Ohio. William M. was the 
oiil\ -..n in a family of eight children and. with one excep- 
tion, hi- sisters are all living. He attended the public schools 
at Georgetown, graduating from the High School, afterward 
entering the Southwestern Ohio University, from which he 
graduated in 1887. following which he took a course at the 
Universit) of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he was 
graduated June 5, 1890. He had also read law with his fa- 
ther, who was prosecuting attorney for Brown County for 
seven years. In June. 1890, he came to Columbus, and on 
the liith of that month was admitted a member of the Frank- 
lin County Bar. immediately entering upon the practice of 
bis profession. During the administration of Mayor Black 
hi served lor -in months a- a police judge, tilling the duties 
of that position in a highly capable manner. 

On Maj 25, 1887, Mr. Thompson was married to Mary 
Louise Dyer, daughter of Warden Dyer of the Ohio Peni- 
tentiary, and popularh known in society's circles. He i- an 
active member of the Columbus Rifles, Elk-. Knights of 

Pythias. W linen of the World, and Judge Advocate on the 

Major General's Staff. Uniform Rank of Red Men. and also 
holds membership in the Columbus Bar Association. 



HON. JOHN C. L. PUGH. 

In the various vocations of life that of the law practitioner 
ha- ever held a foremost position and is one of '.he most nr 
portant as it is one of the most time honored of human call- 
ings \mong the members of the Franklin County Bar an 
honored position is occupied by the Hon. John C. L. Pugh. 
who-e offices are on High street, near State. This gentle- 
man i- a native of Columbus, having been born here August 
24, 1855, his mother being Martha (Cook) Pugh. his father. 
Hon. John M. Pugh. who is also an attorney-at-law. and -till 
in practice, having an office at Xo. _'7ii North Third street. 
John C. I.. Pugh was one of a family of eight children, ail 
of whom are living with the exception of two 

He first attended the public schools of Columbus, after- 
ward entering Princeton College, at Princeton. X. J., from 
which he wa- graduated m 1876, and later on in the -ame year 
was admitted a member of the bar. In 1879. Mr. Pugh be- 
gan the practice of law. giving attention to both civil and 
criminal cases, and ha- earned an excellent reputation for his 
ability, legal acumen and poise. Democratic in his political 
faith, he has been an active member of that body politic, and 
w.i- given an earnest of the confidence and esteem in which 
he is held Dy his fellow cm . ns bj being elected Senator to 
the 73d General Asembly from the 10th District, a position 
he filled with due credit and ability. Mr. Pugh is active in 
fraternal circles, being commander of the Juniar Hussars. I 
O. O. F.. member ..f the Knight- ..f Pythias, Elks and Red 
Men, and he was formerly captain in the Fourteenth Regi- 
ment, ( din . Natii mal < luar.l. 



L. EWING JONES. 

inent among the younger generation who are taking 
a foremost part m promoting the public welfare of Frank'in 
county and who-e ability and public spirit of progressive- 
ness ha- been duly recognized and substantially rewarded is 
Mr. I.. Ewing Jones, the gentleman now occupying the posi- 
tion ol < '. lunty Auditor. 

Mr. Jom- was born in Columbus on April 1_'. 1862, the 



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.iccessful business 
Mr. George l> Saas. 
;r & Saas, with 1" a I 



One of the besl known and mos 
and popular citizens of Columbus 
member of the printing firm ol P 
quarters at 338 South High 5treel 

Mr Saas was born in this city on October 1 18.54, son 
ol George D, and Mary A. (Haffner) Saas the form r being 
a foreman of a large Columbus starch manufactory. The 
family comprised of two sons and five girls, of whom there 
are now two married daughters Mr Eli ibeth Kinnel and 
Mrs. Wilhelmina Downing, and the subjeel of this sketch. 

The latter was educated in the public school ol Colum- 
bus, and on concluding his studies, he, on December 23, 
18(>8, become office boy for Messrs. Nevins & Meyers. State 

Printers, and in 187] was placed in the 1 1, prin ins ro nn 

where he remained until 187'2 win n he was transferred to the 
composing room of the Daily Statesman, conducted by Nev- 
ins & Medary, Here he continued until the su a 
1X7:!, when he resigned lo accept a position in tli i''l> print- 
ing office "i Glenn & Heyde, serving hen up to 1875 He 
had in iv, bei i itne an e> perl \< mrney man job prin'er and. 
aboul this time, Mr Glenn becoming seriously ill, Mr Saas 
was made chief job compositor, an assured i xpre sum ol 
his ability. In 188(1 this ofl ce became ' non union." and on 
thai accounl Mr. Saas re sir ned and became advertising sol ci 
tor for the Westbote, Six months later Meyers Brothers, 
Slate Printers, engaged him as job composite)] 
with them until 1885, -when he was appointed - 
under i mil Kiesewetter, Auditor ol Stair, fill 
tii in up to 188b'. t )n 1< avino he a 
Meyers Brothers until 1888. wlv 
master of Columbus, appointed h 
Ins term as box clerk the postofl 



nal h, 
stieal 
; this 



n became an empli ive ol 
Di V it: I [om Pi : 
chief box cli rk Durinq 
w as i ran - ferrcd from its 



Id -it, to the presenl building, corner of State and rhird 
greets. Mr. Saas prepared an entirely new schedule for the 
I , renters, and the feat was performed in a masterly way, 
He resigned in 1891 to accepl a clerkship under Henry 
! ausch. i i itinl j I n asurci and abi ml t he same time t mm d a 
partnership with John Pfeifer as job printers h: I8i)3 he 
icsigned his clerkship to take an active pari in his printing 
business, which was then conducted at No 271 South High 
street. The business increased so rapidly that, in 1895 
commodious quarters were sought al No. 24-5 South High 

reel V-jam. in January, 1901, larger premises becami 
neci sary, and a removal was made to the pn enl address, 
South High street, which is today the best equipped 
n ili printing plant in the Capital City 

t m Maj I. 1875, Mr. Saas was married to Miss 1 oui - l: 
I feifi r. who has borne him three children, of whom the only 
son is deceased The daughters, both ol whom are married, 
are Mrs Clara I Kaisei and Mrs Cornelia E Bradshaw. 

,- aas is an acl ivi I >ei Tat and a inembei ol ill [acl 

-onian Club and the Southside Democratic Club. He is also 
pn miinenl in fraternal i ii i les, beinu a member of the I I um 
holt I odge. No 17(1, F & A \l .. Germania Lod^e. No I 
Knights of Pythias. ( apitol Lodge, No. 334, I . ( > O F., 
1 l.nne ( luards ol \ m. in a, I lapital City I lonn , No II, 
( rown I hapter. No S Ea item Star, Calanth ■ 1 i mple, No 
I Rathbone Sisters, Columbus Comoam No I. I Jniform 

Rank. Knights of Pythias, of which Mr S.m- has be 

■ i sivelv i lecti d i aptain for the pasl 12 yeai s, ."■^ he is also 
Secretary ol the well-known < Hentamjy Club, and an hon- 
orary membi r of Typogranhical Union No 5. In every re- 
spect he is a highly regarded and popularly known i ttizen. 



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son of Brigadier General Theodore Jones and Mary V. 
(Meneley) Jones, the latter a descen ant of one of the oldest 
pioneers of Franklin county. The family was comp s.d of 
four sons, Harry, Ewing, Albert and Irving, and ah are liv- 
ing with the exception of Harry. 

L. E. Jones, the subject of this brief sketch, was educated 
in the public schools of Columbus and was graduated from 
the High School, class of '80. At the age of eighteen he be- 
came a clerk in the local freight office of the Hocking Val- 
ley Railroad and retained that - ;ition for about a year, 
when lie was promoted to a desk in the auditor's office of 
the same company, in which department he was promoted 
sup by step to the responsible position of chef clerk He 
lieKl this position up to September 1. 1899, when, having 
been nominated as candidate for auditor by the Republicans 
of franklin county, he resigned to personally conduct the 
canvass in his interests. His efforts were mo t successful, 
as in November. 189!), he was elected Auditor of Franklin 
county by the magnificent majority of over 2100. His thor- 
ough experience and natural ability are enabling him to ful- 
fill his duties in the most efficient and acceptable manner. 

Mr. Jones is active in fraternal work, being a member of 
the Masonic order. Elks, Junia Lodge of Odd Fellows and 
several other organizations. 

On May 5, 1884, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Ernestine 
Hoffman." an estimable known Columbus lady, anil they have 
an excellent residence at No 874 South High street 



WILLIAM N. DARBY, WARDEN STATE PRISON. 

The Ohio Penitentiary is the largest institution of its kind 
m the world, and one of the best officered, and disciplined. 
It has held some of the most noted and dangerous criminals 
in modern historv. and prisoners are sent for confinement 
here from all parts of the United States. 

Thus it will be seen to hold the position of Warden of an 
institution such as this is one fraught with much responsi- 
bility, but the position is at present being filled in the most 
efficient and satisfactory manner by William N. Darby, whose 
previous training well fitted and qualified him for the work. 

William N. Darbv was born in Belmont county, Ohio, 
July 22, 1862, his father being Reason Darby, his mother 
'Wise Darbv, and he has inherited in a variety the virtues 
embodied in their unusual Christian names, being fully im- 
bued with both reason and wisdom, which have become thor- 
oughly ripened with experience. He attended the publii 
schools of Bellaire, alter which he secured a position in the 
Bellaire Nail Works, remaining there for some years. His 
first public position of prominence was when he was elected 
Marshall of Bellaire. whose duties he fulfilled from 1886 to 
1890, when he became Deputy Sheriff of Belmont County. 
and served from 1891 to 1895. Following this he was elected 
Sheriff of that county in 1895, and served until 1899, when he 
became Deputy Clerk of the Courts at Clairville, Ohio. 
About this time he took up the study of law. on the receipt 
of bis appointment as Warden of the State Penitentiary, and 
m May. 1900, entered upon the duties of this position, which 
he continues to fulfill in the most eminently satisfactory man- 
ner. 

Mr Darby was married to Miss Rebecca L. Long, and 
ill, x have had one child. Clarence L. Darby, a promising 
child. Mr. Darby is a Republican, a member ol the Knights 
of Pythias and Elks, and is prominent in the Masonic Order, 
being a Shriner and in the Commandery. Courteous and 
genial lie is held in highest regard by all. 



COLONEL WILLIAM PITT TYLER. 

The Capital City possesses one of the best and most effi- 
cient police departments in the country, and much of its 
pri em efficiency is due to the able superintendent of police. 
Colonel W. P. Tyler, who is recognized as one of the most 
capable police executives in the State. 

Colonel Tyler was born at Fremont, Sandusky county. 
Ohio, July 9, 1852, and attended the common schools of his 
city until 16 years of age. when he entered a machine shop, 
mastered the trade and worked at it some time, when, be- 
coming imbued with the gold fever, then prevalent, be wenl 



to the Black Hills of Dakota and remained in D.aJwood 
eight years While engaged ill business pursu.ts there he 
was appointed mailing c.erk, later becoming uemery clerk, 
a position he held two years, when he became assista t post- 
master, f. is next position was that of Deputy United Stales 
Marshal under United States .Marshal John B. Raymond, 
ami his ability in this capacity eventuated in his b.ing elect- 
ed Chief of Police of Deadwood and Depu y Sh.-riff id' the 
county. Under his rule many lawless bands were broken up 
and numerous malefactors brought to justice. After serving 
with distinguished success for three years he returned to 
Fremont and engaged in business there. On the elec.ion oi 
Hon. J. B. Foraker as Governor of the State, the Hon. 
Isaac D. Smead, m< nil er of the Board of Penit ntiary Man- 
agers, offered Colonel Tyler the position of guard at the 
penitentiary, which he accepted and held for four y.ars. At 
the expiration of this term he en aged in business in Colum- 
bus until 1895, when he was appointed a patri Iman on th. 
force. 1 ut was quickly promoted to the position of sergeant, 
which lie held until 1896. Mercantile nit rests again claimed 
his attention up to August 15, 1899, when he was appointed 
Superintendent of Police by Director Evans, a fitting r cog- 
nition of his ability and experience. Colon.d Ty'.tr comes 
from one of the oldest families in the State. His m ther, 
who now resides with him and is in her seventy-thirl year, 
was a Miss Miranda Cowde. and his father, Charles Bristol 
Tyler, now deceased, was the first white child born in Fre- 
mont, then known as Lower Sandusky. The family com- 
prised six sons and a daughter, of whom five are now living. 
Colonel Tyler was married November 16, 1897, to Miss 
Jennie Main, daughter of Rufus Main, one of the leading 
merchants of Columbus, and head of one of our foremost 
families, and thev have a cosy residence at No. 33 North 
Twentieth street. 



CHARLES JACOB LAUER. 

The fire department of Columbus is one of the most effi- 
cient in 'lie country, and much of its present excellence is 
due to the vigilance and ability of Charles Jacob Lauer, Chief 
of the Department. 

Mr. Lauer is a native of Ohio, having been born on June 
26, is:.."], in Columbus, and he was one of a family of two 
sons and one daughter, the latter of whom is now deceased 
His brother is William H. Lauer, who also resides in this 
city. Flis father. Charles Lauer. is a contractor for the 
carrying of the United States mails from the postoffice to the 
railroad stations. Charles Jacob Lauer was educated in the 
public schools of Columbus, and on leaving school was for 
seven years engaged as driver of a mail wagon, after which 
he was for six and a half years in the postal railway mail ser- 
vice, and on resigning that position, established a general 
In, r\ -table business in which he remained for 15 years. On 
April 24, 1899, he was appointed Chief of the Fire Depart- 
ment of the city of Columbus, and his selection for this re- 
sponsible position was a most happy one. as the department 
was never directed with greater ability and efficiency. The 
department that he exercises such close supervision over com- 
prises 14 engine houses. II steamers, 13 hose companies, six 
hook and ladder companies, a chemical company, a reserve 
chemical company, a wa'er tower. 88 horses and 184 men. 
I'be engines and apparatus are of the most improved char- 
acter and all tires are fought m 'he most intelligent manner. 

Mr. Lauer was married to Miss Lizzie Bell Wheat, and 
they have had three children. Raymond W.. Charles J. Lauer. 
Jr.. and Charles Hayden. He is a member of the Republican 
party, the Masonic Order. Odd Fellows and Red Men. and 
lie is most popularly known in the community. 



MUIX KIENTZ. 

lohn Ixien'z was bom in Marion. Ohio, on November I. 
1856, the son of early settlers of Ohio; his father. John 
Kientz, a baker of Marion, is now deceased, while bis mother. 
Mrs Sarah Billing, is living at No. 1ST East Livingston 
avenue, Columbus. There are nine children in the family, 
three daughters and six sons, all of whom are living with the 



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'RE1 lERICK \Y ALLEBR \\'l>. 



Among the German-American citizens of Columbus nunc 
arc held in higher esteem than Frederick W. Allebrand, who 
was born in Germany on the twent--eightn day of Septem- 
ber, 1808, and came to the United States to make il Ins 
permanent home in 1881. He is the son of Philip J. Alle- 
brand, a tailor, who married Miss Gertrude Balz, and to 
whom one son and three daughters were born. One of the 
daughters dud in infancy. The two remaining are married 
and happily situated in life. 

The subject i i this sketch attended the schools of his na- 
tive country until he was 15 years oi age and then migrated 
tn this country, coming direct to Columbus, whnh has b en 
his home. Upon Ins arrival in Cclumbus he entered into 
business relations with Mr. Chris Balz, the well-known 
baker, of East Mam street, where he remained a little over 
'me year, when he engaged with Mr, John Schaad. the up 
holsterer tor Val Loewer, aid learned the uphill tering busi- 
ness. 

At the end of two yen- and a half lie ami Mr. Schaad 
entered into co-par nership and onened up a place oi busi- 
ness on South High street, near Livingston avenue. Tluw 
remained thereashorl t me and Inn removed to Fill on s'rec', 
occupying the Heiglehcimer Building, next to the c unity 



for some time, and then 



jail, where they carried on bus 
the partnership was dissolved. 

Me then engaged a second time with Mr. Balz, in the 
baking business In 1896 he visited Ins parents in Germany, 
and mi his return again entered business with Mr. .Balz, 
tad when that gentleman died in 1898, Mr Allebrand pur- 
chased and succeeded to large business, which has been 
built up ami has since conducted the extensive bakery. 
confectionarj and cafe located tit 195-197 East Mam streur, 
with great success. 

Mr Allebrand is unmarried, is independent in his political 
views, supporting men and measures which come up to his 
ah a- .1 lie pr turn "I the best interest ..i the public and 

la l.M' est measure of public welfare, lb is a membei ol 
the I ruids and Odd Fellows, Knights ol th< Royal \xch, 
a member of the Hessian Unterhutz Migs Verein, and of the 
Columbus Lieaerkranz Singing Society and takes great in 

t. 1 1 -t in all of them. 

He has been a resident of Columbus since 1881, and re- 
sides at 1' •">'.■ East Mam street His successful 
career is the result of his own industry, energy, amplication 
aid hi nest, fail dealing, tour qualities which seldom 
fail to bring to the possessor a fair share of life' ticce 
it il :. < innate p wards. 



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exception of one daughter, and all make their residence in 
Columbus 

John Kientz, who first came to Columbus at the age of 
thru' years, his parent- removing from Marion to this city 
in 1859, received his education in the public schools of this 
city, and alter leaving school worked in a brewery lor two- 
and-a-half years, when he became an apprentice at the stone 
cutting trade, ami ha- been connected with this industry the 
past -7 years lb was for 13 years a member ol -.he firm of 
Win. Eisle & Co., and -nice September. 1896, ha- been in 
business independently, under his individual name. His 
business quarters are locate. 1 at No. 4'-."' West Mate street, 
where he carries a large stock of lime., -and and freestone, 
cap- -ill-, flagging chimney cap-, fence posts, gate -ill-. 
etc., and lie conducts a general business a- a contractor for 
the construction of stone work of all kinds. He ha- till... 
mam large contracts, anion- the most important being work 
on Hayes Hail. Ohio P*ate University, the Charles Ueade 
Building, Rogers' apartment house, the Meek- residence on 
Fifteenth street, etc. 

Mr Kientz was married Novembers, 18<S, to .Miss r-mnia 
Alomburg and has had seven children— four -on- and two 
daughters, viz.: Philip. Theodore John. August. Harvey. Ma- 
tilda Nora and Louisa, all of whom are living with the ex- 
ception of Louisa. Mr. Kientz is independent in politics is 
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his 
lite interest- are till centerd in Franklin County 



SAMUEL J. SWARTZ. 

Columbus i- one of the best governed cities in the State. 
and it- Mayor— the Hon. Samuel J. Swartz— one of the 
ablest and most efficient among Ohio's leading munic pal 
executives He was elected to tin- honored pos.tion in 1899, 
and had the distinction of being the first Repul bean to be 
chosen Mayor of this city for the - a-t twelve years. Hi- ad- 
ministration i- clean, upright, void of partisanship an 1 s ek- 
but to promote the best interests and lasting wel are oi L < 



lumbus in every legitimate manner. 



He has surrounded 



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himself with able colleagues, experienced in pul he affairs, 
and the government is conducted upon an economical, safe 
basis and thoroughly commendable principles. Through the 
personal efforts of Mayor Swartz the last General Assem 
bly of Ohio enacted a civil service law for Columbus, ef- 
fectually removing partisanship from the citv service an 1 
putting" municipal affairs on a strict merit system. 

Mr 'Swartz I- a native oi Ohio, having been bom in Fair- 
field county m 1859, his parent- bung Eli B. Swartz. Ins 
mother. Lizzie Swartz, nee Jack-on. He ha- a brother. 
Albert 11., in business in Philadelphia. Pa., and sister, Car- 
r ie A., both ot whom, together with hi- mother, tire still 
living. At the outbreak of the war hi- father, who was a 
prosperous farmer, left the plow for the rifle, enlisting in the 
Forty-sixth < >. V. 1 . and serving in important engagements 
up to the battle ot Shiloh, when he was killed in action 
against the enemy. 

Mr. Swartz lias had a thorough education. He hr-t at- 
tended the district school in Fairfield country: after that 
the Fairfield Union Acadenn al Pleasantville. O., and then 
entered the Wesleyan Universit- of De'aware, O.. from 
which he graduated in 1881. Hi- first business experience 
ivas as ,t commercial traveler, and he continued a "Knight 
of the Road" for five years, when he began the reading of 
law, and was duly admitted a member of the Franklin 
County Bar in 1888, by the Supreme Court of Ohio. at once 
beginning active practice, and his ability in legal matter- 
soon gained him a large clientele. 

Early in l^n" Mr. Swartz was appointed police iu'g- >y 
Governor Bushnell, a vacancy having occurred, and in 
April of the same year was regularly elected to the position, 
which he tilled with consummate ability, being the • nly Re- 
publican elected on the city ticket. A- Mayor of C- lumbus, 
In- next public position, Mr. Swart' ha- exercised p u 'eno . 
enterprise, dignity and grace, and has gained the confidence 
and re-nect of the entire community. 

Mr Swartz's marital life has been particularly Felicitous, 
married in 1888 to Miss Daisy F. Hanna, and 
children have blessed the union, viz.: five sons .and 0"e 
daughter. Daisy C, Leland J . Samuel J and Arthur A, 
Swartz. living: (luster E, and Henry Ju'son having died 
during the spring of 1900 of diphtheria, the dread d's ase 
having prostrated all of the family, excepl Mr Swartz. 



LI XLS DENT( >N KAUFFMAN. 

The municipal government of Columbus is composed of 
gentlemen of al i i y an i experience, well fitted and tqu.pped 
lor their respecti\e positions ai.., in Mr. Ln.u, Benton 
Kauhman, the Director of Public Improvements, no ex- 
ception is to be found, lie was appointed in 1899, and has 
given c i se attention to the execution of the duties pertain- 
ing to his office, exercising excel. cut judgment and main- 
taining his department at the highest plane of efficiency, 
great.y to the I enefit of the community. 

.Air. Kaufiman is a native Ohioan. having been born June 
11, lc58, at Lancaster, Ohio, his father being George Kauff- 
man. and mother. Henrietta (Betcher) Kaufiman. Tne 
former, whose ceath occurred in 1866, was a leading drug- 
gist of Lancas.er from 1818 to 1866. when his decease oc- 
curred . His willow resides in Columbus, and is in her 
eighty-third year. The family comprised two sons an 1 two 
daughters. George Ik. Linus B.. Margaret and Henrietta, 
all i if w hi m are living. 

Mr. Kaufiman has had an excellent education. He at- 
tended the Ohio Wesleyan University, also Amherst Co! 
lege, oi Amherst. Ala--., and alter graduating from the lat- 
ter, entered upon the study of law. His hea'th becoming 
undermined he went to Montana for recuperation, and 
spent two years, one year as post trader at the Crow Indian 
Agency on the Yellowstone Stillwater. \i'ter passing a year 
m mining interests he, in 1880, returned to Columbus, and. 
a year later, was one of the founder- of the widely known 
wholesale drug house of Kaufiman, Lattimer & Co., whose 
extensive establishment is at the corner of Front and Chest- 
nut streets, and which is one of the representative business 
houses of the city. 

In 1884 Mr. Kaufiman was married to Miss C'ara Nor- 
ton, of Springfield. Ohio daughter of Thos. Norton, County 
Treasurer of Clark county, and he resiles lit re. enjoying in 
full measure the esteem of his fellow citizens. 



I RED WEADON 

\ui"iig the municipal offices of the city that of the In- 
spector of Buildings is one imbued with much responsibility. 
This position is aldy filled by Mr. bred Weadon, who re- 
ceived the appointment April '24. 1899, and has met all the 
requirements of his office in the most efficient and satis ac- 
tory manner. 

Air Weadon was born on his father's farm in London 
county. Virginia, September 20, 1838 he being i ne of a 'am- 
ilj ol seven children. Of these 1 tit two besides himself sur- 
vive, one of whom resides in Missouri, one in Virginia. His 
parent- are both deceased, the father. John Weadon dying 
in 1884, while the mother. Mrs. Fanny (Cawley) Wi idon, 
died in 1876. They were descendants of the earliest -ett'ers 
of the "Old Domini, in," and of the best Virginia stock. 

Air. Frederick Weadon received a sound education in a 
private school in London county. Va.. and on its comple- 
tion learned the trade of carpenter, which cra't he fo'low d 
for 45 years, or up to 1879. when he secured employment 
with the Columbus Buo-cv Co.. of this city, remaining wi h 
them until 1896. His lengthy experience as a carpenter and 
builder have amply qualified him for all the requirements of 
his present position. 

Air. Weadon has an excellent and somewhat remarkable 
war record. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Armv in Co- 
lumbus, his regiment being the famous Ninety-fifth Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry-, a "fighting resriment." that was ever at 
the Front and did great service in the cause of human liberty. 
Mthough taking active part in 10 hard-fought engagements, 
Mr Weadon was never wounded and never in hospital, an 1 
during the last two 'ears of his army life served a- com- 
missary sergeant. On severing h-s connection with the 
Columbus Buggy Co , Mr. Weadon engaged in building on, 
ration-, and among his most important contracts were the 
Protestanl Hospital, the Third Avenue AI. E. Church, and a 
large numb- r of fine residi nces 

Air Weadon was married in I860 to Miss Julia Jackson, 
pnd they have had one child. Frank Weadon, now in his 
thirtieth vear. and an able young business man who ho'ds 
the responsible position ol manager of Th» Wtman \b" 
Co.. at Canton, O Mi Weadon is a memb' r of the Grand 
Army, also the Odd bellow-, and he command- the high- 
est regard i if all his Felli iw citizens. 



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J( iSII UA GREGG 



Joshua Gregg was born in Goshen township. Belmont 
county, Ohio, October 2, 1815 His father was Stephen 
Gregg, who married Miss Asenelh Meade, whose parents 
wire among the early pioneers 'if Eastern Ohio, and came 
from Louden county, Virginia, in 1802 Joshua was the 
youngesl of eight children. The eldest was Harriet, who 
married Abner Spencer, was the mother of three children. 
ai il died when she was almost lit) years o'.d Vseneth mar- 
ried Jesse Metca f, and was the mothei ol eight children, one 
of whom was Oliver I Metcalf. a former prominent mer- 
chant of Cambridge. Guernsej county, Ohio; she died some 
time in the seventies; Lucinda married .Able Lewis, and was 
the mother of J. M. Lewis, of Barnesville. Iowa, and two 
daughters. She lived until she was about 72 years ol age; 
Elizabeth married Ira Lewis, and was the mothei ol four 
sons and four daughters, and died at the age of U8 years; 
Sarah married i blah Fawcett. and was the mother of Four 
sens and two daughters, and died at the age of f>5; Stephen 
and Samuel were twins, the latter dyin" of virulent typhoid 
attack, at the ace mi 22, soon after bis marriage t" Mis, Lydia 
Coffee, whii subsequently married ["nomas Way, and b:came 
the moiher of Judge John S Way. who served on tin Com- 
mon Pleas Bench in the judicial district embracing Guernsey 
count} Stephen died in Logan county, Ohio, in February, 
1(01. Mi- wiu was Mi-s Lippincott, the daughter of Major 
John Lippincott, a famous hotel keepei ol Morristown, and 
a former sheriff of Belmont county. Mi- wife died ,m Cum 
berland. and Kit a familj of young children, one of whom is 
William Gregg, wlm was en the Cumberland Railroad; 
I i ml am ther son, is a railroad conductor m Missouri; 
Walter, a third son. is a prominent telegraph operator there, 
and a fourth, Edward, is also engaged in the railroad busi- 
iie-s in Missouri. 

J<s|ma Greg?, the last bom. is the sole survivor of the 
familj oi Stephen and Aseneth Gre?g lie was married to 
Miss I'll alieli Broomhall. on the twenty-first of March. 
1848, in fjnii n township Belmont county, O.. at the home 
oi lii r parents, James ami Rebecca Broomhall. The venet 
.li'e rruple celebrated the golden anniversary of their wed 
ding, nisi about two years prior to Mrs Gregg's death which 



occurred January 13. IH01, at the age of 72 years She lies 
sleeping in Belmont cemetery m sight of the home of her 
childhood, and mar where she spent a greal portion of her 
ion- and beautiful ami useful hie, ami where she longed to 
sic ep 1 In li mg and di i .unless sleep 

I lie first home oi .Mr. and Mrs Gregg was at Morristown, 
where he was engaged in the mercantile business for some 
threi years The) removed to McConnellsville, Morgan 
county, where n.r Uw or sis years he was engaged in mer 
cantile pursuits Aboul the year I85(i the) removed to Cum- 
berland, Guernsey countv. where Mr Gregg, with his 
brother Stephen, erected a flouring null. Stephen has been 
li ii a' ed at that point for si ■me \ ears 

Mr, Gregg continued in business at Cumberland until 
18(10, when he wa, elected to the off,, e ol I reasurer of 
Guernse) county, ami at the end of his first term he was re 
■li. ted Al the end of his second term he returned to ( um 
berland. and he and his brother disposed of their mill prop- 
ria am! in partnership entered upon the management ol tin 
large Foster Covert farm mar Cumberland, in which they 
i i mtinued for se\ eral years 

I ,,i, ,■ \l i i,i, gg is mi n, ,1 io ( lambridge ami engaged a, 
tivel) ami successfully in the erection of dwelling houses ami 
other enterprises in winch he continued until 1884. when he 
removed to Columbus, and where he built a house ever) 
year for about ten years, and in 189(1 erected the I 
dence in with h he now reside, on East Mam strc i 
in- 1 1 i.i i he would build no more houses, but live quietl) the 
remainder of his days on the ()ld National Road, now a 
solid street, and located about two miles from the center of 

the ill \ ol ( "o'unil Us. 

I h, following ' hildn ii were horn Io Mr and Ml 
R I i Iregg, in business with I' B Robin 
i mil. ( in gg, married Arthur ( nbg f i ' Mb " 

l; Gn gg with I B Robins & C" Ml an 
I lemw Al'hough in In- Stitli veat Mi Gn 
erved and lives wholl) abreast the time; During the wholi 
of his lona life In ha i omm ind d I 

Ol all With whom he had di aline 



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LOUIS EMIL BALZ. 

For manj years Mr. Balz continued an active, prominent 
figure m tiic" business circles of the Capital City, an 1 his 
memorj is cherished bv all who knew him during- his busy 
and highly useful lifetime. 

Mr. Balz was born in Kirchheim, Wuertenber°-, Germany, 
en August 25, 1843, his parents being Christian and Chris- 
tina (Schaefer) Balz. whose family consisted of five mem- 
bers, of whom one son and two daughters now survive. 

Louis Emil Balz was educated in the public schools of 
Germany, and at the age of -1 emigrate 1 to the United 
States, landing at New York, from whence he proceeded t> 
Philadelphia, and. successively, to Fort Wayne and Mil- 
waukee, following the tanning trade, which he had learned 
in Germany. In 1865 he came t" Columbus, where he se- 
cured employment in the tannery of Loui Buchsieb, on 
Front street, and be remained there mini 1866 II'- health 
lading he resigned, and engaged with Reed, Jones & Co., 
wholesale dealers in shoes, as salesman, and remained with 
them until 1867, and then worked for various concerns up 
to 1873, when, with a partner, he organized the firm of 
Schreiner & Balz. retail shoe merchants, on South High 
street. About 1883 Mr. Henry Schreiner sold out his inter- 
est i- Peter Ambos, and the firm changed to Balz & Ambos, 
die co-partnership lasting al out live years, when Mr. Ambos 
sold out his interest to Charles Gerhold, when the firm t t'e 
became Bal & Gerhold. In June. 1895, Mr. Balz sold out 
to Mr. lohn Zuber, and in September of the same year his 
death occurred from tuberculosis of tin- sinews. His burial 
took place from the homestead. No. 903 South High st"« t, 
where he had lived from 1865, and where his widow and 
children still reside. Mr. Balz was a member of the Ma- 
sonii « »rder, the Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of United 
Workmen, and for many years be was an active member of 
tlu Columbus Maennerchor, the oldest German male chorus 
in the United States, and was in every r spect a highly es- 
teemed citizen. 

On October 15. 1871, Mr. Balz was married to Miss Louise 
Buchsieb. who was a teacher in the public schools for six 
years prior to her marriage, and a family of five children 
resulted from the union, three sons and two daughters, their 
names being as follows: Miss Louise C . Christian L, Mips 
Emilie, Frnst and Emil. The latter is attending public 
school Christian F. and Ernst are students in the Ohio 
State University, Emilie is a teacher in the third grade in 
the Stewart Avenue School, while Miss Louise C. Balz has 
been a teacher in the public schools of Columbus for nme 
wars, her position being in the first grade, in the Third 
Street School. 



GUSTAV T1IRSCH. 

Gustav Hirsch was born in the city of Columbus, Ohio, 
November 1. 1876 He is the son of Hon. Leonhard Hirsch, 
who married Miss Charlotte Meyer, and who have reared a 
family of six children, five sons and one daughter, oni ion 
and one daughter being deceased. This family of children 
an among the brightest and most interesting in the city. 
in whom their parents take infinite delight. 

Hon. Leonhard Hirsch, or Leo, is the editor and pro- 
prietor of the Columbus Daily Express, the hading German 
daily paper in the city, and also of the Sontagsgast, which 
In- newspaper friends insist on calling the "Sunday Ghost." a 
bright and sparkling Sunday paper, read by a very huge 
portion of the German citizens of the city, many of whom 
are bitterly opposed to Mr. Hirsch's politics; be is a Re- 
tail hcan and one of the most prominent leaders of the party 
m ill.- -tale. He is Supervisor of State Printing, a 
sible office, and has been lor many terms of two y< 
filling the office longer than any of his predecessors, and SO 
faithful has he discharged his duties that if he is not reap 
pointed to more terms it wall be because be will refuse the 
appointment. 

Gustav .attended the public schools of the city and gradu- 
ated from the High School in 1893, then entered the Ohio 
-iio 1 niversity, from which be graduated in 1897 as ;m 
electrical engineer. 

After leaving the Oh : o State University he entered the 
employ of the Cleveland Electrical Illuminating Company, 



being connected with the meter department of the com; tiny 
In 18H8 he placed his services at the disposal of In- conn 
try, and President McKinley, who as (1 ivernor nearly ten 
years previously, had appointed his father Supervisor of 
'Public Printing, gave him a commission as Secon 1 Lieuten- 
ant l' S. V. Signal Cor] s, and he v as ordered to report for 
duty at Washington Barracks, 1). C. 

Here he remained until early in July of tin same year, 
when be was ordered to Jacksonville. Florida, where he 
joined the Signal i orps Detachment of the Seventh Army 
Corps at Camp Cuba Libre. Thirty days later tin- Seventh 
Corps was ordered to Savannah, Georgia, an 1 from there 
tl i corps was ordered to Havana, Cuba, when- he remained 
until early in Mav, Is'. 1 ' 1 . While in the militan servi e in 
Cuba Lieutenant Hirsch was employed in perfecting and in- 
stalling the military telegraph and telephone systems in tha 
Distri t of Havana, .and accomplished the work to the entire 
satisfaction of hi- superiors. 

He was mustered out of the United States service June 
15, 1899, and immediately returned to C I'umbus, resuming 
the ('titles of the private citizen, and was made the engineer 
of the Citizen Telephone Company, which position be is 
m >w efficient'y tilling. 

lie was married August PL 1899. to Miss Ale'ta Kremer, 
the daughter of one of Columbus' prominent citizens. He 
i- ti Republican in politics and takes an active interest in 
his party- affairs. He is a member of the B. P. O. Elks. 
and also First Lieutenant and Signal Officer of the Fourth 
Ohio Regiment, lie resides at 1528 Worthington street. 



ARTHUR W. HOGE. 

Was born February 12, 1873, near Flushing, Belmont county, 
Ohio, on :i farm, and spent 20 years ol his life working on 

the mint m summer and going to school in winttr. At the 
age ol 16 he started out m the world for himself with a lim- 
ited education and without money. The first poti.ion he se- 
cured was with ti surveyor's party, being bright and quick 
to learn be was soon in charge of a level party, and alter 
about one year he was promoted to Assistant Engineer. 
This position he held on the Lorain & Cleveland Railroad, 
one of the finest and best equipped street railways in the 
state, lie is not only wed U" in railroad work, but lias also 
a very complete knowledge of river dredging and gas and 
electric light work. About three year- ago he n . Heed the 
great demand for telephones and the springing up ol inde 
pendent systems all over the country, and at . nc - decid d to 
exert In- en( rgies low aids making him -el. tin up-to i tite c n- 
struction man m the telephone held. As to how well he has 
succeeded in this, any one cam find out by visitinp the ex- 
change of the Columbus Citizen Telephone Co. Mr. Hoge 
is General Superintendent of Construction and Maintenance 
of this company, having built it from the underground up. 
This exchange is considered to be one of the best and most 
successfully operated exchanges in the United States. Mr. 
Hoge is also General Manager of Fairfield county, ami 
General Superintendent of Franklin county, and his advice 
on matters pertaining to construction and maintenance is 
solicited by some of the most prominent men in the tele- 
phone field today. His future is very bright, and he attri- 
butes hi- s, u cis- to bard study and close attention to busi- 
ness. 



i,l X EDGAR J P< ii i tl k 

Gen. Edgar J Pocock, of Columbus, was horn in a little 
log cabin near the little hamlet of Keene, Coshocton county. 
Ohio. June 21, 1838. Ill- father was Joshua Pococl on, 
of the handy, industrious farmers of that county, who mar 
lied Catharine Wilson, .and to whom were born three sons 
and two daughters, all of whom are living. 

The subject of this sketch attended the public schools in 
Keene ami Crawford townships, Coshocton county, and in 
L858 and 1859 he attended the Academy at Sinang Mountain, 
a nearly institution of learning. At the age of 20 he went 
to Kentucky, where, after passing the necessary examina 
lion, he was granted an unlimited certificate for teaching, 
and taught the public schols at Gethsemane, Kentucky, for 



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JUDGE J( HI N NE1 L McL MJGH LIN. 



h i- imi often that a man celebra es his twenty-first birth- the midst of neigl 

day, according to tin calendar, when he is >l years ol ag< greal grandchildn 

This, however, is a distinction to which Judge John Neil Mc- regards i le wl 

Laughlin is entitled, he having been born in London. Madi- an interest in life 

son county, Ohio, on the 2!>th of February. I81ti. and as thai • -i of tin.-,- presi 

date only figures on the calendar once in four years, the yond his years ai 

twenty-firsl 2Bth of Februarj came when he reached the though, indeed, h< 

eighty-four h year of his a"- The event was dulj celebrated four score and foi 

at Ins beautiful little home i n Franklin avenue. Columbus, in His paternal ai 



bors, inrn.lv, children, grand children and 
n, who gathered to pay th< ir r< pi 
1 1, although past four so >re, t< » >k as keen 
ml us hopes and promises, as the young 
it, and whose form was still robust, be- 
.1 whose mind was as clear and bright as 

was but one score and one, in 
r. 
cestors wi re Si otch In h, who > 

[C -In.l.'.l on page 338] 



tl. next six months, and then returned to his home in Craw- 
ford township, Coshocton county, where he taught, as he 
also did near Newcomerstown, in Tuscarawas county. 

During this entire period he was immersed in study pro- 
paring himself for a collegiate course, which, however, was 
interfered with by the breaking out of the great Civil War. 
On the tenth of September, 1861, he enlisted as a private 
soldier in Company A, Fifty-first O. V. I., and was made 
Sergeant before leaving for the front. At Nashville, Tennes- 
see, in December. 1862, he was adorned with the chevrons 
of First Sergeant, and in 1863 was promoted to a Second 
and the First Lieutenant, for meritorius service and gallant 
conduct. He went through the Atlantic campaign and was 
mustered out in June, 1865. 

At the battle of Resaca, Georgia Maj 11 1864, he was 
severely wounded, and again wounded at the battle of Nash- 
ville in 1864. He commanded a company in the battle of 
Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain. Missionarj Ridge, and 
during the Atlantic campaign except for a short time when 
he served as an aide on the staff of the brigade commander. 

After his muster out he returned to Clark- P O., Co- 
shocton county, and bought a farm, which he shortly after 
exchanged for a one-half interest in a dry goods store, which 
was conducted under the firm name of Pocock & Doak, and 
remained in business until 1873, when he disposed of his in- 
terests, removed to Coshocton, purchased the dry goods 
Mr. Jackson Hay. and conducted the business as 
J. Pocock & Sons until 1884, when he disposed of bis interest 
and entered the life insurance business, becoming the Gen- 
eral agent of the Union Central Co., of Cincinnati. Ohio. 
In 1885 be entered into business relations with the New York 
Life as General Ao-ent, and removed to Columbus in 1886, 
where he established his headquarters, remaining with this 
company until 1889, when he resigned and became District 
Agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.. of 
Milwaukee. Wisconsin, remaining with it until 1891, when he 
resigned to become Adjutant General of Ohio, which office 
he held until 1893, when he again became General Agent 
for the New York Life which position he still holds. 

Ohio National Guard history: 

Elected Captain Coshocton Light Guards, 1876. 

Lieutenant Colonel Seventeenth Regiment O. N. G. 1878. 

Colonel Seventeenth Regiment, O. N. G. l s ~l 

Re-elected Colonel Seventeenth Regiment. O. N. G I-- 1 

Re-elected Colonel Seventeenth Regiment. O. N. G. 1891. 

Commanded Seventeenth Regiment, O. N. G., for over 12 
years. 

His regiment was called in nearly every strike or riot 
during its organization. Notably the disastrous miners' 
strike in the Hocking Valley, and the great riot at Cincin- 
nati in 1884. The regiment was highly complimented by the 
Governor, Mayor of Cincinnati. Genera! Cox and the Citi- 
ens' Committee for their soldierly conduct, discipline and 
were retained after all the other troops were sent home. 

His record as an officer and regimental commander stands 
officially as one of the best. 

During his entire connection with the companies named. 
he filled the very responsible position to which he was 
chosen to the entire satisfaction of the employing compan- 
ies, and displayed the highest busini - abilities in the man- 
agement of their affairs, lie has always taken an active 
part in politics. He is a member of the Loyal Legion and 
various other military orders. 

He was married on the fifteenth of October, 1865, to Miss 
Mary A. Hunt, and three children were born to the union, 
namely. Mrs. Carrie A. Ward, Mr-. Madeline S. Joins and 
Miss Lucy Hunt Pocock. the latter of whom resides with 
her parents at 1922 Dennison avenue. Columbus, he having 
d in the city continuously since 1--,, 

\- \diutant General of Ohio ' ock brought the 

State Guard to a high degree of efficiency, being possessed 
of a high order of military talent. As a member and com- 
manding officer of the Ohio National Guard. Gen. Pocock 
commanded the highest respect of his fellow' officers and the 
guardsmen for his soldierly bearing and untiring devo 
the best interest of the military organization of the state. 



JUDGE Jotr.N NEIL MCLAUGHLIN. 
IConcluded from pa&e 3371 

Washington county. Pa., and his father. Robert McLaugh- 
lin, was born in Washington county. Fa., and from there re- 
moved to Madison county. Ohio, where h= married Miss 
Barbara 'loops He was a carpenter by trade, an I was en- 
gaged in its prosecu ion in the city ol New Orleans when 
he died in 1829, the result of injuries received from a [all 
from a building he was engaged in erecting. 

His widow later married Henry Coleman and removed to 
the State of Indiana, settling near Albany, where she died 
in 1885, aged about 85 years, surviving her second husband 

111- father" s death, occurring when Juoge McLaughlin was 
a small boy. he went, at the age of 8 years, to live with re- 
latives in Ross county, and attended school in a pioneer log 
cabin school house, with puncheon floor, the benches, writ- 
ing desks and furniture being made of the slabs off iavi logs 
with a huge tire place in which logs cut in suitable lengths 
and of suitable size, were used as fuel. 

His first teacher was a Mr. Easterbrook. and an excellent 
and painstaking teacher he was, too. During the winti I -■ a 
son he went to school and in summer he worked on the farm. 
By close application he was aide to pick up a practical educa- 
tion, to which he added by study as he grew older. At the 
age of 16 he apprenticed himself to a tailor, a Mr. Ust ck at 
Bloomingburg, and in due time became a master of that 
trade, in the course of three or four years, and when he reach- 
ed man's estate was ready to enter upon it as a journeyman. 
and followed his trade for a number of years in Blooming- 
burg, Washington C. H., New Harlem, Frankfort and o her 
places. 

He had a warm friend in Judp-e Edward F. Bingham of Mc- 
Arthur. Vinton county, who is now the Chief Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sugges ed to 
him the desirabilitj ol li eating at McArthur, and there h; lo- 
cated in 1855 and continued in his trade, being very su< cess 
ful in it. 

In 1861 President Lincoln appointed him postmaster of that 
village and he was regularly reappointed, holding the position 
until 1885, save for a single year under the adminis. ration of 
President Johnson. 

After retiring from the postoffice he was elected to the 
office of Probate Judge for Vinton county on the Republican 
ticket and held tile office for one term of three years, but was 
defeated for re-election, the r unty at that tune having a 
large Democratic majority, which the Judge, notwithstanding 
his personal popularity, was not able to overcome a second 
time. During his nearlj -" years of official life he commanded 
the highest respect of his fellow -citizens and there was never 
even the breath of suspicion as to either his personal or offi- 
cial honesty and integrity. 

In 1891 he removed to Columbus, taking up his residence at 
663 Franklin avenue, where he still reside-, beloved and re- 
spected by all who know him. He was originally a Whig, 
and cast his first vote for William Henry Harrison for Presi- 
dent in 1840, and became a Republican when that party was 
organized. 

In 1834 he married Mi-s Emily Gunning of Fayette comity. 
( lino Five children were horn to them: Robert of Albany. 
N. Y.; Susan, who resides with him; William, d ceased 
James, deceased, and an infant daughter. 

Miss Susan, known to thousands of pupils and ex-pupils as 
"Miss Sue." is one of the best known and popular school 
principals of Columbus and has been principal of the Sulli- 
van; School on East State street -nice 1877. She attended the 
Bloomingburg public schools until she was 11 yea 
and then entered the Female College at Natchez. Mis-., grad- 
uating in her seventeenth year. She then came North and 
was visiting the family of her friend. Judge Bingham, who 
had removed from McArthur to Columbus At that tune a 
vacancy occurred in the Mound Street School, where she 
taught a lew \eai- and was then promoted to the position of 
principal of Spring Street School, and m 1*77 to the pr nci- 
palship of the Sullivan! School, and -he was selected by the 
Board of Education to fill it. So faithful and efficient ha- she 
proven herself that -be has been regularly re-elected to the 
position since. Her combined gentleness and firmness won 
for her the lasting affection of all the children who have at 
tended Sullivant School for tin- last 24 years. 



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MILTI >N T. SMILEY. 



Milton T. Smiley was born in the edge of Delaware county, 
Ohio, Februarj 10, 1846. His father was William Smiley, son 
of David Smiley, one of the pioneers of Franklin county, 
after whom "Smiley's Corners," six miles north ol Colum 
bus. was named. William Smiley was a farmer near the vil- 
lage of Dublin and married Miss Eunice Wilcox, the daugh- 
ter of Asa Wilcox, a farmer near "Smiley's Corners." This 
couple reared a family of six children, lour sons and two 
daughters, of whom four survive, namely: Victoria, widow 
of James Brelsford; Stephen. David and Milton T. 

The latter was educated in the public schools, working on 
his father's farm in summer and attending school in the 
winter. His father died in 1856 and he had to help on the 
farm in summer. When 16 years of aye. August 22, 1862, he 
enlisted in the famous Forty-sixth O V. L, under General 
Charles C. Walcutt, and served through the war, being 
with the regiment in all of its engagements and in Sher- 
man's historical "March from Atlanta to the Sea." In 1863 
lie was promoted to corporal; was in the sanguinary battle 
of Missionary Ridpe. In the Atlanta campaign he was 
promoted to color guard, and then to color sergeant, to suc- 
ceed Color Sergeant Cornelias [Celleher, who was killed in 
the action of Kennesaw Mountain. He was mustered out 
at Washington, I). C, June 15, 1865. having, during his 
military services, participated m no less than twenty four 
engagement - 

He was married January _':'.. I860, to Mis. Mary Putman 
of Dublin, and one daughter was born to them. Miss N'an- 



nie, who was married to Mr. Marion \Y. Davis, a prominent 
farmer of Dublin. He always retained his voting residence 
at Dublin. 

Mr. Smiley is a Republican in politics and was clerk of 
the village of Dublin, after its incorporation, and also clerk 
of the township in which it is located. Has been a member 
of Evening Star Lodge. 1 ( ). O F foi !0 years, and is also 
a worthy member of the Grand \rmy of the Republic. 

In addition to having been the first clerk" of Dublin, and 
filling the office for four years, he also filled the o 
Mayor for two years, and in 1889, in recognition oi his ster- 
ling abilities lie was appointed by the United State, 
iiHiil as a clerk in the Treasury Department, where he re- 
mained until 1891 lie received an appointment in thai year 
from Secretary Charles Foster, who knew personally ol his 
special fitness for the place, to the position of Immigrant 
Inspector. He remained in this bureau at Washington until 
1899, when he was transferred to Cincinnati by President 
McKinley, and in June. 19(10, was transferred to the Govern- 
ment building, Columbus, Ohio, where he looks after pauper 
immigrants and aliens undei contract, having char- 
matter in the three great Si. lies of Ohio, Indiana and Ken- 
tucky. 

As a young student and farmer he was exemplary; as a 
soldier, brave and unflinching; as a public official, he has 
been honest, faithful and efficient, and as a man and citizen, 
kind, pleasant, obliging and courteous. 



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PROF. WM. J. RADER. 

Prof. Wm. J. Radcr, the well and popularly known teacher 
of the art of dancing, was born in Columbus, Ohio, Novem- 
ber -•<. 1872, and has been a life-long resident of the city. 

lb i- the son of John Rader, Jr.. a prominent farmer, 
and his mother was Miss Minie Freundburg, whose laimly 
was also of local prominence. To them were horn five sons 
and three daughters; four of the sons and three of the 
daughters are living. The sons were John, Jr.. dead; Jacob 
II . Edward L., Frank H. and Wm. J. The three surviving 
daughters are Anna. Margaret and Clara. 

Prof. Rader was educated in the grammar and high schools 
of Columbus. At the age of 18 he took up the art of photo- 
graphing, and at the age of S-i, he ranked as one of the most 
proficient teachers of the art of dancing in the city, and ap- 
plied himself to that profession, establishing h.mself at f'eUVi 
South High street, in the Foster Building. He treated his 
profession as one of the high and graceful arts, and its ob- 
jects are best described in his own words, as follows: 

The exercise of dancing is not only conducive to health 
when properly taught, but is equally efficacious m promot- 
ing physical development, especially in children, than which 
there is probably no exercise that calls into play so great 
a variety of muscles, in one harmonious combination of 
action; developing and strengthening the limbs, expanding 
the lungs, promoting digestion, accelerating the pulse, open 
ing the pores of the skin, and producing a healthful glow 
of warmth and vigor throughout the entire system. In 
short, it imparts agility to the joints and sprightlyness to 
the motion; strengthens every muscle and expands the hips 
and chest, and gives symmetry to every part of the system. 

Habit is second nature, and the earlier in life we com- 
mence to form good habits the greater probability of suc- 
cess. It is desirable, therefore, that children should become 
graceful in motion, easy in manner, courteous in their inter- 
course with others, and learn that modest self-confluence so 
characteristic of well-bred nersons. Let them attend early 
in life where these accomplishments are in constant prac- 
tice, and certainly nowhere are they made so necessarily 
conspicuous as in a well regulated dancing school. 

He founded his Academy on these lines and is success- 
fully carrying them out, but he, by no means, feels that his 
work is accomplished. In furtherance of his designs, he 
contemplates the erection of the finest private dancing 
academies in the country on a beautiful and elligibly situ- 
ated piece of real estate, of which he is the owner. The 
building will be of appropriate and classic architecture, built 
of light brick, and with all the modern accessories, embrac- 
ing a stage, dressing and toilet rooms, and it will be espe- 
cially designed for the refined and cultured, and will be first 
class in every particular, and fully up-to 

He was married on the twenty-sixth day of December, 
1899 to Miss Josephine E. Caldwell, a lovely and accom- 
plished young lady, and they have one daughter. Mildred F... 
a dark-haired, blue-eyed beauty, not yet one year old, but 
prophetic of the future. 

In his political affiliations Prof. Rader is a Republican. 
He is also a member of the Independent Lutheran Church. 
in which he not only takes a deep and sincere interest, but 
is .quite influential 

Prof, and Mrs. Rader enjoy the love and affection of a 
large and ever increasing circle of friends, ami stand h gh 
in the estimation of the entire community. 



DANIEL R. ROCKEY. 

Daniel R. Rockey, the well-known pump manufacturer, 
comes of a Hugenot family, native of France, from which 
hi ancestors removed to Germany, and from thence to the 
United States, to escape religious persecution and enjoy re- 
ligious liberty. At the 1 tune they left France two brothers 
escaped from the French bv leaping overboard from a vessel 
during the pursuit. One of these brothers reached Germany 
ami the other came to America, shortly before the War of 
the Revolution. 

Christopher Rockey, the grandfather of Daniel R., came to 
America and took up lands in what was then Baltimore and 
is now Carroll county, Maryland, where he became a farmer. 



Subsequently 1 e came to Madis. n township. Franklin c unty, 
Ohio, and took up a tract of government laud which he cul- 
tivated and ( n which he died. Daniel R. s father, him 
Rockey, was born in Baltimore county. Maryland. John 
Rockey was born in Bloom township. Fai.fi Id c u Uy. aid 
mart ted Miss K izal etb Snyder, daughter of Mr Christopher 
Sny er. who came fn m Germany and settled m Mary'and. 

After marriage the elder Rockey h c. ted on a farm in 
Bloom township. Fairfield countv, Ohio, and died there 
when quite young. The following children were born to tins 
marriage: Jacob, who died young: Polly, the wife of Aaron 
Corbin; Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Nichwander, deceased; 
John, deceased: Catharine, wife of Evan Smith, deceased; 
Daniel R.; Esther, wife of Mr, Howitt; Howard, infant, d< 
ceased; Michael S . deceased; Leah, wife cf Solomon Bacber, 
deceased, and an infant, deceased. Daniel R. was born in 
Bloom township. Feberuary 1!'. 1814, and was reared on t' e 
farm, left fatherless at 11 years of age. he went to I've w t'l 
his Aunt. Susan i^ong, a resident of Madison township, 
Franklin county. He had but few opportunttn s to ;e tire 
an education. At the age of seven he was a pupil of a Ger- 
man teacher named Jacob Hamn wdio taught in an old log 
cabin. He attended this school for six months, he after- 
ward attended an I nglish school in Franklin countj for sis 
months, this constituting his entire "schooling." 

Later on. however, he picked up a good education by lis 
contact with the world, and is a well-read and highly intel- 
ligent man. 

He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner. 1 ut did not 
follow the trade for any great length of time, taking up the 
pump making and watch and clock trades, which he has f >1 
lowed to the present day. 

He was a natural mechanic, and learned the clock and 
watch repairing ltts'ness out of bis own head, before he ever 
saw any one work at it. 

His success'ul lusiness in life demonstrates low true it is 
that necessity is the mother of invention. When he was 
married and went 'o housekeeping the family pump was one 
of those huge hollow log affairs, reomring th= strength of a 
giant almost to operate. He determined that bis voting wife 
should never he compelled to denend on it in an hour of 
need and so went to work, after hiring some necessarj too's 
from a n igh' or, and improvising a turning lathe from a p le 
and a grindstone, and invented and made a Imht and u-eful 
pump, which bis wile, or even the children could use without 
difficuFy. and thus laid the foundation of the successful busi- 
ness which he subseauentlv carried on. He varied the 
monotony of countrv li'e in other ways, he helped to erect 
the first 1 ridge over Big Walnut creek and the second one 
over the Gahanna. In the pioneer days he went about the 
country, mostly on horseback with his tools, repairing time 
pieces, pumps and other household articles, and met with 
great success. In the pump making business, however, he 
stood at the head of the procession in Central Ohio for a 
full half century. He made his own pump making tools, 
and was constantly making improvements both in his tools 
and bis pumps, and among his man- inventions and im- 
provements in this hue is the pump known as the "Rockey 
Pump," and he was (he only man who at anv t : me made the 
nump lead augur lie was married in Pickaway county, 
Ohio. May hi. 1837, to Miss Martha Hall, who was born in 
that countv and was the daughter of Mr Henry Hall, a 
pioneer After his marriage he resided in Bloom township. 
Fa'rfie'd county, until 1856, when he removed to and located 
in Columbus, and engaged in the numn manufacturing busi- 
ness on a large scale mi East Main street, corner of Seventh 
street, and afterward removed his establishment to '2T"> East 
Main street, where it is still conducted. His son. D. R., Jr.. 
has been hi, nartner tor the last IT years. Mrs Rockey 
died October 5, 1891. She was a devcted Christian and a 
member of the Third Street M. E. Church, and was active 
in promoting the missionary ("puse. Mr Rockey became a 
member of the Presbyterian Church in Bl om township. a n d 
unon his removal to Columbus imite'i with tbp old M I' 
Chanel en Main street, now the Third Street M. E. Church. 
lie has been an active member ever since a c!a c s leader 
and a trustee of (he church for l"> years He was reared a 
Democrat, became a Know Nothirg. 'Fn a Republican, and 
is now a Prohibitionist, from princiole. not because' rol'd 
water is necessary in creating a demand for Dumps The 
Following children were horn to Mr. ami Mrs. Rockey; Anna 



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CM \.RLES I 

Charles P. White, Deputy Clerk of the United Sta'es 
Courts for the Southern District of Ohio, was born in Bel 
in. nit county, (duo, on the twenty-second day of October in 
the year 1849. His father was Israel White, a hotel proprie- 
tor; was married to Miss Arminda McConnaughy, and to 
them were born four sons and three daughters, all of whom 
are living except the oldest daughter. 

Mr. Charles P White attended the public schools ol St 
Clairsville, the county seat of Belmont county, where he re- 
ceived a must thorough and complete practical and useful 
education, which enables him to make his way through life. 

After completing his education he learned the bricklayer's 
trade, and for a number oi years was engaged in the work 
and was rated as among the most reliable and expert work 
men in his line in the community. 

But his early and subsequent training had qualified him for 
less laborious and more remunerative occupation and profes 
sions. Hence, one day he laid down the trowel and took up 

the pen in the Recorder's office ol Bel nl county, where he 

demonstrated his fitness in a clerical position so thoroughly 
that he was retained in the office off and on for some fifteen 
years 

In 1888 a -nl] more desirable position came to him almost 
unsolicited and he was anoointed Deputj Clerk ol the United 
Slates Courts for the Southern District ol Ohio and put in 
charge of the office at Columbus, and lure he has remained 



ever since, and justly ranks as one of the most efficient, pains- 
taking and obliging clerks in the district. 

Mr. While is a Republican in 1ms party affiliations and takes 
a sincere interest m political affairs, but is not a clamorous 

partisan He belongs to the F. A. & A. M., I. O 

\ I I.' orders, in which lie takes a deep interest 

i hi February II. 187(5, lie was married lo Mrs Lama Ernst, 
a widow with two children, namely, Lottie C. and Edward II 
To Mr. and Mr- While was horn one son. Charles P., Jr., 
who is his lather's assistant in the office. The daughter was 
in, ini.. I oine years ago to Mr Fred Raymond, a successful 

busim -- in. i l ambi idge, < ihio The si m, Edward, is an 

efficient clerk in the offii < ol the Columbus Transfer company, 
win-re lie has Keen employed for the past seven yeai - 

The lather of Mr. White was all through the war of the Re 
hellion He enlisted as a private in Company A of the I wen 
ty-fifth < duo Volunteer Infantry and rose to the rani-: ol cap 
tain when mustered out He was wounded three nines. Mrs 
White- father. Thomas 1 Merritt. is a printer by tradi and 
I,, been connected with The Gazette in the town ol St. 
( lairville for over a half century and is still with them. 

\h White is de cended in both lines from prominent Bel- 

nl count) families, hi- grandfather, fames McConnaughy. 

bavins filled the office ol Sheriff ol Belmont county and was 
one of Us most prominenl and liighl) re pi i 



3A1 



Magdalene, deceased at the age of 3: Henry, of Dayton, 
Ohio; Mary Leah, wife of J. J. Beard, of Ashley. Ohio; 
Jonathan Croft, deceased; L. L. Lafayette, of Petosky, 
Mich.: Martha Josephine, wife of W. H. Flack, of Dayton; 
infant daughter, deceased: George Andrew, deceased; Louisa 
Catharine, wife of R. K. Patridge, deceased; Lovet Heath, 
deceased; Noble Lee, of Dwarahat, X W. P., India, a mis- 
sionary of the M. E. Church: Lottie Zaidee, at home; Col. 
Zetoles, of Columbus, and Daniel Raymond, the partner of 
Daniel R.. Sr.. his father. 



FREDERICK W. KING, SR. 

This gentleman is one of the well and favorably known 
citizens of Columbus, where, during a quarter of a century 
ol residence, he has earned the title of good citizenship. He 
was born in Germany. Jul} 1" 1840, and i- the son of Fred- 
erick King, a prominent contractor of his native land. His 
mother was Mi-- Mary Glaser. To his parents were born 
two sons and two daughters, of whom Frederick W. King. 
Sr.. is the sole survivor. 

He was married in 1869 to Mi" Johanna Roenbeck. and 
to them were born seven children, one of whom died in in- 
fancy. The surviving children are: Frederick \V., Jr., Adol- 
phina, Mr- Mary Snashall, Charles Louise and Emma. In 
hi- political affiliations he is a Republican. lie has resided 
in Columbus since 1878, and now resides at No. 190 Scioto 
street. 

He attended the schools in Germany, where he received a 
thoroughly practical education, after winch he devoted him- 
self to learning the business of painting and decorating, 
which he completely mastered, and to which he has decor- 
ated the energies of his life. After mastering his trade he 
traveled throughout the principal cities and countries of 
Europe in its pursuit. During the course of his travels he 
reached the city of London, where, for many years, he de- 
voted himself with "Teat success to the decorating art. 

In 1886 he turned his face toward the United States, and 
landed in the Metropolis of New York, where he engaged 
himself with leading contractors until the year 1871, when h; 
entered into business on his own account, in which he con- 
tinued until 1878. He then came to Columbus, where he at 
once engaged with local contractors for a year, when he 
again resumed business on his own account, in which he has 
continued with marked success up to the present time. 

Mr. King's work is of the highest order, and has com- 
manded the highest appreciation of all who have engaged his 
services. In the performance of his work he i- guided by 
the highest sense of honor of faithfully performing every 
express and implied obligation he owes to those who intrust 
the work to his care, and never fails to give them a full 
equivalent for their money, and thus commands the highest 
respect of those who employ him. When Mr. King left Lon- 
don for the United States he left a half brother, Charles 
Schnaack, who had been associated with him in the work of 
decoration, and who has since died, leaving a widow and 
four children. 

Mr. King stands high in the estimation of all who know 
him because of his many "enial and commendable qua'iti .-s, 
and his family are highly resoected by all as va'uable m ru- 
bers of the community in which they reside. 



"PATRICK O'SHEA." 

Patrick O'Shea, a "rommcnt and Favorably known retail 
grocer of the city of Columbus was born in Kilkenny Ire- 
land. Augusl 8 1829. He is the son of Junes O'Shea, an 
Irish farmer, who married Miss Mars Byrne, of Kilkenny, 
Ireland. Patrick and James O'Shea. a resident of the city 
of Springfield. Ohio, are the only survivors. 

Patrick was educated in the public schools of Ireland, at 
the time when the scholars went to different hi 

lit was for many years engaged in farming in Ireland. In 

1864 on tin- day that he was 35 years of age. it being \..<n 

sion Thursday, May 4. of that year, he was married to Mi-, 

iod, who is directly related to the wealthy Flood 

family, ol California. On the next day they started on thi ir 



bridal trip aboard a sailin™ vessel from Liverpool, England, 
which continued for seven weeks and three days, when they 
landed at New York. The following children were born to 
them: James. Mary. John. Margaret. Annie. Alphonsus, 
Frank and William." James. Mary and Annie are deceased, 
the latter dying m infancy. Margaret is a member of the 
Convent of the Sacred Heart. 

In politics Mr O'Shea is a Democrat. He was assistant 
market master of the North Market tor four years, having 
been appointed to that position by Messrs. E. L. Hinman 
and William Wall and Andrew Schwartz, of the City Board 
of Public Works. He is a member oi the Retail Grocers' 
Associatii m. 

He came almost directly to Columbus, remained but a lew 
days alter landing in New York to make the necessary prep- 
arations for the journey to the Capital City of Ohio, which 
he reached in 1864. He has lived here continuously since 
that time, and has seen the city grow from less than 25.000 
to more than 125,000, and became the railway center of the 
state and one of the railway centers of the United States. 

When he reached Columbus he began work in the Co'um- 
bus Machine Company, where he remained for 17 years and 
two weeks. In 1890 he "tirchased of Mr. J. C. F nneran the 
grocery store at 32!) Goodale street, and has successfully 
conducted the business at that place since. His residence is 
at the same address, where, with his family, he lives and 
enjoys the friendship and respect of his neighbors. He also 
own- a handsome double frame at the corner of Spruce and 
Kilbourne streets. 



PETER J. MAGLY. 

One of the leading fire underwriters of Columbus, and a resi- 
dent here since l.s77. was born on August 1. 1651, at Stein- 
weiler, Rheinisch Bavaria. Germany, of good old Teuton 
stock: the ancestors of his mother. Julianna Wuest, were 
prominent in Napoleon's time, and his father. John Magly. 
a stonemason by trade, was of most excellent lineage. They 
had a family of eight children, six sons and two daughters; 
the latter are deceased, also three sons — John Valentine, 
Jacob John and Joseph, and the surviving s> ns are George J., 
William S. and Peter J., the subject of this sketch. The lat- 
ter came to the United States in early youth and received 
his education in the public schools of C.n:innati. Wli n II 1 
years of age he secured a position in the United States Pen- 
sion Office branch in Cincinnati, and from then up to his 
thirty-fourth year was connected with that office and the 
branch in Columbus. On resigning his incumbency Mr. 
Magly entered the coal trade, and continued in that line four 
years, when he became interested in home missionarj work. 
was for a year located in East Libery, a suburb of Pitts- 
burgh. Pa., and while there built a German-Methodist 
Church. Returning to Columbus Mr. Magly was appointed 
city ticket agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, tilling 
this position from 1890 to 1893, and from the latter year up 
to 1896 he was Secretarv and Treasurer to the Columbus 
Water Works Company. Since retiring from the last named 
office Mr. Magly has been engaged in business as a general 
tire insurance agent, representing three of the most promi- 
nent companies, and he is also Secretary of the Franklin 
Loan and Sa\ings Co., whose headquarters are at No. 317 
South High street. 

( >n August 1. 1872, Mr Magly was married in Cincinnati 
to Miss Mehnda Helmback. and thev have a family of seven 
children, all of whom are living. Their names and age- are 
as follows: Otto ( ) . "_'7 years- Robert A.. 24: George I.. 21; 
Lillie C. 18; James C. 13: F. Bliss. 10; Melinda I... 7. Of 
these Otto and Robert A., are married; the former to Mar- 
garet Foelker, of Portsmouth. Ohio, and a high school 
teacher, while Robert A., whose vocation is that of a pharma- 
cist, was married to Miss Nellie G. Wood, of Columbus, and 
all reside in this city. 

Mr. Magly is a staunch supporter of the Republican party; 
holds membership in the Order of Odd Fellows and Encamp- 
ment, and his career has been a most useful and creditable 



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HO.M t£R Ml iORE I'll F.LPS. 



Homer Moore Phelps was born February !!, 1812, in ih 
new settlement and in the tirM cabin built in Blendon town 
ship, Franklin county, Ohio. He was the youngesl son i 
Edward and Azubah "Moore" I helps, the first white settler 
of the township in 1806, 

IK- grew up in the new settlement and hail very limited "\ 
portunities for getting an education, yet the new 



v, had 
provided for a teacher in their own families and the older 
members "i the Phelps familj wire well educated before 
coming to Ohio. Thus they aided Homer in his earl} edu a 
tion. For many years he entertained the teachers of the dis- 
trict school and studied under their instruction, and du ing 
Ins entire lifetime lie kept u" a thorough course of reading 
and study in history am. mi siihjeels relating to agriculture, 
lie assisted Ins lather on the farm and m a lumber sawmill, 
aid under that instruction became a thorough farm 

culturist, and in after years was noted as I. ing 01 the 

most reliable and thorough farmers 

In 1835 lie was united in marriage with Mis, Elizab tli Gra- 
ham Connelly of Blendon. She was the daughter of Edward 
and Mary Graham Connelly, who came from Strasburg, I in 
caster county, Pa., in June. 1833, with their six suns and four 
daughters and purchased a farm cm Big Walnut creek, two 
miles east from the Phelos home, vet their lands adjoined 
11m ■> were i i English-Sco ch-Irish di so nt and were Me li id 
ist people. 

Mr. and Mrs Phelns resided on the farm of his parenl 
part of which he inherited — 181 acres— one of the finest in 

Bh l d( n 

Their Imme was a model one for morality and hapi - 

They were thoroughly in sympathy with all advancemem in 
eduea'ion and improvemen s, The} gladly entertained then- 
relatives and friends and minis ens of churches ol all deriom 
ina'ions. Mr. Phelps was a Presbyterian in be'iei Mrs 
Phelps was a member cf 'lie Methodist Episcooal church 
They attended : ml suppi rted both churches, 

They gave to their children superior educational advan- 
tai e- fi r that i erii d 

Mr. I helps held many i ffices of trust; was Jus'ice of the 
P p ?re I' r many len; was admm'S rater of Ills fa her's ami 



o her estat< 



trea urer 



n" I lie CI. 



ind Blend. 



to I olm 
lie wa 
lest 
life. He 
paralysis 



i ho k 



iad ami Turnpike company, leading from Westerville 
il N-. m 1853-4, collecting and disbursing si:,. Tun. 
«as engaged in raising ami feeding ami dealing mi thi 
aln> ol live stock during the last thirty years ol his 
a- a juror iii.iiiN nine.. | [ e died June 1. 188 I o 
Mrs Phelps survived linn sixteen years, passing 
August 12, 185)9, having been a member oi th \1 I 
1 i- years. I'hey wire honored and respected bj all 
them. Their children were: First, Fn donia < . 
who was . dm at .1 at the \\ orthington Femali Si mil 
married Francis l:. Dean, a farmer ol Mifflin, Via} I, 1854. 
'J hey have had seven children. 

II Wai n n I helps was educated in tin i omi 

ami ai Central College Academy, lie was raised on the [arm 
and. being trained by his parents, was an expert n 
tural | mi i -in - He enlisted in I ompaii} II. NFinety fifth Regi 
ment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August 1. 1862, and served 
thru years with that regiment in the field at the front ami 
was engaged m many battles, holding the position of first 
lieutenant dm ing the last i wo .m.l ., hall years ami i i immand- 
in.' ,i i on pan} \n< r i In close i il the war lie took a i i >ur 
ol stud} in the Bryant, Stratton and Felton Business College 
at ( leveland, but lie lias been during his life a farmei ami 
raisi r ei fine quality live stock and agricultural 
porter lie was united in marriage with Louisi Marie Clark, 
daughter i i George 1! and Mindnell E. Clark ind 
daughter ol Isaac and Ursula Griswo'.d, Januar} I. 1868 They 
have lad born to them four s,,ns ami two daughters. George 

I! . i.i.n e C . Wan, n D., Roland C, M Lou md I 1 

\lo, re \li h.is , received a aood busbies - , dm tii m II i- 
oldest. George lb. aim bavin- graduated in boo! 
keeping, typewriting and s'enograph} had employment 
w th the I ransfi r ami Storage i mi ip.no , < )rr, Brown & I 'i c . 

druggists - i i , n n bus; Molinc I low pany, and I '. It \r- 

m, in Mi ,ii ipan} , K.i i -, I ity. Mo., four years , 

four \ ars w nli the Milwaukee I I npain at M il 

waukee. Wis., as collector. He married Bertha Swickard of 
Blend, n Sept. mber 28 1-<I3. I b di. d i 1800. of 

pen oni is a- d is buried a Blendon. I he\ had 
Ih II, hi. In- l.innb w- II pro 



, Kin; 
straight busin 



n. honorable i l< alings, 



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to all employers and business associates. His 

death was lamented by all who know him. He had been a 

: early life ami was much attached 

- a farmer and dairyman. 

teacher in the public schools of 

Warren P. is farming at Blendon. M. Lou 51 

d bookkeeper in Columbus. Homer Moon 1- a s.u 
umbus. .he second son of Homer 
Moore Phelps, E. Clinton, was educated in the common 
Vcademj and Columbus Business 
stock raiser ami shipper tor. 
" has been contractor and builder in 
111. He married l-.lla 1.. Stanley of Clint 
•ember 

11. Warren Phelps has been a staunch Republican, casting 
lham 1 incoln in I860, and has been a 
n the party since: has been in communication with 
county. State and National committee each campaign; his 
reliability are held egard He is a 

member of the M. E. church, of the Grand Arm) of the Re- 
Veteran Legion ami Ex-Soldiers > 
.•. \e work in all; was delegate to VV01 1 
Chicago in i f 
tnd Republican has been the politics of the entire 
rd Phelps, the father of Homer M.. was born 
Vusmst 27. IT".: 1 , and was a descendant in 
the fifth generation from William and Mary "1' 

.vkesbury. England, on the ship Mary and 
John in 1630 with HO persons and settled Dorchester, Mass.. 
Mrs. Phelps, with sixty others. V\ 

\ lib. ill Moore, born February 13, 

.It their children. Edward, Abram. 

and were 

l . '-.mi creek in Blendon township on 

r a two months' trip with ox-team and 

I'liey purchasi - of land for $787.50. and in 

1816 !>• • - mile farther north. The great 

hildren still reside there. 

They passed through all of the vicissitudes of pioneer life 

many of the name who are insep- 

ntenvoven with the growth, cultivation and develop- 

clin county. There are several hundred d 
he original family who settled here, and a large num- 
ber of th< resent at the reunion of the old 

11 erva Park. August 23, 1900. 
Annual n held on the fourth Thursday of August, 

was built north of the proem road and three- 
Mum creek. 
Mr. am ioneer life and always 

iralitv and church work. 

5 - 

1) immersion in Alum creek in 1843 at the age 
rs by Rev. Alexander Campbell of the Christian 
church. 

h. their daughter, was never married, but she being 
Ere when the family came ' 

pun tlax and wool and wove 

it into cloth and was a great nursi She had a 

wonderful retentive memory and could relate the occurrences 

er life and of the route taken from Connecticut here — 

there was no road from Granville to Alum creek and the pion- 

•1 Indian pathway. She related to the writer in 

story up to thai date. She had been well 

: for by her parents. She died April 1 1 * 

re buried in the Old Pioneer Church 
lendon. 
Their ' by all of the many descendants. 

fferent names. The characteristic love for agri- 
cultural pursuits predominated in this family, yet there are 
other hom .1 



ROBERT i r R. 

if its fine and artistic pro- 

5< ful and ornamental purposes, and espe- 

signs in 1 red, stained and orna- 

st master in the latter art is Robert X. 



the senior meiul er of the firm ol the Creager 
Miun l o., at 31 West town street. 
He was horn m Greenville, the county seat of D 
county, . n th. I March, in the : j'18, lie is 

yl. Creagi 1 ither was Miss 

Urilla Mowen. the daughter of the late Franknn Mowen, a 
prominent Darke comity tanner. His father, who \\ .. - tne 
original inventor oi cement pavements, dieu in 18 ; 

I., this couple were horn the following children, all of 
whom are living: Upton D., (rank (1.. I arrie M.. Al le B-, 
Hope D., Maggu- M. Robert X . \11hur B . Grover C .1 id 
Bonnie 1. Nearly all of them are grown into useful members 
of society, and all of them are liberally educated. 

["he subject of this sketch was educated in the schools of 

Co. umbus. and then studied art work in glass in several of 

.1 thorough knowledgi 

iwn inventive genius and line per- 

iculties, enabled him to take a high position in this 

nent of business \ . - he established 

n business in Columbus, and is pursuing it with 

marked success with brilliant prospects ahead. 

; business im 1 ted w th 

glass decoration, such as manufacturing ami resilvering of 
mirrors, artistic treatment of glass the manufacture of art 
and artistically treated glass, or designing of artistic fig- 
ures, ideas and conceptions and their grouping, memorial 
windows, fancy and plain glass signs, fresco and oil decor- 
ations, etc. Many of the most beautiful and striking win- 
dows on High street were designed and installed by Mr. 
Creager's firm. 

Mr. Creager accompanied his parents to Co'.um' us 111 
188H He was married in May. 1897, to Miss Lina B S 
maker, daughter of t fiarles Shoemaker, the well-known mer- 
chant tailor. They have a son. Upton Dewey, named in 
honor of his elder brother and of the hero of Manila. 

In political affiliations he is a Democrat. He 
member of the Woodmen of America, and of the Wilson 
Avenue Reformed Church. 



EDW \RP \ Kl'MMl ER 

the bright and promising young men of Co'.umbilS, 
is Edward A. Kemmler, the son of Hon. Win. V. Kemmler, 
the well-known former editor of the Westbote, and American 
Consul abroad. His mother was Miss Barbara Balm, before 
her marriage. Edward A. Kemmler was horn in Columbus, 
July 26, ISdT. He has a brother and sister living, and a 
brother and a sister dee. 

He was educated in the public schools of Columbus and 
the Ohio State University, graduating from the latter insti- 
tution in 1888 as a civil engineer. He immediately went west, 
where he took charge of the location of a railwav, 111 which 
lie was engaged until 1890, when he returned to Columbus, 
and became Assistant Pro Engineering at the 

Ohio State University, which position he tilled with great 
credit and success until IS 

In that year lie resigned his position in the University to 
enter upon his profession as Engineer oi Construe! 
Engineering Department of the City Government of Colum- 
bus, where he lias since occupied a conspicuous position. In 
1901, after passing the regu ive examination, with 

ghest g ade to his credit he was promoted to the posi- 
tion of Second Assistant Engineer unon the public works 
oi the city, a position which he was neculiarly well fitted to 
fill. 

He was married on the seventh of M j - :,. Miss 

Thecla ( one of the prominent families of the 

city. They have no children He is. in his political affilia- 
tions, a consistent and active Democrat, but does n t permit 
bis political views to interfere with bis official duties. He 
is a member of the Columbus Maennerehor. the Engineers' 
Columbus, and the Ohio S ciet) Ch ' Engineers. 

In 1900 the members ^i the 3 ngineers 

conferred upon him the distinguished honor of making him 
the President of that learned body. M present he holds 
the position of President of the Engineers' Club of G lum 
bus. IK- has already filled every office in the Columbus 
Maennerehor except that of President, and has boon one of 



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[i i i active and prcressn 



ibers for nearly fourteen 



\- .1 civil engineer he already stands in the front rank. 
Studious and ardently devoted to his profession he is none 
the less a genial friend and companion, and fond of the en- 
joyment of the social side of lie. His home has always been 
in the city of his nativity, lie resides ;it 85 Deshler avenue. 



FRANCIS DUBIEL. 

Francis Dubiel was born in the historic city of Krakow, 
Poland, on the thirteenth .if July. I860, his parent- I.e. 114 
names of that country. His father was Jacob Dubiel. a 
merchant tailor and wholesale dealer 111 woolens. His 
mother was Frances Mathusek, the daughter of a retired 
merchant. To the couple were lorn two s .lis and three 
daughters, all of whom are living 

The subject of tins sketch was educated in the University 
.if Krakow, is a man of much learning, travel and observa- 
tion, and essentially a self-ma. le man a pleasant, genial and 
affable gentleman and popular among 1 is iri'ii.l,, of whom he 
has a great number in tins city as well as elsewhere. 

He was married on June _'. 1897, to Miss Delphena Hein- 
mann. the daughter of Mr. Jacob Hemmann. and they are 
the happy parents of one child. Mis-, Annetta, who is not 
quite one year old. In his political affiliations he is a Re- 
publican. He is an Odd Fellow a Knight of Pythias, a mem- 
ber of the Order of the Woodmen of the World, of the 
Kiuulits and Ladies of Honor, and of the Society of the 
Veterans 01 Foreign Service, of which he is the National 
Treasurer. 

He migrated to this country in 1881, upon his arrival in 
this country he spent considerable time in travel and obser- 
vation, and for two and half years engaged in study f r the 
ministry at Milwaukee. Wisconsin. In 1884, he con-'u'ed 
to enter the military service and enlisted in the U. S. A., 
serving for 14 years continuously, seeing arduous service 
in both the infantry and cavalry branches. 

loir nine years he was with the Seventeenth Regimen". 
United States Regulars, and was in the cavalry arm for five 
years His service included the Indian campaigns in the 
W.-i II. took part in the exciting Geronimo Campa : gn, 
when that dangerous and wily chief was run down an 1 
finally captured. Flis Indian campaign ng took him through 
ill. territories of Arizona and New Mexico and other par:-. 
01 th, great West. In 1800 he fought in the Indian out- 
break of Pine Ri.T'e. South Dakota. 

When the Spanish-American War occurred he went to the 
front with the gallant and intrepid Seventeenth, and was in 
the thickest of the fray at Fl Caney and San Juan on the 
first, second and third .lavs of July, 1897, in which the Sev- 
enteenth Regiment -o distinguished r-eli He was mustered 
0111 oi th.- service at the Columbus Barracks on the first daj 
Of January. 1899. 

Having served his adopted country s,, Ions and well, he 
concluded to settle .'own to the arts and quieter enjoyments 
of peace. During his services in the army he I ecame a 
military tailor, and so was not without a trade when he re- 
tired from the army. Accordingly he opened a merchant 
tailoring establishment at 207 Fast Main street ear'y 111 l c 99. 
and has succeeded in building up a good business, whi'-h is 
constantly growing and widening. He is an artist in his line, 
and has achieved for himself an enviable position in business 
circles. 

His wife, who is a well-known South Side mil'iner, con- 
ducts .. v.iv successful business at 213 Fast Main street, and 
enjoys a growing patronage. 



petfr j. McCaffrey. 

Peter J. McCaffrey, the proprietor of the Wine and Spirit 

News, and prominent restauranter, ..i Columbus, is well 

known throughout all the entres of population and business 

oin m Scotland, February in. 1860, and 

Hi. .a. o] George McCaffrey a civil engineer by profes- 
sion, who married \li- Margaret Stewart, and to whom 
were horn live sons and four daughters, all of whom are 
living except one son. 

Mr. McCaffrey began his education in the schools ..1 



Glasgow, Scotland, and came to the United States when he 
wa- I I veais ol . ge. and worked 111 the coal mines of Hock- 
ing and Perry counties during the day and attended scnool 
at night, succeeding in securing a thorough practical edu- 
tal 1. m 

.11 lbcO, win 11 1 e was 1, years of a^e. he left the mines and 
entered Lusiness with his father, as a grocer in the brisk 
mining town of Nov Straitsville, (lino. Perry county. 

In this lie continued .or two years, when he disposed ol 
his interest 111 the 1 usines-. and engaged in the saloon busi- 
ness at Wilkesville, Vinton count} Ohio, which he con- 
ducted successfully n r lhre, \cir-. He isposed of this bu i- 
ness and was appointed a- one of the prison guards in the 
Ohio Penitentiary, which position he tiled for two years and 
six months. 

Then at the instance of Hon. Henry B. Payne. U. S. Sena- 
tor from Ohio, lie was a- • ointed to the U. S. Postal Service 
as a mail clerk, and had the run between Cincinnati, Ohio, 
an. I Grafton, \\ Va., over the B. & O. mail route. He 
-erve.l in this capacity until 1889, when, because of a change 
in the National administration and for purely political rea- 
sons. In- ten lered Ins resignation, which was accepted. 
' He then opined a first class restaurant and cafe at the 
northwest corner of Pearl and Chapel -.rot-. Columbus, 
Ohio, and 111 1895, bought out Mr. Howard Zeigler, who was 
the proprietor of The Wine and Spirit News, and then formed 
a joint stock company to carr-- on its pub.ication, with a 

capital stock of s." 0, and was elected its Se r tary. and 

later was tendered and accepted the positiiin of it- G 11 nil 
Manager. 

In 1890 he purchased the holdings of the Other Stock 
holders and became the sole proprietor, and has since con- 
ducted the paper with n- -' ' uccess. Its sworn circu'a- 
tion is 3100. The Wine and Spii.t News is conducted in the 
interest of the wholesale and retail liquor and brewing in- 
terests of Ohio, and exercises a great influence in the busi- 
ness, and makes the point ..f a strict observance of the 
liquor law of the state, and an intelligent apnea! to the Legis- 
lature for a modification of laws that are manifestly unjust 
to the interest, and carries prominently in its columns the 
restrictive laws of the state for the benefit and guidance of 
all dealers. 

In 1897 be was elected Financial Secretary of the Ohio 
Liquor League, and so efficient has he been in the discharge 
of his duties in that office that he has been re-elected an- 
nual')' since, and is n..w serving his fourth term. 

He was married .n the twenty-fifth of October. 1887 to 
Miss Bridget McElwee, and three children have been born 
to them - Margaret Mary, Grace Eulola and Thomas Mar- 
shall. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat and is a 
meml . r of the 1 din. State Liqour League and of the Young 
Men's Democratic Club of Columbus. 

Mr McCaffrey is popular with his associates and ac- 
quaintances; has practical and successful newspaper ideas 
and a high Order of ability in that line, and possesses all 
the frank and companionble traits of the Scotch-Irish race. 



HOWARD E. HATCH. 

Howard E. Hatch is in every resoect a self-made and a 
successful man of business. The narrative of his life and 
achievements, without any extraneous aid or assistanci 
should serve as an inspiration to every boy and every young 
man. as indicating what industry and steadfastness of pur- 
pose, can accomplish in tin- country, even within a lew Inn 1 

VI 1's. 

He wa- born near Parkersburg, W. -1 Virginia, at Harris' 
Ferrv. August 20, 1862, and is the son of Elijah C. Hatch, 
engaged in the carriage business, who married Mis- I in 1 
Thurston. ..f Pennsylvania, and to whom were b..rn the fol- 
lowing children: Win. IF. ('harles M.. Austin I'... Howard 
E., Lauretta, Fannie and Clara, the latter died in infan-y. 
The remainder are living and are useful members of society, 
all his brothers being in Columbus 111 business 

His parents removed to I ogan. Ohio, and later to Co'um- 
bus. He was educated in the public schools of these cities. 
His first employment was in the oaracity of "orinW •'. - il" 
or apprentice, later he entered 1' e emo'oj of E. ( ). R n l.'l 
ix Co. and learned the business of house painting and decor 



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SILAS X FIELD. 



There has not been a Republican State Convention in < >hi< 
for more than a quarter oi a centurj which proceeded ti 
business until Silas Nashee Field notified the presiding orh 
cer that everything was in readiness. So far back that tin 
mind of the average man runneth not to the contrary. Mr 
Field has been Sergeant-at Arms and had charge of the de 
tail "i all the Slate Conventions of the Republican party ii 
Ohio Since 1876 he has been the Sergeant-at-Arms oi tin 
Ohio delegation in all of the Republican National Conven 
tions. 

His connection in this respect with the State and \'a 
tional Conventions has extended his personal acquaintano 
with statesmen and politicians not only throughout Ohii 
but m all the forty-five States of the Union. The title o 
"Judge" was conferred on him by a polite chairman ol 
Republican State Convention some thirty years ago, in mak 
ing up a committee. Desiring to put Mr. Field on it. and no 
recalling his first name the chairman announced him a 
"Judge Field, of Columbus." His friends applauded th 
promotion and he lias been popularly known as "fudge 
ever since, and possesses all the sedateness and dignity o 
the most learned justice on the bench 

Mr. Field was bom in Hebron. Licking County, < > li i< 
March 19, 1836. His lather was John Field, and his'mothe 
was Miss Hester Nashee. John Field was a civil engineei 
and took a leading part in the construction of the Ohi 1 
canal system, and later engaged in the lumber trade, acquin 
a competence and retired from business a! 75, living in re 
tirenieiit until a few years ago. almost reaching the centur 
mark. 

Mrs. Hester Nashee Field was the daughter of Mr. Georg 
Nashee. the first editor of the (lino State Journal, and th 



first State Printer For hall a centurj he was one of the 
most prominent men m ( )hio. To Mrs. John Fi< Id wet 
bom one son. Silas X. Alfred S and Ellen, who died in in 
fancj , ai e In \l r Field's second u ife 

Silas X Field, who has been a resident of Columbus all 
In, hie. attended the common schools and was the first 
graduate from the Columbus High School lb afterward 
attended college at Gambier, and took a course in civil en- 
gineering at Kenyon College lie Followed tin profession 
o! i ngineering for three years in the construction ol the < in 
cinnati X Marietta Railway, and m 1851 engaged in the lum- 
ber business ill Columbus. 

Mr Field is one of the best known active Republican in 
the city and Slate, taking an active part m every campaig I 
lie has never held any greal or lucrative office and never 
complained because the) were not conferred upon hnn._ He 
was Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ohio Senate in 18711-1877, a 
member of the City Council ill 1864-1865. and lor twenty 
., vmi \. .ii-- has held the office of Vssessoi eitln r in the 
Third, Fifth or Sixth Wards, the number of lie- ward 
changing by reason of redisricting, and he was more fre- 
quentl) elected without opposition than with it. 

lie was married May 17, 1850, to Miss Sarah Jane Kelsey. 
thi dam. hter oi ., promim nt Columbus famih Mi - be ,] 
i s now deceased To their union the following children 
were born: Sarah lane, the wife of Mr Robert Sheldon, the 
wl olesale dry goi ds merchant and Presidi nl ol the ( olum- 
bus Street Railway: Flora, the wife of Edwin R Sharp, the 
weil-known banker; William K. First Vice-President and 

(,, n, ral Managi r ol the Si I', ml .eel V\ estei ' ■ > 

panj .md Silas X., lr.. who .bed in the prime oi his early 
manh 1. 



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iid in tliis employment he continued for four years, 
and later engaged in the same kind of business for h 

nail establishment for biacksmith- 
e it 813 Mt. Vernon avenue, wh.ch 
corner stone of a successful business. Alter 
■ n account, occupied l> him, he 
had a cash capital ol $3.75 left. But in addition to this he 
had an unlimited capital of energ-. industry, faith and de- 
termination to overcome all obstacles, and tins paid him 
handsome dividends. Mr. J. VV. Dann, of the Dann Manu- 
facturing Co., had faith in Mr. Hatch's pluck, energy and 
urnished him his rir-t stick of material. His 
confidence was not misplaced. Mr. Hatch bum his tirs; 
nself and set his blacksmith si 1 it has 

He now carries an average - 
is a plant valued at about $10,000. and p ss sses 
other valuable property and holdings. 

It should be borne in mind that not one dollar of lus pres- 
ent holdings was th< speculative ventures of any 
kmd. bul of his own honest industry and 
hard work. I years and before hi - reached 
he has. by the ict of his 
own hands, made a competence for himself and family wi.h a 
prosperous and growing 1 usiness to take care of the future. 
His small beg grown into large proportions. As 
it began to grow he bought three lots on Mt. Vernon avenue 
with a frontagf . on which he erected a business 
block (L-s - 35x100 feet, with a floor 
16.476 square feet, and two stories in height. His 
- mown into the Hatch Wheel Works, for the 
manufacture of carriage, bugg) and wagon wheels and gen- 
eral repairing. New and second-hand vehicles a specialty. 

eet the demands, in another direction of the custom 
which lie attracted, he added a harness store to his manufac- 
turing establishment, and manufactures for the retail trade 
all kind- - goods. His large estab'ish- 

thoroughly equipped with all the modern machinery 
and accessories, and his work is of the first class. Instead 
of the unpretending shop of eight years ago. Mr. Hatch's 
plant now extends from 803 to 813 Mt. Vernon avenue, and 
-:ctd of being unlucky, bids fair to dup- 
licate the original colonies, and keep on expanding. From 
20 to 25 persons find constant employment in his establish- 
ment. 

i >u the fourteenth of June. 1887. he was married To Miss 
iarnett, of this city, and four chil Iren brighten their 
ild — Theron. Emerson, Howard Augustus. Edith and 
Arthur. Mr. Hatch is a member of the Order of Odd Fel- 
lows. He is n liberality to church benefices and 
to all worthy causes. He comes on both sides of the house, 
front an ancestry noted for their longevity. His great suc- 
tt his ancestry were well grounded 
in industry and en 



CHARLES B. FLEMING 

Charles B. Fleming is the son of the widely known and 
! farmers in the western part of Franklin county. 
November 1 1 . 1850, 
his fathi 

who married Miss Matilda Bennett, to whom were born 

. daughters, all of whom are Hvi 

Charles B. attended the log school house at Alton, where 

he received his ^s a boy and young man. he 

rode as a jockey on the race track for five years, b-gimiing 

pounds, and finally attaining 120. which was 

the limit, when he was ob andon the career of 

He then engaged as brakeman on the Piqua divi- 

the Tan Handle Railway, and after being with that 

company for live ye: with the Baltimore 8 

- conductor 
years; then engaged with the Louisville. Albany and Chi- 
brakeman, ai I in that position for thr-e 

- ged with the X. Y Ov St I., as p-oneral 
en at South Whit'y. 
nd then became con luctor 
road between Ft. Wayne and Chic: - 
four years and seven months. 

.id witli the P.. E. W. 



,x C. Railway, as brakeman. and remained in that p 

a little OVi lie then engaged with the licit Kail- 

road of Chicago m the Aul urn bark yards for a short time, 
when he took charge of the Union Stock Yards o. S u.h 
Ch.i go. m which position lie remained until 1894, when he 
his position and returned to Colum us, and soon 
alttr engaged m the saloon business at Dub.in, Ohio, in 
which be continued until lfc98. when he sold out and i- at 
present engaged in the real estate and loan bus 
unibus. 

In his political affiliations he i- a Democrat. He was 
Came Warden lor four years under the admi "list ration o. 
i r McKinley. He was married m October, 1870, to 
Miss Emma Davis, of Dublin, an 1 five children w. 
to them His oldest ~, n. Charles W. Fltm ng, uj. a s '1 lier 
m the Spanish-American War. being a member of the First 
Volunteer Cavalry. He died at Hunts. die. Alabama. 

in 1 v * V rom disease contracted in the service. The other 
children are living at the family home. No. 205 West Sate 
street. 



D VNIEL S. WILDER. 

One of the most popular railroad men who ever looked 
after the interests of the traveling public of Columbus and 
Central Ohio, is Daniel S. Wilder. He is descended from 
one of the earliest pioneers in Franklin county, his grand- 
father. William Yantis. having located at Worthington a 
century ago. He was born m Columbus on the twcniy-ti.ih 
of August. 1844, and is the son of Daniel S. Wilder, a shoe- 
maker, who married Miss Elizabeth Yantis, and to whom 
were I orn two s. ns and one daughter, decease 1. Mr. Wilder 
was educated in the common schools at New Albany. Frank- 
lin county. After his return from the unitary service he 
took a course in bookkeeping with Mr. C. D. Williamson, 
a well-known resident and business educ minis. 

He had his lull share of danger, privation and trying ad- 
venture during the Civil War. in the military service. He 
enlisted in the service on the nineteenth of October, Lid. 
becoming a member of the Eighteenth Limed States In- 
fantry He was discharged on the thirteenth of May, 1865 
1L was severely wounded at the battle of Stone's river, and 
was taken nrisoner i'i war for IS months, having been in- 
troduced successfully to the horrors of Libby, Belle Is e 
Danville Andersonv ille. Charleston and Florence 
Carolina. His nerve and determination alone kept him from 
succumbing to the hardships of the extraordinary instance 
of military imprisonment. But he came out of it wuh a 
good share of life and energy, and has succeeded in making 
his mark in business circles. He was married on the thirty- 
July, 1866. to Miss Ruversa Landon, anil seven chil- 
dren have been born to them, of whom six are living. 

He is an ardent and consistent Republican, a member of 
Co 'unibus I od"e No. 30, 1" & \. M . Temple Chapter, and 
of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a member of 
Council for two vears. and President of that body 
for one year, and has also been a member of the City Board 
ol Education He has been a resident of Columbus and vi- 
cinity for the whole period of his life, except when in the 
or almost a quarter of a century he has 
been in the railroad service in the Passenger Department. 
both as district and citv agent and is known as one of the 
most efficient, obliging and popular men in the serv 
where. He is at present connected with the B ,V I ' 
as Division Passenger \gcnt. having previously fi 

as City Passenger Agent of the Big Four Route at 
Columbus. 



THE WINCHESTER TIMES 

The newspapers of Ohio are. as a whole, m; 
broad gauge plan and are conceded to be among the most 
influential in the country and valuable and active in shaping 
the policy upon which the country's affairs are conducted. 

Franklin county is in the lead in the number and quality 
i:j its newspapers, and some of the best known members of 
the journalistic fraternity have here established their vvork- 



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FREDRK K BLANKNER. 

li is merely stating an undi puted fad to ij thai then is canal, eventually retracing their journey from Portsmouth 
no man in Ohio curing the lasl thirtj fivi eai 1101 has to Columbus l> canal, and here Mr, Blankner has since re- 
there been dm ing thai time nth i widi a pel onal ai sided 
quaintance with the prominenl nun of Ohio as Fredrick lb' was educated in the public schools of Columbi 

Blanknet Foi ovci fort) years he ha been broughl in the after leaving scl 1 engaged with the Ohio fool Company 

clo i i official and personal relations with evi tor, and had charge of the packing department. \t tin 

every Governor and everj State official ol Ohio and during three years he was anoointed as a porter in tin Statehouse, 

all that time hi ha commanded tin implicit confidence and which position he filled from 1858 to I8li:l, in whicl 

esteem of ;ill of them. was unanimously elected third assi tanl ergi n 

He has held official relation with the State far bey I the House ol Repn cntatives, which placed him in charge 

the period ol a generation ol men and twici as long ny ol the two legislative chambers during I 

other mi/, i Mi 1.,. J u in. Petei Hitchcock, who served I .egislature and also during the interval bet wi en i ion 

on the Supremi bench foi '' yeai coming the nearest to < in January b y . 18'>7. he was married to Fredrel 

him in a purelj State po ition Hon. John Sherman, as a and to them were born four children, two boys and two 



i ongn in. in I nited States Senator and ( al i M inisti r, 

served n n I" yea) oi four ycai li than I lie offii ial tenure 
.n Mr Blankm r 

II. w .is 1 . nn in Bavai ia, Ju'\ II I >i bit cnrai with his 
parents to the United States h In n I i 

Mis parents were 'I In una and Barbara Blankner, to whom 
four sons were born, three ol whom an leci i d. I lis 
iai her w a a retired In im man. 

In 1837 the famil) migrated to tin L T i I Stall firsl 

landing in the citj of New York From that citj tin 

1. 1 Buffalo, ni.il ing tin - urn \ b\ canal, fn nn Buffalo 1. 1 

Cleveland by lake, and from Cleveland to Port mouth by 



girls: Fredrick, Jr.. William Alphretta and Marj The 
,vife died \ugu I I- I • . _'. and on I Ictober II. 1877, Mr. 

;' ml in . w .nn. d to a Mis; \nna M Han 

w I . as born Janua r 

h I are living 

I verj Hon e ol the Gi neral 

Linanimi u Ij cl him to the same po ch he now 

I oh's These unanimous elections to I indicate 

the high . i. i m in a In. 1; In ha 

, i .m ordinarj lib time Hi fiti i ™ is the 

s< cret of his long i onl inuance in 1 



349 



ing ground. Of the Franklin county papers one of the most 
successful and popular i- the Winchester Times of Canal 
Winchester, which has been in existence for about 30 years. 
The paper 1- independent, though Democratic in its political 
tendencies, and is fearless in its editorial utterances- its ad- 
vertising columns are liberally patronized and its record of 
local and general news is comprehensive in the completest 
degree. 

["he Winchester Tune- was established in 1871 by James 
Stinchcomb of Logan. Ohio, who remained in control up to 
1874, when he was succeeded by C. M. Gould, also of Logan, 
who conducted the paper until 1876, when he sold out to 
Messrs. Heffley and Bott of Canal Winchester, and it was 
run under their joint management up to 1ST,, when Mr 
Heffley became sole owner. On May 1. 1879, Mr. IV F. Cay- 
man purchased a half interest and The Times was managed 
by Messrs, Heffley and Gayman up to September, 1881, 
when Mr. Gayman, by purchase, became sole proprietor ' >n 
September 2, 1886, his 1 rother, Mr. ( ). 1'. Cayman, purchased 
a halt interest and thev still continue in Joint partnership. 
The paper has a large circulation throughout Fairfield and 
Franklin comities. 

The Messi-s Gayman are both natives of Canal Winches- 
ter and both grew up and were educated here. Their father, 
Moses Gayman, born in Pennsylvania, came to Canal Win- 
chester in 1843 and is an inventor and manufacturer. Both 
he and his estimable wife. ...rs. Sarah (Eavey) of Maryland. 
still reside here. Their family consisted of the subjects of 
this sketch and a son who died in infancy. B. F. Gayman, 
alter completing his common school education, studied un- 
der a private tutor and then entered the newspaper business. 
Hi- brother, O. P. Gayman, has also been identified will 
newspaperdom since leaving school, and both gentlemen 
have held positions of trust through the high regard and 
confidence in which they have been held by their fellow - 
citizens B P. Gayman was elected Mayor of Canal Win- 
chester in 1886, term of two years, and s, , successful was his 
administration that he was renominated for four terms in 
succession, only resigning during his last term because of 
his nomination as a candidate to the State Legislature, to 
which body he was elected, in 1891, by a handsome majority. 
lie was renominated in 1893, again in 1895 and 1897, and 
served the last two terms to the great interest of his con- 
stituents. His brother, Mr. O. P. Gayman, was elected 
Mayor of Canal Winchester in 1898 and re-elected in 1900. 
Both gentlemen are held in high esteem and have done 
much to advance the general interests of the community. 



WILLIAM HENRY I.AXF. 

William Henry Lane, widely known as one of the repre- 
sentative members of the Franklin county bar. was born on 
January IT. 1851, in Fairfield county, Ohio, and was a son 
of John and Catherine Amelia (Bowling) Lane, who were 
among the earliest settlers of that county and were prosper- 
ous farmers there. John Lane died in 1896 at the rioe age 
oi 79, thus ending a hie of spotless reputation. Ills widow, 
who survives him. is a lineal descendent of Pocahontas, 
whose romantic life forms such a notable feature m Amer- 
ican history. John Lane and his wile were blessed with an 
unusually large family, there being 13 children, seven sons 
and six daughters, whose names were: Lewellyn, Alscetus, 
William PL. John T.. James E.. George and Charles P.: 
Mary J., Rachel, Louise C. Amanda Ann. Martha L. and 
Lutitia Ellen. Of these. George. John T.. Martha L. and 
M Ll '- J. are deceased: James E. and Lutitia Ellen reside m 
Columbus, while William Henry Lane lives in Canal Win- 
chester. He was educated in the district schools of Fairfield 
comity, graduated from the Normal School, and from 1872 
to 1882 was engaged as a school teacher, four years in the 
and six years at Lithopolis, Ohio. He then 
took up the study of law. passed a successful examination 
and was admitted a member of the Franklin county bar in 
1884, and in the month following began the prac- 
his profession without a dollar's capital, his earnings 
having all gone to support hint during his studies, but his 
industry, patience and application, with hi- thorough legal 
knowledge ami forensic "abilitv, have since won for him a 
i position among his contemporaries of the Frank- 
lin county bar. He practices general law. in all courts, and 



has been counsel in scores of important cases. Mr. Lane 
has at different periods been tendered a testimonial of the 
confidence and high regard in which he is held by his fellow- 
citizens. 1 ut he has refused to enter the political field. He. 
however, consented to serve as Justice of the Peace. Mayor 
of Lithopolis and Mayor of Canal Winchester, meeting all 
the duties of those offices with dignity and efficiency. He 
was married to Mis- Sarah J. Lusk, youngest daughter of 
one of the pioneer settlers of Fairfield county, and she has 
borne him two children, a daughter, Delia May. who died in 
infancy, and Quintin R. Lane. Mr. Pane owns a beautiful 
residence, having seven acres of erounds, on the main street 
of Canal Winchester, and also owns two valuable farms a 
few miles distant from the town. 

Mr. Pane's son. Quintin R.. has also chosen his father's 
profession and was recently admitted a member of the 
Franklin county liar. He is associated with Mr. Bradley, 
whose office is in the Wyandotte building. Co'umbus. where 
he carries on a general law practice. Quintin R. Lane is 
clear-headed, bright, energetic and deeply read in law, and 
no younc attorney has better prospects before him for a bril- 
liant and notable career. 



ISAAC LEHMAN. 

Isaac Lehman, son of Abraham and Catherine Lehman, 
nee Shirk, was born February 15, 1834, in Franklin county. 
Pa., his parents being farmers and early settlers of Central 
Ohio. Abraham purchased his first farm — which comprised 
226 acres — at sheriff's sale, at $25 per acre. This he culti- 
vated with such good efib "* thrt with the money accumu- 
lated he gradually extended his possessions until at the time 
of his death in 1868, at the age of 68, he was the possessor of 
800 acres. There were three daughters and ten sons in the 
family, and of these the living ones are Abraham. Isaac. 
John, Catherine. Benjamin. Solomon. Samuel. Joseph and 
Leah, and the dead are Elizabeth, who died at Canal Win- 
chester; Absolom, who died in Salt Lake City; Henry, who 
was killed by the Indians in Montana, and Jacob, who died 
in Humboldt county. California. 

Isaac Lehman was educated in the public schools of Canal 
Winchester and has followed farming his entire life. His 
present farm, which embraces 158 acres, and is located about 
two miles northwest from the lostoffice. near the Winches- 
ter pike, was leased by Mr. Lehman for about X< ► years, 
when he purchased it. The principal crops raised on the 
farm are corn and wheat. Mr. Lehman has been retired 
from active management on his farm for some years, and it 
is now conducted by his son. Samuel, who was raised in the 
agricultural industry and is a thorough master of the art. 
Mr. Lehman resides in a handsome brick building of the 
most improved modern tvpe. which was constructed, by him- 
self. 

Mr. Lehman was married to Elizabeth Detwiler. who has 
borne him four children, all of whom are living: John M.. 
Katie E.. Annie M. and Samuel D. He has lived here 58 
years is an influential member of Madison Grange, No. 194, 
of Franklin county, and no man is held in higher esteem. 



SOLOMON LEHM \N 

Solomon Lehman was born in Franklin county. Pa.. July 
•'!. 1841, and was one of a family of 13 children. 10 sons and 
three daughters, of whom nine are now living. His parents, 
Abraham and Catherine (Shirk) Lehman, both of whom are 
di i i i-i d. were engaged in farming and their family was all 
raised upon their farm. 

Solomon Lehman was educated in the public schools and 
engaged in farming up to his twenty-eighth year, when he 
became a partner in the Winchester Milling and Elevator, 
under the firm name of Whitehurst, Lehman & Carty. In 
1864 Mr. Lehman enlisted in the Union army, becoming a 
private in Company B. One Hundred and Seventy-eighth 
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served in the ranks 
for a year, taking active part in some important engage- 
ments. He built the Lehman Block in Canal Winchester in 
1885, and beside- owning that, is also owner of !-.(> acre- of 
valuable farm lands near this town, this farm being part of 



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PERRY M VDISON F( )RD. 



All the various lines of commerce and industry are repre 
sented in Columbus 1 y men ol experience, enterprise and 
sound mechanical and executive ability, and in his particular 
branch a Foremost position is occupied by Mr Perry Ma li 
s..n Ford, the well-known jeweler and optician, whosi bu i 
ness quarters are at the southwest corner ol Town and 
High streets. This gentleman is a native of Franklin coun- 
ty, having been lorn in Jackson township, Februarj 25, 
1867, on the farm ol Ins father, Jackson Van Buren Ford, 
and mother, Mary (Mitchell) Ford. The latter was a daugh 
ter of Joseph B, Mitchell, since deceased, who was a fore- 
most citizen ol Jackson township, and for 30 years held 
office as Justice of the Peace Perry Madison Ford was one 
of a familj of four children, three sons and a daughter, all 
of whom are living His sister, Mary F. Ford, is married 
to G. F, Meyers, a successful fruit farmer of Jackson town- 
ship, while of his lirothers, Joseph B i- superintendent of 
agencies and Charles 1. traveler for the Brown Manufac- 
turing company of Zanesville, Ohio Perrj M wa i lu 
eated in the common schools of Columbus and Jackson 



township, and on leaving the old homestead secured work 
in a watch factory, in which he thoroughly mastered and 
became an expert at the trade, lie served as journeyman in 
the Aurora and Rockford watch factories, was job boss in 
the Elgin Watch Works, and foreman in the Columbus 
Watch Works. He then engaged in business independently 
as a general jeweler and optician and has met with most 
substantial success, owing to his mechanical skill and Ins 
liberal obliging methods. The store occup j him is 

tastefully fitted up and completely stocked with jewelrj and 
optical goods of all kinds, gold and silvei watches, clocks, 
el i \ 5] ecialty is made . if fine « atch and 
ing. also the filling of oculists' prescriptions, perfect fitting 
eyeglasses and spectacles being guaranteed. Mr Ford is at 
present custodian of the courthouse clocks and keeps them 
i m pi i-h - i time ( In I (ecember 25, 1803. Mi Ford 
ried to Miss Matilda Voller and they have a com 
home .ii No 39 East Fulton street, where the) re idi with 
their six year-old son, II. V. Norman Ford. 



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DR. C. R. CLEMENT. 
K. Clement of Grovep< ! - ship, was 

born in Fairfu ! 3 His father was Jo- 

seph \V. Clement, a prominent merchant at Greei 

ere he was of more than local promi- 
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ria Paul, w *.- - of a prominent family, and 

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Groveport and associated hims< 
Dr. H - .\ Clement. 

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companj was, with two other companies of the regiment. 
ordered to Buchtel on the occasion of a strike in the mine-. 
In command of his company lie participated in the unfortu- 
nate riot at Cincinnati. March 29-31, 1884, where he was 
wounded. July 1. 1885, after eight years of service, his res- 
ignation was tendered ami accepted. Captain Slack was also 
er member of Columbus Division No. 1. U. K. K. of 
P., and was Assistant Drill .Master lor many year- and par- 
ticipated with this famous division m the winning oi its 
:n im prizes in drilling contesl - 



WILLIAM M. MASON. 

William M. Mason was horn in Madison town-hip. Frank- 
lin comity. February 13, 1841. His father was William 
Mason, one of the earlier Justices of the Peace of the town- 
ship, and In- mother was Christian Ferrow. To their mar- 
riage five children were horn, two sons and three daughters, 
and of these children three are living. 

He was educated in the public schools of Madison town- 
ship and came to Groveport at the age of 17 year-. From 
that tune until he was 2] years old he worked at farm labor. 
He then removed to Pickaway county and engaged with 
Voss Decker and remained in his employ for a short time. 
He then returned to Groveport and later engaged in farm- 
ing on his own account, southeast of Canal Winchester, 
lie remained until 1865. 

In that year he leased a farm near Groveport. which he 
1 until 1870; then disposed of his interests in it and 
,.i nt to Hamilton township, Franklin county, and purchased 
ill. which he operated until 1876, when he converted 
the -aw mill plant into a tile factory, associating himself 
wnh Morris Kile m the business, and at the end of one year 
-old his interest in the plant to Moses Zinn. He then en- 
n the manufacture of brick in Groveport, which he 
conducted successfully tor eight vears a- a separate busi- 
ness, and in 1880 purchased the tile business and plant of 
/pin & Kile and conducted the two under his own manage- 
ment and ownership, and is operating the same at tin- time, 
tensive work- being the leading manufacturing in- 
terest of Groveport. 

a Democrat in politics, a member of the Order of 
Odd Fellows, a public-spirited and progressive citizen, but 
litis never sought nor accepted public office. 

(hi the 11th of November, 1862, he wa- married to Miss 
Mary M. Willey and nine children were horn to the union. 
of whom two sons and four daughters are living. Hi- wife 
died on ilu 26th of March. 1895, after a happy married life 
of thirty-three year- i >n the 14th of March. 1896, he was 
again married to Miss Mary E. Vogel and she still presides 
Over his household. 

In each of his occupations Mr. Mason was industrious, 
persevering and energetic, thu- possessing the qualities 
which seldom fail of inestimate success. Among his neigh- 
bors and fellow-citizens he stands high, and deservedly so. 
ualities that go to constitute the good 
citizen. 



I' MIX C. F. COON. 

A life long acquaintance with Franklin county and its peo- 
ple has made Mr. Coon not only familiar with the county 
and its inhabitants, hut ha-, at the same time, endeared him 
to each and every one with whom he ha- come in contact or 
had tiny dealings with him. 

Mr. Coon wa- horn m Pickaway comity. ()lno. on Oc- 
tober 18, 1856, the -on of George and Sarah \nn (Wilson) 
rid was one of a family of five sons and four daugh- 
ters, of whom five are now living, including the subject ol 
this sketch. 

The latter wa- educated in the common schools of St. 
Paul, Pickaway county, Ohio, ami. upon leaving school, 
worked upon his father's farm, continuing there until Janu- 
ary 26, 1888, when he purchased a grocery at Groveporl 
and, in connection therewith, conducted a general store un- 
1--" when i" received the appointment of postmaster, 
ed until 1893, when he was removed for political rea- 
sons, and was reappointed in 1897, and this department of 



the United States government occvipies a front portion of 
his finely equipped store. While engaged upon hi- father's 
[arm he engaged somewhat extensivelv in live stock dealing 
and made quite a success of the venture. Hi- father was 
quite a prominent figure in Republican circles, being a mem- 
ber oi the School Board of Madison town-hip. Pickaway 
county, for thirty-three year-: also being trustee of hi- own 
town-hi" in which there are only about In Republicans; 
al-o 1 eing the first president of the School Board. He died 
on February 21, 1889. and hi- demise was deeply deplored 
by the entire community of which he had been for so long 
and so useful a meml er. 

Mr. Coon was reappointed to the office of postmaster on 
July 16, 1897, and i- still admirably filling the duties that 
tin- obligation compels him to fulfill. In tin- connection it 
i- worthy of note that, largely through Mr. Coon's efforts. 
the lately inaugurated rural system of postal delivery was 
introduced into this section and i- working most satisfac- 
torily and to the benefit of the people. 

In July. 1893, he was made a deputy State superior of elec- 
tions an<l held that office until August, 1896 

On December 20, 1882, Mr. Coon was married to Miss 
I.. Kelley. whose sad death occurred on March 29, 
IS! 3. Three children, a -on and two daughters, wa- the re- 
sult of this union. On December 6, 1899, Mr. Coon was 
married to Mi-- Sidney J. Beckett, a most popularly known 
lady, daughter of Alexander Beckett of Commercial Point. 
Pickaway county. Ohio. The grandfather of Mrs. Coon 
was one of the leading pioneers, who was one ol the first 
settlers of Commercial Point. Pickaway county, and opened 
the first general store there. Mr. Coon is a strong Repub- 
lican, a member of the Odd Fellows, and the Buckeye Re- 
publican Club smce 1888, being also a member of the cam- 
paign committee. 1901; was also a member of the Repub- 
lican committee for about 1 « i years, and is an all-round good 
business man and highly respected citizen. 



SAMUEL LFIGH. 

The magnificent richness and fertility of the agricultural 
sections of Central Ohio early attracted pioneer settlers 
hitherwards in the younger periods of the nineteenth cen- 
tury, and through the labors and exertions of these hardy- 
pioneers and their descendants the country has been made 
to "blossom as the rose." Franklin county is conceded to be 
I he most fertile and richest of the various sections and her 
kinds to he among the most valuable and desirable. 

One of the early settlers m this country was Mr. Samuel 
Leigh, who. up to the time of his lamented decease, resided 
near Groveport. 

Air. Leigh was born in Allentown, New Jersey, on Janu- 
ary 5, 1817, son of Zebulon and Amy (Lanning) Leigh, and 
formed one of a family of three sons and six daughters. He 
received his education in the district school, and on leaving 
school worked on his father's farm. Desiring to become in- 
dependent, he began 1 usiness on hi- own account a- a sheep 
raiser, and in this venture, and by thrift and frugality, ac- 
cumulated a sufficient sum to enable him to purchase a 
splendid farm of '_''_'i> acres, located about two and a quarter 
miles southeast of Groveport. Of this he afterward dis- 
posed of twenty acres to his brother. John S. Leigh 

During his earlier career. Mr. Leigh also learned the sad- 
dler'- trade and followed it in the capacity of journeyman 
fi ir a number of years. 

On December 1">. 1852, Mr. Leigh was married to Miss 
Trypheiia Putman Bigelow. whose death occurred on May 
s 1898, after a lengthy, lovable and highly useful life. They 
had a Family of nine children, of whom those now living are: 
John S. Leigh, married and a resident of Compton, Califor- 
nia: Anna Leigh, nee Robbins. living at Allentown. N. J.. 
and Miss Mmetta ami Miss Elizabeth Leigh, who reside 
upon and are managers of the old homestead near Grove- 
port. they being the joint heirs to the property. The farm 
is in an admirable state of cultivation ami produces exten- 
sive, valuable crops. Miss Elizabeth Leigh also devotes 
considerable tune to painting china and has produced many 
beautiful and highly artistic specimens of work. Both ladies 
are most Favorably known and held in the highest regard in 
their neighborhood. 

Mr. Leigh was a Republican his entire life long and also 



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MRS VGNES 

In the various business vocations of life there are none so 
pre-eminentl) the sphere of effort for the exercise of wo- 
man's ability as that of the milliner. The opportunities for 
the display of creative genius and artistic taste in the pro- 
duction "I headwear for ladies arc In am Hess, an unlimited 
scope being afforded for the realization of those handsome 
creations that are at once the delight of the feminine heart 
and the admiration of the "sterner sex." As in all other 
fields oi productive effort, vast progress has of late years 
been made in the milliner's art and some magnificent results 
have been achieved by the gifted masters of this calling. 
The Capital City enjovs the distinction of having one of the 
foremost artiste milliners in the country, one whose name 
and reputation are widely known, and whose laurels have 
been fully and fairlj earned The lady here referred to is 
Mrs. Agnes Hoi and. the popular trimmer and designer for 
the millinery civision of the extensive department establish- 
ment of George S. Beall ol Columbus Mrs. Holland is a 
milliner of strikingly original creative powers in her chosen 
profession. She is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred A and Jennie (Merryman) 
Houser, the former a retired shoe draftsman and a most 
reiiutablv known citizen. Her parents are both living with 
her at her residence in this city, whence she came 1 J years 
ago Her education was received in the graded schools of 
Galloway, Franklin county. Mrs Holland's connection 
wiih her present vocation extend ovet .1 period ol eight 
years, and of this time four years were passed in the posi- 
tion of designer and trimmer for the millinery store ol Mrs 
I \ Vance of tins city When George S. Beall tool pos 
session of In, new establishment on North High street a 
few months since the services of Mrs. Holland were secured 
for her present position, the duties of which she ha; exi 
cuted in tin- most competent, efficient and creditable man- 
ner. The department over which she presides is a most at- 
tractive one to visit being unsurpassed by any -mill, u insti 
tutnn m the country, and it is patronized hy the elite of Co- 
lumbus and the surrounding States. The latest, freshest 



HOI I \ N D 

creations in artistic millinery are to be found exhibited here, 
while particular attention is given to the attainment oi orig 
inal and novel effects. An achievement in which Mrs, Hol- 
land take, due pride, and which greatlj redounds to her 
honor and professional skill, was in being the successful de- 
signer ol the prize hat worn by Mrs McKinlej at the 111- 
auguration of President Mckinley mi March -1. 1901. 

This was the outcome of the competition ol a host ol 
American milliners for a prize of $50 offered by The Illus- 
trated Milliner .a New York. 

Hundreds of hats were entered in competition, out ol 
which a discriminating but impartial committee ol Fifth 
avenue. Xew York, milliners selected a tin- most suitable 
for the purpose that designed by Mrs Holland In accord 
ance with the stipulated conditions of the cutest, the sue 
cess ul hat was bought by Idle Illustrated Millinet foi $o(l 
and sent to Mr- McKinley .,1 the Whitehou 1 a 
tri' ute of American millinery to her personal populantj I 
was gracii usly accepted and duly worn in the course ol the 
inaugural iesth ities. 

All the materials used 111 the hat were the verj 
qualit} ike 1.111. v -old ami letted brim being an imported 
novelty. The black tulle used as the covering ol tl 
was gracefully raned in folds and spangled with jet Ike 
frame was a flat effect, the crown slanting from the back 
and slightly raised in Front I fandsome jetted pin 

the , 11 v garniture Tile effect SOUght and ,1 tlamed was an 

air of simple elegance a cjualitj in dress thoroughly in ac- 
cord with Mrs Mckinley's well-known prelcr.no Pic 
tun - of tins hat worn k\ Mrs Holland au,} take 1 
, urpi -, wen published in the March 1 HUH 1 number ol 1 he 
Illustrated Midimi which 1- also n produ. 1 tl in 
picture 1 in lu'v 8, 18<lo, the -aim ct of this keti h wa mat 
rietl to Mr R Tl Holland, who is connected 

lis! hi of Amicon Brothers & Company, the prominent 

fruit . ommission merchants ol Columbu Ik 1 
Republican and well known citizen and they have a ho 1 ol 
tin mis in tlie community. 



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Whig pariy. to whom the Repub- 
. ■ ed. He held membership in the Masonic Or- 

uteres orgai ation. Hi* la- 

December 24. is: 1 !', an oven; that 
by the entire community. 



.1 VCOB BRAUN. 

noteworthy c ity. men 

ire of the 

commun nention must be made in this history ot 

un, who ii. . - - me farm. 

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Mr. Braun was horn at Flehingen Atnmt Bretten. Ger- 

- - . Elizabeth 
.'■rami, and was ... and five 

He was i 
in the v. schools of his eighteen 

States g direct 

Ins brother. Joseph, was 
... ctor. Mr. Braun had learned the 

ide in Germany, and on his arrival 

- brother. In 187(1 the latter made 

tperience 
him to successfully fill. In the 
- for the new Broad street bridg 
■proved and the contract for the stone work 
■ Joseph Braun. The br: g< the work 

b Braun cut and laid the first and last 
in which he takes a just pride as a monument 
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--"■ Mr. Braun formed a co-partnership with Messrs. 
Matthew Brav Lieb. under the firm name of 

,\ Co. In 188(5 his brother Joseph purchased 
Joseph Braun 
-.-.ted many important con 
g the Asheville bridge for the \. & \\ 
r the Moler road ss -. across 

Celley's farm: the pier at 

■ farm. 
In the winter of 1887 the firm was dissolved, and a year 
cob and Matthew Braun 

g the Sandus 
g een awarded them. 

the firm name be- 
-aun & Bros. In 1889 the firm built the tun- 
nel at the canal for tion sewer; also the East 
iterworks. In 18 - g of the 
g the work in 1801. In 18*2 
i High street viaduct, in and this 
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- present fine farm 
where he has a har 

Mr. Braun was married to Miss 
- and they have a famih hildren — 

Mr. Braun is 5. is 

gentleman much 

know him. 



C. F. KLAMFORTH 

C. F 

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forth. a 

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county. They reared 

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1n v 7. when he located on a farm two and a half miles north- 
■ Groveport, consisting 

- of that locality. Here he pro- 

- and other crops which intelligent labor 

can produce in such abundance from such a soil, and here 

- '.n peace with the world, surrounded with the com- 
forts of a well kept and happy home, laboring honestly and 
faithfully for his children who will follow him. 

He was married . n the _9th ot December, 1887, to Mi-s 
l.oretta Woodring, the daughter of a prominent and well- 
known family, and they in turn have a family of three, two 
daughters and a son. In making a choice of a life partner. 
mforth was indeed fortunate, rinding a true help- 
mate and one who shared and lightened all of life's inevit- 
II '.ens and ci 
The two daughters are bright and apt pupils in the public 

- of the neighborhood and they bid lair to _ 

and usefulness, as with the son. as he 
advances in years. Mr. Klamforth is a Democrat in poli- 
- never held nor sought ; u - "one the 

less interested in the management of public affairs, being 
content to vote his opinion at the pods and trust to the hon- 
esty and fidelity of those elected to office either with or with- 
out his assistance. 

He does not belong to any of the secret societies 
ders, not that he objects to their aims and objects, but be- 
- that he can find all that is best and most en- 
nobling in his own household, where he is the Knight. Mrs. 
Klamforth is the Lady, and his children the cherubic per- 
sonification of human happiness. 

Mr. ami Mrs. Klamforth hold a high place in the esteem 
_.;rd of all their friends and neighbors, and in this 
rve all thrt tkey enj 



GEORGE F. STRICKLER. 

Groveport is one of the most thriving and prog 

settlements of Central Ohio and its general inters - 
tinue to exhibit a steadv development irom year to year. 

Among the up-to-date business men and popular 
of the community, the this sketch must be in- 

cluded. 

vieorge F. Strickler was born at West Rushville. Ohio, on 
November 17. 1868, son of John M. and 

ler. whose family composed erne son and two daughters, of 
whom one daughter is deceased. Mr. Strtekler's father was 
■•.ttr by vocation and George early became familiar 
with the trade. He was educated in the publ 
Brenien. Ohio, and on finishing his studies engaged as a 
polisher in a monumental works. He worked for various 
concerns up to his eighteenth year, when he returned to 
Groveport and established a monument building bus 
company with his father, under the firm name of Strickler 
.. 5 This enterprise was continued for two yeai - 

the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Strickler opened up 
eral painting, decorating and paperhanging establishment,, 
and this he has ever since successfully presided over. All 
branches and exterior decorating are executed in 

the most finished, tasteful and workmanlike manner, and in 
- such labor a large amount of work is accom- 
n of all pair. - 
September 19, ISI'7. Mr. Strickler was married to Miss 
Anna G. Sandy, who has borne him one child, a daughter. 
Mary C. Strickler. In politics Mr. Strickler supports the 
Democratic party and is popularly esteemed by all the mem- 
ihe community and elsewhere, wherever known. 



CHARLES S. WEBER.' 

In Franklin county are to be found some of the richest 
and most fertile farming lands in the United States. In- 
here have even been claimed to be 
more proline ami more greatly varied in their products 
than tl . - amous river ' :a. 

--■ul and well 
- Mr. Charles Weber, whose farm and homestead 
ted about two miles the town ■ 

port. He owns a valuable thirty-acre farm, which, under 



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M ISS M \h< , \U I i \\ -Ml ERLAND. 



One of the verj prominent women educators ol ill ci.; 
is Miss Margaret W. Sutherland, Prim 
School of Columbus, one of the leading and ■ < ■ i ormal 
institutions of the State 'I hi: inipoi tanl and . 
position came to her in recognition ol lici h 
attainments and gn at abilitj .1- .1 ti a< In r Sin 1 
Normal Schi ■>] a great surer - and lia 1 j 1 1 ■ '1 fc r tin ir duties 
as teachers hundreds of the bes! educaloi in Cti 

Sin- uas born in Steubenville, Ohio Novembci > 1 ill 
and is the daughter ol Judge John Knox Suthei 
was .in eminent lawyer and jurist. Her mother wa Mi , 

Mary Lee Bready, the daughtei ol a pn enl fatnilj ot 

Philadelphia, where she was born and educated. ... 
being married to Judge Sutherland, then a youni 

To them were born five sons and foui daughi ur of the 

former and one of the latti r an decca ed 

Miss Sutherland was educated in tli '1 1 ol the citj 

of Steubenville, Ohio, graduating from the high cliool in 
June, 186(i. During the yeai following her graduation In 
united stud) and tra\ el, and visited many p!ao 
I [pon her return to Si< ubi n\ ilh . hi hi 
under private instructors \i the end 1 

-la completed a course suffn ienl to ai tain tin •' > Ph 

I). X < . 1 then content with her rare educational acq, 

she made .1 pei alt) of the ;tudj rman French and 

English literature and of Psychology. 

Having attained a high degrei ol proficiencj in tin c dc 
partmi nts she began u aching in tin ■. 1 adi d 
citj ol Steubenvilli and was promoted to the position o! 
Ili-li School (earlier in l-T"i 

In mt) she was tailed to the Principalship of the High 



School ol the cit) of Mansfield, win n 1 
tmguishi 1 01 the tad ai 

conducted thai institution, winning tin 
"i her pupils and the war mesl em omiums ol the B 
ion 
In lf-K!l, when her [ami .1 a ti ai In 1 
In 1 nativi Slati . sin wa , 1 .ill. ,1 to tin 
Normal School of < 'olumbus, m : 
lin position In ni: hold In tin disci ai gi I 

of Mils position she 1 01 and aliki tl 

ol pupils, parents, and vcIi.hiI ,,; 
Shi is at llii- tine tin ! 

1 . tin 1 )hio 

mitti 1 of tin ' Ihio Slate Teach 
. nly w oman in ( ihio w ho wa 

. 1 ional b dm 
In 1 n tin \ ii Pn idi nt fi 
officer ■ i\ .a tin .I. ah, ral 01 
Igll 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . ; p 
pi 
S 1 1 e i 

lie < Ilia, I , a, In , ' 

, iati Editi 1 .a ih. 1 dini 
of the \\ 1 ' I , ■ - 1 1 . , : : ■_■ 1 1 1 ei 

and 111 thai cam 



rienced management, is kept in a high state of cul- 
tivation and is developed upon the most approved modern 
scientific principles of agriculture, and with the greatest en- 
suing results. Tlu-rc is a comfortable homestead, ample 
stabling Facilities, and Mr. Weber owns eight fine horses, 
also an excellent stock' of cattle, hogs and poultry. His 
farm, in fact, is in every way a model one ami reflective of 
gri ii credit up< in its i iwner. 

Mr. Weber was born in Madison township, Franklin 
county. Ohio, on June 28, 1865, son of Charles and Louise 
(Comerson) Weber, who had a family of four sons and 
seven daughters. ( )f these, three daughters survive and but 
one son, the latter being the subject of this sketch. 

Mr. Weber was educated in the district school of Madison 
township, and alter leaving school worked upon his father's 
farm up to the date of his marriage 

The latter imp.. riant event occurred on March 11. 1889, 
Mr. Weber being unite. 1 to Miss Clara A. Yearling, a popu- 
larly known lady of Truro township, and they have an inter- 
esting family of three sons: Herbert. 10 years; Reuben, 8 
year-, and Edwin, 7 years. 

Mr. Weber is a Democrat in politics, is a must highly es- 
teemed neighbor and a gentleman whose information is fully 
I with that of the times. 



JOHN A. KILE. 

John A. Kile of Groveport was born in Madison town- 
ship, Franklin county. March 1. 1835. His father was John 
Kile, one of the pioneers of the region, his mother's maiden 
name being Mary Allgire. His father was one of the pion- 
eer farmers who helped to clear away the dense forests 
which covered the fertile valleys of southern Franklin coun- 
ty. There were seven children in the family, four sons and 
three daughters, of whom two soils and one daughter are 
living. 

The subject of this sketch was educated m farming with 
ler until he was 31 years old. He was elected con- 
stable of Madison township in 1864 and faithfully discharged 
thi duties of that office until 1868. Later he served for ten 
years on the Metropolitan police force of Columbus and 
was among its most efficient and highly regarded members. 
He also served one year as constable in the justice's court 
of Hon. Lot L. Smith of the city of Columbus. In politics 
he is a Democrat, and in addition to the above-named 
offices, he served as marshal and street commissioner of 
Groveport. He is at present marshal of that village. He is 
not affiliated with anv secret orders, patterning in this re- 
spect after the late Governor and United States Senator 
William Allen, who said that he only belonged to two or- 
ders, the Agricultural Societj ..i Ross county and the 
Democratic party, and that if lie had it to do over again he 
would join only the Democratic party. 

Ik was married on the 14th of April. 1864, and four chil- 
dren were born to them, of whom three are now living. Their 
union proved a happy one and Mr. Kile is affectionately in- 
terested in his family. 

In bis Mansfield official duties Mr. Kile exhibited the best 
types of prudence and dialect class, with whom he has been 
brought daily in contact for almost the period of an entire 
i .it ion. 

During all this time he won the respect of the public for 
his official integrity, prudence and sound judgment and .lis 
cretii .n and st ill retains it. 



Ri HIM1 DS \1. SENTER. 

Archimeds M. Senter of Groveport, Madison township, is 
a well-to-do retired farmer, who has lived an active and 
ic life. He was born in Fairfield county, (tin... Oc- 
tober 22, 1S44. 

II. is tlie son of Samuel Socrates Senter. who was mar- 
ried to Miss Susanna M Schliech, who reared a family of 
rer even ons and three .laughters, of whom four 
sons and one daughter are deceased. The first given name 
..f the -"ii and the second of the father, Socrates, indicates 
Senter family are descended from persons of not 
■■ neral, but classical education and reading 
The elder was ,-i prominent farmer and also n.i- engaged 



in butchering, and the younger, who was . ducated m the 
public schools of Fairfield and Franklin counties, for years 
was engaged in farm work, then drove a stage coach, be- 
came a clerk in hotels ami finally settled down to farming 
exclusively, m which occupation he was engaged up to re- 
cent years, when he retired from active labor. He was clerk 
in Madison township for a number of years, and was also 
both clerk and member of the village council of Groveport. 
efficiently performing the duties of these respective posi- 
tions. 

He is a Democrat, as are most of the male members of 
the Senter family; is a member of the Order of Odd Fel- 
lows, and has resided at Groveport continuously since the 
\car 1861. When he retired front farming he rented his 
lands and the income has largely contributed to bis support 
since his retirement. His present tenant is William Fry. 

He was married i n the 30th ^i June. 1886, to Miss Sarah 
E. Decker. They have no children, but enjoy the love and 
affection of their numerous kindred and the respect of a 
wide circle of friends. 

While Mr. Senter is best known in the community where 
he was born and reared, and where a high estimate is placed 
upon his character and good qualities, other members of the 
Senter family have filled public positions of distinction and 
great responsibility and, like their kinsman, have won the 
respect of their fellowmen. 



PHILIP C. Tc'SSING. 

Philip C. Tussing, one of the prominent merchants of 
Groveport. was born in Madison township. Franklin county. 
on the 23d of November, 1866, and belongs to one of the 
leading and widely known families of Franklin county, dat- 
ing back lo the pioneer days of the State. 

His father was Philip Tussing and his mother's maiden 
name was Phebe Seymour, who was also descended from a 
leading pioneer family. The elder Tussing was a farmer. 
To the couple were born nine children, five sons and four 
daughters. One son and two daughters are deceased. All 
the surviving children are happily married. 

The younger Tussing was educated in the common schools 
of Madison township. After leaving school he worked on 
his father's farm from 1S V '."> to 1887. He then entered in the 
1 usiness of market gardening on his own account and con- 
tinued it with success until 1891. At this date he formed a 
co-partnership with Edgar P. Dildine for the purpose of 
carrying on a general merchandise business in Groveport. 
the firm name being Dildine & Tussing. This firm is still in 
active and very successful business with a constantly grow- 
ing trade. 

He was married August IS 1887, to Miss Cora Mason. 
and to them were born three interesting children, two sons 
and a daughter. One of the sons is deceased, the two re- 
maining children being the sunshine and the happiness of 
the household. 

Mr. Tussing is a Democrat, as are nearly or quite all the 
Tussing families in the State. He was elected clerk of Madi- 
son township in 1898 and re-elected in 1900. He has twice 
been elected a member of the Board of Education and is 
now in his second term. He has been a resident of Grove- 
port since 1887 and is a prominent Mason. 

The father of Mr. Tussing was a most distinguished mem- 
ber of the Masonic fraternitv being a member of the Con- 
sistory and a thirty-second degree Mason. The Tussing 
Familj of which Mr. Tussing' s family is a branch is distin- 
guished in Central Ohio and beyond for the number of 
teachers, ministers, lawyers and business men it has pro- 
duced, and all of them successful in their profession and vo- 
cation. 



JAMES C. BOWER. 

James C. Rower, now a resilient of Groveport. Malison 
township, Franklin county, was born in All ghenv county. 
Pennsylvania, January 30. 1835, where his father. Alexander 
Bower, was an extensive farmer, and where he mari'.-d 
Miss Martha Couch. To them was born seven sons and five 
daughters in the family. 

Quite naturally the father selected another occupation 



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MRS \\\ \ I MITSCH 



Mrs. Anna L. Mitsch, the well-known North S'.cL bn i 
ness woman and milliner, was born in Sharon, Pa . <m the 
19th day of January. l.Mll. She is the daughter of S. G. 
Stitt, a retired stone contractor, who lives in the flourishing 
town of Gloucester, Athens county. Ohio Her mother was 



titt, an 1 to wh' mi the breaking 



III abeth Lyndsey, who married Mr 
four suns ami three daughters were b 
living. 

Mrs. Mitsch comes from a family noted for their longev- 
ity, her great-grandmother reaching the great age ol I 11 ! 
years, and other members "I the family coming close up to 
the century mark. ( 'n her mi ther's side she is descended 
from a historical Scotch family, the Lynds ys of I incoln- 
shire, noted in Scottish an I border history for centuries, 
and many of whom attained distinction in the various walks 
of life. 

She was educated in the public schools and graduated 
from the High School of the city of Nclsonville. the heart 
of the gnat mining district of the Hoi leaving 

school at the age of 15 and starting i in to nake her way 
thrcugh life, which she has succeeded in doing, building up 
,i good business, the proceeds of which she lias judiciously 
invested in Colum' us i eal i -i ate. 

She learned dressmaking ol her mother, who is a leading 
dressmaker of G'i uccster, and while sin- in an expert trjedlc 
woman, sl:e lias devoted her time and energies to the more 



artistic business ol millinery, in which she has me! with suc- 
cess. Three yeai • ag i shi i itablished hersi II in this bit i 
ness at No, II II North High street, where she has built up 
and still conducts a remunerative business. Previous thereto 
-lu had conducted the business for two years, but owing to 



I her health was compelled to ili.ni.bin 
n for some time. Her health being restored, she again es 
tablished herself in business and has followed il with. ml in- 
terruption since. 

\ i-s Mitsch has been twice married. In 1878 she married 
Madisi n Radcliffe, who died in I-: 1 3, at d in 1MU she married 
( ieorge Mitsch. 1 fer present husband is i onnected « ith 
Di'l & Reeves, asphalt contractors, and is a member of the 
\\ ,odmi ii .H the \\ odd 

She lias a si n, Arthur, aged 12 years, who attends the 
public schools, and is a bright and intelligent lad Mrs 
Mitsch is i rominent in sei ret and other ocii 
oil; Mistress at-Arms ol the Ladies ol tin Mai i abees, \ ii i 
! rcci ptress of the Auxiliary to the North Side ! '■ 
\ss,„-iaii. ii. . ml Poi .ill- .111.1 - in tin Societ \ il the Red Men, 
as well a - ! eing a soi iati -1 with othet social and hi 
ociel . m .'II of which she tab - a d< . , interest, 

She i- n. i alone a woman ol fine and practii al busim ss 
al ilities. I ul a favorite with bet 
genial and i In . r\ nature and her pli asant methods 
ing those an und In r -. e the brightel dde ol life 



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than farming for the subject of this sketch, who, after re- 

ceiving a practical education in the Allegheny county public 

cho 'Is, was apprenticed to a blacksmith, and he learned 

ide and started out into the world as a journeyman, 

finally locating in Athens county. Ohio. 

In 1862 he enlisted in I Company, Ninety-second Ohio 
Volunteer Infantry, as first lieutenant, Governor Tod hav- 
icsted him to recruit a company ami placed him sec- 
ond in command, and remained in active service until 1863, 
when he was mustered out because of ill-health and general 
physical decline. After leaving the service he went to Mon- 
tana, at that time called Idaho, to recruit his health and 
strength. Here also he had mining interests which lie per- 
sonally looked after. 

While there he formed a company of 420 people, conceived 
the idea of building flat boats for the purpose of floating on- 
the Yellowstone river, conveying them from the mountains 
io the States on the Yellowstone river. Upon arriving at 
Sioux City, however, the company disbanded and tin boats 
landoned, Mr. Bower making bis way home in 1865 
and again took up the blacksmith trade at Albany, Athens 
county, until 1*77, when he bought a farm. 

On this farm, located in Athens county, be began operat- 
ing a dairy of Holstein cows, which he Followed with great 
until 1894, when lie disposed of it to his two 50ns 
ml two d lughters, who are still operating it with equal suc- 
cess. In 1894 he removed to Columbus and built a large 
hoarding and sales stable on Champion avenue, between 
Bryden road and Franklin avenue, which he successful^ 
conducted until 1898, when be -old it to Mr. A. P. Whit- 
taker. In July. 1899, he purchased what is known as the 
John S. Rarey farm in the outskirts of Groveport. compris- 
ing I 11 ! acres of highly productive land, and here he removed 
in 1899 with his family, and where he ha- -nice resided and 
where he enjoys life and dispenses hospitality. 

Mr Bower was twice married. On the 15th of August, 

was married to Miss Lovica Cooley, who died in 

1890 1 >i this union four children are living. On the 17th 

01 May, 1894, he remarried to Miss Virginia J. Dilley. A 

daughter was born to this union. 

Mr. Bower is an ardent and active Republican. He was 
coronet ol Athens county for six years and eight years a 
member of the State Board of Agriculture, its president once 
and twice treasurer. He stands high in agricultural, social 
and political circles at home and throughout the State. 



S \MUEL E. H. KILE. 

Samuel E. H. Kile, formerly of Groveport, was born in 
Licking county. October 4. 1829. Hi- lather was William 
Kile, who married Elizabeth Evans, and to whom wen born 
a family of nine children, -ix son- and three daughters < me 
■ laughter and three sons are living. The elder Kile was a 
farmer and justice of the peace. He died October 17, 1887. 

The younger Kile was educated in the common schools of 
township, to which his father removed. After se- 
curing a practical education, he became a tanner, working 
on his father's farm until his marriage. Upon the day of his 
wedding he was presented with the fine farm just upon the 
outskirts of Groveport. which Mrs. Kile, the widow, still 

He was married on the 19th of February. 1852. to Miss 
\im.i Maria Johnson of Huntington county. New Jersey. A 
-on. Morris Kile, was born to them. win. i- a Farmer by oc- 
cupation, but is engaged in Alabama, superintending saw 
null- and lumber inti 

The subject of this sketch was a Democrat in politics, a 
successful farmer, an upright and highly respected citizen, 
whose death caused a universal regret in the community. 



CHARLES C \MIT.F1 I . 

The al I gentleman has seen more than Four- 

the year- of the nineteenth century and bis lengthy 
life has been a busy and most eventful one 

Charles Campbell was born in Quebec, Canada, on 1 .inn 

.:i \ 3, 1818, on the farm of his parents, Asa and Emily 

Campbell, and the family compri ed fivi 50ns and 

three daughters Ills education was received in the com- 



mon schools of Dundee district, Quebec, and bis practical 
knowledge gained from contact with business associates on 
the Ohio canal. 

At the age of eighteen Mr. Campbell came to Ohio and 
became a sailor on Lake Erie, continuing in this capacity 
for two year-, when he worked on canal boats on the Ohio 
canal from Cleveland to Portsmouth for another two year-. 
at the end of that time accepting a position with the firm of 
D. Wilson & Co . commission merchants of Cleveland. Ohio, 
remaining in their employ three years, when he wa- ap 
pointed captain of the canal boat "Grey Eagle." In a year 
he became owner ol" this craft, and for twenty-two years 
crried on a general freighting business, in winch period he 
al-'i became owner of the "Ocean Wave." the "Superior" 
and other canal boats. The canal business declining, be- 
cause of the growth of railroads, Mr. Campbell sold mi and 
conducted a general store, with a partner, the firm name be- 
ing Campbell & McCormick. In two year-' time be -old out 
hi- interest to Mr. McCormick at a loss and engaged in 
grain speculation, continuing very successfully in this line 
for two year-, but. in the third year, he met with reverses. 
losing nearly his entire capital. He disposed of the little 
interest he had left and became engaged in the tinning in- 
dustry, in which he remained up to 1864. when he enlisted 
in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer In- 
fantry and served until the end of the war. being mustered 
out in 1865, at Columbus. He then returned to Groveport 
and bought the hotel now known as the Campbell House, 
and which lie managed up to 1890, when he sold out to Mrs 
Martha McBrier. who is still in possession. On retiring 
irom the hotel business Mr. Campbell built ten handsome 
dwellings in Groveport. He has sold two of these, the rest 
are occupied by tenants, and his solebusiness now is attend- 
ing to his property interests. 

On July .17, lt-47. Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Fmi- 
line Luce, with whom be lived happily tin to the time of her 
death in the spring of 1870, and they had a family of six 
daughters and three sons, of whom one son and four daugh- 
ters are living. 

Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic Order, also of 
the Odd Fellows, and is one of the most estimable and re- 
spected of citizens. 



KARL J. HEXIGST. 

For the past score of years one of the best known and 
most popular citizens of Columbus has been Mr. Karl J. 
Henigst, who is numbered among the most expert veteri- 
narians of the Buckeye State, as well as a business man of 
pronounced talent, enterprise and executive ability. 

Mr. Henigst was born in Zweibrucken, Germany, on 
April 7. 1858, the son of Heinrich J. and Julia (Schaller) 
Henigst, the former a successful banker of Zweibrucken. 
The family comprised fi\e sons, of whom four are now liv- 
ing, and all of these four, including the subject of this 
sketch, have made their mark 111 the world. Three are still 
living in the Fatherland. Heinrich is a colonel on the gen 
eral staff of the Bavarian army and obtained advancement 
into the ranks of the nobility because of bravery and gal- 
lant conduct on the field. Emil, another brother, is a cap- 
tain in the Bavarian army, while the other brother. Oscar, 
wdio has taken his father's position as banker and financier 
at Zweibrucken. Germany, has gamed widespread promi- 
nence through having created branches of the German Gov- 
ernment bank in all the important government towns of 
Germany, lie is also active in military affairs, being cap- 
tain of the German Home Guards. 

Karl J. Henigst was educated in the common and High 
Schools ,,f Zweibrucken. graduated from the Royal Veter- 
inary Madcnn of Munich. Germany, in 1879, and in May. 
1880, emigrated to the United States. His objective point 
was Columbus, Ohio, where be established business as a 
veterinary surgeon in the Geigle livery stables, near the 
county courthouse, and he continued up to the spring of 
1896, when he wa- ottered the position of superintendent of 
the transportation department, and still continuing as veter- 
inary surgeon, which he held for many years previous, ol 
the L. Hoster Brewing Company, the foremost brewerj of 
the Capital City, and the offer met with hi- acceptance. In 
this highly responsible position Mr. Heniust has sole charge 



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VI ( >R It >\ II U'ES. 



The achievement ,>i success is an honor t" which mosl 
aspire. Fortune favors Ian few ami tin.- honored men ol in- 
day are those who have made themselves a name by earnest 
uc.rk and indomitable energy. In the roster of successful 
men 'M Columbus the name ,,i Mr. Morton Haves, whose 
lung connection with the carriage industry here has given 
him more than local reputation, stands for success deserved 
and honestly won. Mr. Hayes is a native of the Nutmeg 
State, and comes ol a family prominent in the earlj history 
ol New England, ami on his mother's side of a family promi- 
nent in educational circles. I lis Father, Edward Hayes, uh i 
died three years ago, was a pioneer in the carriage manu- 
facturing business, and a man whose name wa honored an 1 
whose unostentatious benefactions are remembered by many. 
His mother, was Rhoda (Kendall) Have-, win. survived her 
lamented husband but a few months. Mr. Morton Hayi . 
was born January 17. 1840, at Granby, Conn., where his 
parents were also born, lie received Ins earl} education in 
the public schools at Wheeling, \\ \a, where lie entered 
the army at but fifteen years of age, gave tip the love of home 
For that of country, and enlisted as a tion commissioned of- 
ficer and served through the Rebellion. I lis regiment was 
attached to the Army of West Virginia, and lie narticipated 
in a number ol engagements ami was a gallanl an I i arli i 
si il.ii, r II. wa- musti v. d .an .a 1 1 1 1 I'. .1. nil servii e in 
January. l. v i.."i. ami went I.. Cincinnati, O., and learned the 
carriage business with Mr. John Curtis In 1871. he c; : 



to Columbus, where lie has - : resided, and won business 

success, political preferment and social prominence. With 

his father and brother he -tailed in the manufacturi :ar 

riages under the style ..i Hayes < arriagi I ompany, wrhicn 
continued until 1884, when Ins father retired and the business 
was continued under the style of M & E. K Hayes, and still 
exists in successful operation Mr. Hayes ha; alwaj been 
prominent in commercial life and is interested in a number 

ol enterprises here, and has even been fore I in advancing 

the best interests in the city in everj legitimate ivaj He 
has sacrificed his personal interests to benefit the public wcl- 
fai e, and has been a prominent and influential factor in hon- 
esi Republican politics. He wa, a member ol the City 
Council for si> veai From 18H2 to I8!)8 and during his in- 
cumbencj of the office used his influence in tin adontion of 

many measures that were for the permanent •• I of the 

people. In 181)8 Mr. Haves was elei led a- < .emu [nfii man 

Director, and Ins manage ol this n i sihle office has 

una with the unqualified approval ol all riuough him the 

inlii niai \ was pul upi m a l.n m liasi c mi iderablj re- 

din ing it* . q>ense to tin taxpayei . and give il tin 

prudent administration thai ha- , li.n.i, lei izi d tin 

meiii .a his private I. mm. -- II. 

friends on even sid. II, is a lighl in (rati rnal ! 

m, m| } , , ,,, the 111 ol \\ ell Post. (1 \ U 

her of the Columbus Board nl I ra'de \ I honor, 

loval to In- friends and trin In hii 



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of all of the city delivery and shipping interests of the Hos- 
ter companv, which includes looking after the health and 
welfare of one hundred and thirty head of horses. Forty- 
five wagons are kept constantly busy in the service of haul- 
delivering the product of the Hoster Brewing Com- 
panv : upwards of sixty men are under Mr. Henigst's super- 
vision, and all his duties are discharged in the most efficient 
manner ami to the complete satisfaction of his employers 

In 1884 Mr. Henigst was married to Miss Fredericke 
["heobald, whose death occurred m 1895, and sin- bore him 
one child, a daughter, Julia, now aged fifteen. In 1896 he 
was united in marriage to Miss Anna Moeglich of Colum- 
bus, and they have had two sons. Hans Heinrich and Her- 
bert Herman Henigst. Mr Henigst, with his family, lives 
ai No. 51 West Livingston avenue, where he has resided 
since 1896 



WILLIAM WILLIAMS. 

The above-named gentleman has long been a distinguish- 
ed resident of the Capital City and has taken an active inter- 
est in politics and public life, greatly to the promotion of 
the country's good and permanent welfare. 

Mr Williams was born on October 7, 1854, sun of Wil- 
liam B. and Margaret Edwards, his birthplace being Ports- 
mouth. Ohio, and he was one of a family of eight children. 
all of whom are deceased with the exception of a brother, 
David L. Williams, who resides at Portsmouth. His mother. 
who is now deceased, was the daughter of a celebrated 
Welsh Methodist divine, and his lather is also of Welsh 
birth. The latter has been prominent in public life; was for 
fifteen years the Democratic city marshal of Portsmouth; 
has been a member of the City Council sin years, and is still 
a member of that body, though m his seventy-third year. He 
served in the War of the Rebellion as captain of Company 
C, Fiftv-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is a gentleman 
who has ever commanded the fullest esteem of all his fellow- 
citizens. 

Mr William Williams was educated in the public schools 
of Portsmouth and. on completing his studies, became a 
clerk in a mercantile establishment, in which capacity he re- 
mained three years, when he was appointed night clerk of 
the Biggs House. Portsmouth, filling this post three years, 
when he became day clerk lor three years, purchasing an in- 
terest in the hotel at the expiration of that time and. two 
i'. ii- later, he became sole proprietor. He conducted the 
h iusi up to 1883, when he sold out and came to Columbus, 
he having been appointed, by the Hoadly administration, 
steward of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, which position 
he filled until 1887. At the expiration of his term he pur- 
chased an interest in the American House ami held the 
same until 1897. In 1890 he was appointed steward of the 
Columbus State Hospital, by Governor Campbell, and held 
that i Thee two years. 

In 1894 Mr Williams was appointed, under the new char- 
ier law. as Director of Public Accounts, and served for a 
year, when Mayor Cotton Allen made him Director of Pub- 
lic Safety for two years, and under the administration of 
Mayor Samuel Black he was reappointed lor two more 
years more, so successful had been his regime. Mr. Wil- 
liams was chairman of the Democratic county central com- 
mittee in 1894, served for many years on the executive com- 
mittee, and was also treasurer of the Democratic state ex- 
ecutive committee in 1896-1897-1900 

' in April 15, 1880, Mr. Williams was married to Miss 
Emma A. Jones, and they have had one child, a son — Carl 
R. Williams — now in his eighteenth vear. Mr. Williams 
was formerly president of the Great Southern Hotel Com- 
pany and now resides at the Great Southern with his fam- 
ily lb I- an eighteenth degree Mason, an Elk, Knight of 
Pythias and Forester, and is popular in both social and 
public life. 



Ri iBERT DICKEY CONNELL, M I), 

01 the various schools of medicine, that of homeopathy 
has berii making the steadiest gains of recent years and has 
ivon mori converts than any oilier system of medical treat- 
ment. 

ol ih' i i skilled disciples of Hahnemann in Ohio 



is Robert Dickey Ccnnell, M. D., who. since 1879, has re- 
sided and practiced m the Capital City. 

Dr. Cc imell was 1 urn August 7. 18511. at Cowens i le, Que- 
bec, Canada, son of Lev IJavr! and Mary (Dickey) Con 
ne.l, and lormed < ne of a lami.y of five si ns an 1 three 
daughters, all of whom, with a single exception, are still 
living. His lather, while lorn in Glasgow, Scotland, was a 
sou of James Ci mull i f Montreal, Canada, who, at the time 
of his birth, being a prominent merchant of that city He 
later returned to Scotland and was educated at the Univer- 
sity of Edinl urgh. 

Dr. Council's mother was also of Scottish parentage an 1 
was born in Glasgow. Her father. John Dickie, born in 
Glasgow, was a Republican agitator, and for that offense 
against the monarchy for a time was banished from his 
country. Her brother. John Dickie, now deceased, was a 
successful cry goods merchant in Brooklyn, New York 

Dr. Conned was educated m the "ublic schools of New 
I ngland, and then entered Newbury Seminary, at Newbury, 
Vermont, a noted Methodist institution of learning. In 1863, 
being then in his nineteenth year. Dr. Council removed to 
Mansfield, Ohio, and worked hard to get a medical educa- 
tion. He attended the Homeopathic Medical College at 
Cleveland, and there was awarded the surgical an 1 anatomi- 
cal prize certificate on February 12, 1873. which entitled him 
to one grai uating fee. He refused to degree here, but re- 
ceived his certificate to practice from the Union Homeo- 
pathic Medical Society, Dr. John Myers being president, 
who was the father of the late L. D. Myers of Colum'us. 
Later on Dr. Connell graduated from the Public Medical 
College of Cincinnati. Coming to Columbus on February 
29, 1879, he opened an office on the site where the Great 
Southern Theater now stands, and has been at his present 
location on Long street for the past 10 years, he has ac- 
quired a large practice and a well-earned reputation of the 
highest character, and is an extensive property owner. He 
has taken an active interest in municipal affairs, and it was 
due to bis efforts that the transfer system on the Columbus 
street railroads was brought about. He is the oldest mem- 
ber of the Knights of Honor, is a member of the Masonic 
Order, and affiliated with the Democratic party. His father 
was an Abolitionist. 

On November 13, 1875, Dr. Connell was married to Miss 
Ruth E. Jackson, who was born near Gabon, Ohio, where 
her father was a prominent Baptist, coming to Ohio from 
Weld. Maine, and she is descended from good old New 
England stock. They have had one child, a daughter. Laura 
J. Connell. Miss Connell is a High School graduate; was 
also educated in the German Central building, Columbus, 
and graduated from the Ohio State University, when -he 
took her thesis under Professor Earnest Eggers. Miss Con- 
nell is a special German teacher at the Garfield Avenue and 
Twenty-third Street Schools and has the reputation of being 
one of the finest German scholars in the city. Her accent is 
perfect. 

Of Dr. Council's brothers ami sisters we append the fol- 
ic 'W mg brief mention ; 

William J. Connell. the eldest, is a lawyer, and for over 
twelve years has held the position of city attorney at ( )maha. 
Nebraska. He served as a member of Congress and was 
defeated for a second term by a small majority by William 
Jennings Bryan. But no matter what party is in power, he 
is always elected city attorney of that city. 

James K. Connell is a prominent jeweler in Portsmouth. 
New Hampshire, where be has acquired a fortune. 

David M. Connell. a namesake of his father, who was a 
commercial man, died in 1888 at Omaha, Nebraska. 

R. W. Connell. M. D.. is a well-known homeopathic physi- 
cian in Omaha, Nebraska. 

Miss Mary Connell was married to a Mr. Bliss Haskell of 
Vermont, who became an Indian agent at the Cissington 
agency in South Dakota. He afterward went to North Da- 
kota, where he was appointed county commissioner and was 
fatally injured in a runaway accident. His widow resides in 
this city. 

Miss Lillia Connell was married to the Rev. Herbert M 
Tenny of San Jose. Cab She is a medical graduate and au- 
thor of several works of note, including a pronouncing dic- 
tionary. Her husband, a Congregational minister, is a grad- 
uate of Yale University. 

Miss Laura Connell is married to Edward Sanlorcl, a ho- 
tel proprietor in California. 



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L< HIS LINK 

\ gentleman who for almos! .1 half centur) has been .1 public schools of his birthplace and Colnmbus. and in 1SC-1 

resident of Columbus and has witnessed il grow from an 111 established a liver) stable business here, to which, in 187S 

significanl inland town to its present importance and magni- he added an undertaking department. He owns a first-clas; 

tude as a foremost city of the U 11, is Mr. Louis Link slock of horses and wagons, also .1 complete line of coffin:, 

whose well-known livery and undertaking establishment is at and caskets, and handsome hearses, employs none but reli 

No. '-'1 West Rich street. able and experienced assistants, and in both branches ol In 

Mr Link's birthplace was in Germany, where he was born business is amply prepared to furnish the most satisfactory 

on April C, 1837, his parents, both of whom have long been service, 

deceased, being Toreda and William Link, the latter a cabinet Mr Link is a uid.iu.a-. his wife having died January l">. 

maker by trade. There was but on. other in the family, a 1900. thus ending a most estimable life He has two children, 

sister, who now resides .11 Chicago Mrs Lulu lank Davis and Charles lank, the lattet engaged 

Mr. Link came with his parents from the old country to in laundry business in this cit) Mr lank is a member of 

Columbus in ]>','■'. and ha- resided hen evei ;inee, becoming the Di mocratic party, served efficiently as ; ountj 

permanently identified with tin- community, uln.se interest'. in 1870, and as a business man and citi en !■>- evci been held 

he has done so much to promote II. was educated in the in the highest regard, 



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.1 \MKS POINDEXTER, D. D. 

: inherited. Sons of great men r.uc'y 
sh themselves individually. They arc. as a rute. 
their fathers. To attain distinction in 
n line with no friendly aid 1- to be beset with ob 
stacles ami difficulties. To achieve distinction and become a 
lite of all adverse circumstances i- a perform- 
ance in which 'tie may justly take due price, li. in addition 
to all otlur adverse circumstances, one happened to he horn 
ir ge brotherhood of man the colored 
race— when opinion v a IW divided, and 50 biturly 

ed that, as a result, a nation was plunged 
civil war the world lias even known: li. then, he 
should rise superior to all occasions, and from humble 
birth, he. her, an educator, and a lei 

; 
sion of inherent gri 
A sparkling representativi aracter, one who has 

made hi- name and g - known throughout 

- tes, is the Reverend Jam. 
ambus, one of the best known and most re- 
spected citizens of the Capital City. 

lames Poindexter, D. D., was born on October 26, 1819, in 
Richmond, Virginia, the son of Joseph and Eveline vFvansi 
Poindexter. His father was em loved in the office oi the 
Richmond Enquirer, and his mother died when he was hut 
four years old. at the time that a child most needed a fond 
mother's care. There was but one other in the family, a 
. who is now decc 
lames, our subject, had hut lew early advantages, and, alt- r 
attending til In- tenth year, became an assi 

a barber shop, a first da-- one. by the way. one patronked 
by the wealthy citizens oi the town, and it was from their 
conversation, and a quiet habit of observation, that hi 

men and things that ha- led him on 
through hie to achieve works, meet difficulties, surmount 
them and prove himself, indeed. 

"A man amongst men." 
The Reverend Doctor's bent was toward theology. He 
was affiliated with the Baptist Church, studied ami finally 
became pastor of the Second Baptist Church, ol Columbus, 
and was the officiating pa-tor of that congregation 

ars, during which lengthy period he preached to the 
riginal members, and still, by this eloquence, kept 
to the flock, and. after he had resigned In- pastorate. 
lis calline that he v 
deliver sermons and administer to their spir- 
itual wants. 

Dr. Poindexter has served two terms as a member ol the 
. Council, ha- been a number of the Board of 
Education for nine years, a trustee of the Blind Asy'um live 
years; was appointed trustee of the Athens College: i- serv 
ing his third appointment as a member of the Forre-ter 
Bureau of the State of Ohio: i- now serving his 
a tin-tee . ' ' and Industrial S 1 

partment at Wilberforce, a: "red man ever 

ed member 
In all ■ Reverend Doctor Poindexter is a man 

! bj the entire community, whose inter- 
ests he .. ■ Ij benefited. 



J \MES M. TOWNSEND, D. D. 

Inherent genius know- no particular race or nat 

ound m all parts of the earth and among all 

peoples. To rise from obscurity into public prominence, and 

o, in the face of many obstacles, prejudice and diffi- 

rtain indication that those who accomplish this 

must be endowed with nualities of a character superior to 

ordinary mankind. In America example- ol the 

kind have been innumerable. Xone. however, are more 

le nor more desen 

ellow citizens, who, born before emanci- 
pation v ortal Lincoln, have yet. de- 
spite the many adverse circumstance- against which they 
struggled, achieved through their own indefatigable labors, 

renown and a high, esteemed position in 
and the community at 1 

To this class belong; the Rev. Tames M. Town, end. D. D., 



pa-tor oi St Paul's A M. 1'".. church. East long street, the 
prim q al church for Capital Citi 

I'hi- reverend gentleman has achieved much fame and dis- 
tinction a- an eloquent and phenomenally -u. 

, he entered up' n hi- life work over (1000 new 

convert- have ben added to the churches that have been 

- charge, and during his yet I nei incum' cii.v over 

200 per-. >n- have professed religion through Ins persuasive 

nee. 
0\vnsend*S career ha- been a most active, useful one. 
replete with hard work and -t:rnng experiences throughout, 
and he ha- ever successfully met all duties and obligations 
that have fallen to I 

Dr Townsend was lorn on August 18, LIT at t . il 
;on of William and Mary I l.u Idmglon > Tov 
both native- ol Virginia, and the latter was connected with 
the old 1 uddington family "i thai - - Miner was a 

farmer and a gentleman held in high esteem by his neigh- 
lii- many manly qualities. His death occurred in 
1867; that oi In- widow in 1881. Their family consisted of 
- i son and four daughter-, ol whom but two arc now liv- 
ing, these being a married daughter, Mr-. Eva C, Sawyer ^i 
Zanesville, Ohio, and the subject ol tin- -ketch 

The latter attended the public schoi Is o Oxford, Ohio, 
and afterward took a -elect course at Oberlin Un 
llis theological studies were prosecuted after lcaviii" that 
institution. For four years he held the position of principal 
of the colored schools of Fvan-ville. Imh. at the conclusion 
of which period he was appointed pa-tor of the V M. F. 
church "i Richmond, Indiana, where he ha- owned a home 
lor 28 years, and is -till possessor oi the -.one He contin- 
ued that charge for three years, when he was called, to Terre 
Haute. Indiana, where hi- pastorate la-ted two years, 
which wa- followed b) a two "ears' pastorate at Indianapo- 
lis, Indiana. His ability having become widely recognized, 
he wa- next elected by the General A. M. F. Conference 
Secretary of the Home and Foreign Mis -non he 

most efficiently tilled for eight years, and during that period 
Iso elected (18851 and served for a term a- rcprc-cn- 
o the Indiana Legislature from Wayne count} 
the only colored member of that body, and he upheld the 
interests of In- constituents in the ablest manner. During 
the eight years that he was Secretary of Missions he travel- 
ed in the interests of his office m Mexico, West Indies an 1 
South America and paid two vi-it- to Europe. He resigned 
the secretaryship in 1888 to accept the office of Recorder of 
the General Land Office at Washington, under the adminis- 
tration oi President Harrison, and tilled tin- position three, 
year-, when he resigned and returned to Richmond. Indiana. 
■ -et about to secure donations for the 
building of a new A. M. E. church. The ground wa- owned 
by the congregation and on this a handsome edifice was 
erected with the nine thousand dollar- winch Dr. Townsend 
had secured. In addition to this, he also gave hi- services 
as pastor of the church free for an entire year ami placed it 
upon a most successful 1 

Dr. Townsend then received a call to Chicago, where he 
assumed the charge of Quinn Chapel, remaining there three 
\ears He wa- then transferred to Cincinnati, where he 

continued pa-tor of Allen Temple I formerly a Jewish Syna- 
gogue i lor lour year-. In October. 1900, he receive' 
from St. Paul'- A. M. E. church of Columbus, accepted, and 
succeeded the Rev. I X. Ross. who. in turn, took Dr. 
Town-end's place in the Allen Temple. Under In- earnest 
and untiring effort- a great revival ol religion ha- been ex 
perienced in St haul's church and main souls have been 
brought !'■ salvation Dr. Town-end i- a ripe scholar and 
forceful pulpit orator, and in recognition of his literary 
. i- in June. 1884 the hon aaiv degree 

iy Wilberforct University 

of which institution he i- a trustee Hi is al lirector of 

the Payne Theological Seminary of Ohio. 

i >n December 21, 1871, Dr. Town-end wa- married to 
Mi-- Cornelia A. Settle of Hamilton. Ohio, an 1 they have 
ree children, all daughters, oi whom two 
are living. The eldest, Leota, is now Mr- Coeein and a 
resident i Chii The youngi i bright child, is 

now attending the public schools of ColumMis. Di Town 
-end has been a life long Republican, and Odd Ff1'ov\ and 
member of the Masonic body, and -n religious, litei 

' private life, he enjoys the highest respect regard 
and esteem of all who know him. 



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\\ ill, nr Ellsworth King the wi II 1 nowr i olored In 
tant prosecul tornej 

Bi Imoni i MinM'. ' Ihio M iv 30, JM3 tin un ■ 

si i>li and Mat'azi mia Cartel 

Mi gl .in, lut 111 i Josi ph K it,;. 1 , ii 'I i 
Washington King, were nativi 
and i • .ii, i! ii, .it Harper' Ferrj in that stati I 

I mother, Lucy Washington, n a .nun 

in the family of Georgi : 

work carried off manj of the pi 

From Virginia he 1 1 i id to the Qua! ei 

Belmi 'I her hu »ba i i 

mitted by their master in \ 

King lived to the remarkable age of III 

I i ph King, the grandfather a 

vantage > of t n ter, tin 

same as the white children of the neighborh 1 1 [ 

butchei i e and ; i', d al V\ a hington. G 

( )hio, al iln agi ol ■• 1 Jo eph 1 

in I'.i In i ' Ihio \t th. 

In i ed ,i .i privati oldiei in thi O 

: to the sharp 1 ti 

■ rifli pit; 

Hi widow remarried, her second husl 
I saiah Smith, and she residi 
the oldest of two 

I )aisy ( ',. King. 

\t the death of his father Wilbm 
grandparents and 

Guernsey county until he was I", and tin 
School at l'i idgep, 1 1 Belmi ml i i tinty, from 
tiated at the age of IS re High 

Schoi '1 i 'in- ti rtn. and then toi ik . 
-, hool in ( 'oluml us, and -till lati t 
raphj in i In- chool ol Duncan & VI I 
tutorship ,,i present Common Plea Judgi i M 
i enten d the i 



aphei Latei In 

,i the law firm of B 

V R. [< ■ i deputy clerk in the Probate ' 

Franklin county. 'I hat engagi : 

i i ourl of < Jin,, June I I IHiWS 
admitti 'I to practice in the ' i 
tnmissii >n v. as i; sued two yeai - in .■• 
customary probation, 

displayed in conduct ing an importani ca c befon I 
npson 
II, has a wide and well-earned reputatiot 
and in t In - capacity he has beet 
of the Si 
stampii gi d he has di im n cl 

II, a tin mix r of the M. E. church, Mi. \ 
which he In 

, , i ml (1, gri e, Slirim r, G. 1 O. 1 K. , 
of the 1 Q I l lnl, 1 1' organi n 

i 'lul, and was il - president for tin i 

. . .... ,-Ann 

Presidi 

vard 
Republican Club and 
He has b. 

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U ! \ \\ I SLEY L. BURR. 

Weslej L. Burr was born in Georgetown. Brown county, 
Ohio, on the 18th of January, 1864, and is one of a rather 
noted family of ministers. He is the son of Rev. Ralph 
Burr, a prominent Baptist minister, now retired at the age 
of 89, living in the village of Williamsburg, Clermont coun- 
ty, Ohio. His mother was Miss Sarah Cumberland, who 
m thr 22d ol I leceml er, 1897. 

To Rev. and Mrs Ralph Burr were born 14 children, of 
whom 12 are living. Of these, five are ordained ministers. 
as follows: Rev. Elijah Burr of Hillsboro. Ohio; Rev. 
George Burr of Cincinnati, Ohio; Rev. Arthur Burr of Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio; Rev. James L. Burr of Carrollton, Kentucky, 
ail.] Rev. Wesley L. Burr of Columbus. Ohio. 

The other living children are: Lucien Burr of George- 
town, Ohio; John Bun ol Georgetown, Ohio; Charles Burr 
of Hillsboro, Ohio; Mrs. Hannah Ash of Cincinnati, Ohio; 
Mrs. Lucretia Sneed of Williamsburg. Ohio; Mr-. Martha 
Henderson of Williamsburg, Ohio, and Mrs. Samanthan 
Zimmerman of Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Rev. Wesley Burr was educated in the common schools of 

Brown county and studied theology in Cincinnati with Rex'. 

I emens and is a graduate ol Oberlin College, and at 

ill, agi of 23, in 1888, was ordained for the ministry at East- 

w 1. Ohio, where he was raised, and served as pastor of 

Todd's Run Baptist church for one year Then for three 
year- lie served as pastor of New Hope Baptist church at 
"Hillsboro. Ohio. He was for two years pastor ol the Car- 
i Baptist church, for three years and a half pastor 
oi the Second Baptist church at Madisonville, Ohio, and 
for three year- pastor of the Baptist church of South Salem. 
Ohio. In 1898 he came to Columbus, and on the 18th of 
December in that year became pastor of the well-known 
Shiloh Baptist church. Tin- society has been in existence 
fi >r i >\ er In years. 

With the coming of tin: Rev. Burr to Columbus, the so- 
ciety took a new and energetic life, and mainly through his 
efforts a new and beautiful church edifice was built and will 
be dedicated in June, 1901. It is of handsome Gothic archi- 
tecture and design and was erected in front of the old church 
building. This building cost $10,000 and will seat 500 per- 
sons with comfort. In all respect- it is a modern church 
building and presents a handsome appearance. 

Rev. Burr is unmarried In his political affiliations he is 
a Republican, but takes no active part in partisan politics. 
He i a member of the I O O. F., the Knights of Pythias 
and oi tin- Masonic Fraternity. He resides at No. 382 East 
Spring street. 



EVERETT J. WARING. 

Hon. Everett J. Waring, the well-known Afro-American 
educator and attorney, was born in Springfield. Ohio, May 
22, 1859, and i- the sou oi James S. and Melvina C. Waring. 
His father was a teacher by profession and was for somc- 
thing more than 15 years the principal of the colored schools 
of Columbus. His mother came of a prominent family of 
col,, red farmers at Fredericksburg, Virginia 

Two sons and three daughters were born to them, all of 
whom are highly educated. They are: Everett J.. Clarence 
C, Vldic 1... Ovella M. and Nora May. Everett J. Waring 
received his earlier education under the tuition of his father 
and then took the higher branches in the regular schools. 
Me graduated with honor from the High School of Colum- 
bus in 1n77. and from the Howard University of Washing- 
ton, D. ('.. m 1886. 

lb ivas a brilliant teacher and succeeded his father as the 
principal of the colored schools of Columbus, tilling the 
place between 1878 and 1882, and was the last colored teacher 
to hold that position in Columbus, the white and colored 
schools b. in-; merged in 1882. 

From 1882 to 1886, and while finishing his collegiate 
studies, he was examiner of pensions in Washington, D. C 
having I" mi appointed to that position at the instance of 
Senator John Sherman. Having completed In- law- studies 
and having been admitted to the bar. he began the practice 
in Washington, I). C, and Baltimore, Md., in 1886. He ha- 
inction of being tin- first colored attorney who ever 
argued a case befon the Supreme Court of the United 

When he was selected a- the principal of the colored 



schools of Columbus he was but In years of ;il4c. but filled 
the i ositi. n with the highest credit. In 1897 he returned 
ii -in Washington. D. C. to Co.uml us. where he had always 
retained his residence, and entered upon the practice of his 
profession with success and was acting police judge of the 
city m bin. He is a Republican and one of the most prom- 
inent colored Republicans m the State an 1 Nation. He is a 
member of both the Masonic and (bid bellow orders. 

( )n the 12th of January. L- v 7. lie was married to Miss Kate 
]•'.. Johnson of Baltimore, a highly cultured lady, and to them 
were born four bright and interesting children: Alice D., 
Nora E. and Kate C . .md Walter L. He resi les with his 
family at 713 Mt. Vernon avenue. 



ISAAC NEWTON STRAW I). 

Isaac N. Strawd, one of the prominent colored residents 
of Columbus, was horn in Warren county. Tennessee, Janu- 
ary 28, 1857, being the son of Mr. Silas and Mrs. Silla 
Strawd His father was a harnessmaker 1 y trade. Four 
children were born to them, two daughters ami two sons, 
Livi Strawd of the Indian Territory and the subject of this 
sketch. 

The latter was educated in the schools of Nashville. Ten- 
nessee, and at Delaware. Ohio. After leasing school in 
Delaware iii LS7!f he came to Columbus and engaged as a 
man-of-all-work in the hardware store of Kilbourne & 
Jones, on South High street, and continued with them for 
something over a year, when he was appointed by Governor 
Charles Foster as messenger for the executive office, being 
the first colored man ever appointed to any office by the 
Governor. 

He continued in this position for four years, during the 
whole of Governor Foster's administration In b vv l he was 
engaged as messenger m the State Library, where he re- 
mained for two years, and in 1886 resigned to take an en- 
gagement with the O. I. B. & W. R. R.. in charge of the 
chair car running over that line. He remained in that posi- 
tion for some six months, when he returned to Columbus 
and was appointed to the position of sanitary policeman by 
General C. C. Walcutt, the then Mayor, where he remained 
for about one year, when the State Librarian. John Doan, 
reappointed him to his old place as messenger of the State 
Library, and here he remained until 1890, also serving under 
State Librarian John C. Tuthill, Mr. Doan's successor, until 
1891, when he resigned and went to Kansas and Colorado, 
where he remained until 1895. 

He then returned to Columbus, and after a time was em- 
ployed by General Henry A. Axline. adjutant general under 
Governor Bushnell, in looking after the Statehouse grounds, 
where he remained until 1900, when he resigned the position 
to take the office of messenger in the office of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture of the State, where he still remains. He 
has discharged every official duty with fidelity and ability. 

In politics] he is a Republican. He is a K. of P., a Royal 
Anli Mason and Grand O. U. of the Pride of the West. He 
was married to Miss Jennie V. Brown. December 29, 1881, 
and to them three children were born, one of whom is de- 
ceased. Their surviving children are Charles B. and Edna 
May. 

He has been a citizen of Columbus since 1*711 and resides 
with his family in a comfortable home at -117 Taylor avenue. 



GRAHAM DEUWELL. 

Among the colored lawyers orators and public speakers 
and debaters of Ohio. Graham Deuwell stands easily at the 
head of the front rank and is one of the really self-made 
nun ..f the State and an honor to his race. 

Mr. Deuwell was born in Shelbyville. Kentucky, May 22, 
1848, his father being Oscar Deuwell. a musician and a shoe- 
inaker, and his mother was Miss Marj Brown. To them 
were born twin sons, one of whom is deceased. 

\li Deuwell was born in the town which figures most 
conspicuously in Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's celebrated 
book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." He was born a slave to a dis- 
tinguished lawyer iii Shelbyville, Kentucky. Hon. Martin D. 
\b Henry, who manumitted him and gave him as a free lad 



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WILLIAM FRANCIS \RMSTRON< 
Armsl ron- was one 



For a score of years William Fran* 
ni the best known citizens and business men oi Columbus 
and his record is one of the most reputabli < h irai ter Mi 
Armstrong was born on Y.\ I 1818, in tin town of Sun- 
bury. Pa., son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Cook) Armstrong. 
Many years ago his parents removed to Hibernia, Franklin 
niuiity. Ohio, where his father conducted an inn and won 
the popular goo I will Tin re were rivi sons and two daugh 
ters in the FamiK all of whom are now deceased. The edu- 
cation of William Francis Armstrong was secured in the 
common schools, and m leaving ;. hool he bei ame a blacl 
smith's apprentice. On becoming a journeyman he estab- 
lished business on his own account, and being an expert 
workman. Ins shop was well patronized. II. also establish- 
ed a general merchandise itore, in partnership with his 
brother. Thomas Armstrong, and the latter venture was 
continued until ISfil, when, in July of that year the homi 
stead and entire business premises were destroyed bj fin 
'I Ins event terminated the co partnership. Mr Armstrong's 
brother, Thomas, going to bis farm in Delawan county, 
wliilc In-, persi nally, engaged in tin 'ive >tod trade, buying 
and selling cattle of all kin-'s In tins his honest, straight 
forward methods secure' 1 a m -t substantial reward in the 
upbuilding of a large and most prosperous business In 1877, 



accompanied b) his estimable wife. Mr Armstrong removed 
to Columl-us, and in the Capital Citj continued as a live 
itocl dialer up to 18!-7. On Septembei 2! ol thai year hrs 
death occurred, at the age of seventy-nine years and five 
months, and his demise was deeply regretted thn 
the community. He at one time bad. held the postmastei 
ship at Hibernia; was treasurer ol schools and road taxes 
in Truro township for two years; was a life-long Repub 
lican and member of the old Whig party, to which the Re- 
pu'-lican organization succeeded, and was a member ol the 
Pioneer Association. Mr Armstrong was om ol the or- 
ganizers of the Mnl i i Exi hange Banl and i tod bolder 
and director of the same up to the time ol hi; demise, when 
his widow succeeded to bis interest in both capacities. 

( I,, | lei i mbi i !8 I ■" "■ Mi \rmsti ong « i married to 
Miss Margaret Chadwick of 1 icking county. Ohio, and this 
lad) now resides at No 117'. East Main treel witl 
i,i . Mrs Marl lia lane, « idow of Thomas \ 
late husband's I rothei Mrs Margaret \rm trong is ad 
m nistratrix of the i stati ol tin late Mr William Francis 
Armstrong, who was half owner of the Armstrong Block, 
s- uthwest corner of Mam and Fourth 

woman of marl ed ability and to her ad i. 
aid much of In r lamented husband's u 



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to his mother in 1858, his Father having died a few years pre- 
viously, after having by his own industry and effort pur- 
chased his own freedom and that of his wife. Graham's 
mother, paying |300 for the latter'- and $1000 for his own 
freedom. 

lie was married May 20, 1886, to Miss Julia Wilson and 
they have one son. Alfonzo Deuwell, aged II years. He has 
independent political proclivities and is strongly attached to 
the principles and policy of the Democratic party, being a 
prominent member of the Kilbourne Club, composed of ar- 
tisans and professional men, both of young and middle age. 

lie was also a member of t ",. U ( ) ( ). F. He has been a 
if Columbus since 1886 and resides at the corner of 
Neal and Naughten streets. 

From 1875 to 1886 he was elected from Springfield. Ohio. 
to every State convention which was held to represent the 
colored people of Ohio from that section of the State. In 
1883, when he was a candidate for the State Legislature, he 
came within one vote of receiving the party nomination for 
thai position. In the year following he was elected to the 
Republican National convention as an alternate at large, he 
and Rev. Poindexter receiving the greatest number of votes 
for the candidates before the convention. Mr. Deuwell was 
the alternate of William McKinley, now President of the 
United States. 

In 1885 he was appointed to a clerkship in the Adjutant 
General's office by Governor J. B. Foraker and filled the 
office efficiently until 1888, when he retired to enter upon 
the practice • law, foi wlr. h he had qualified himself. Since 
then he has been actively engaged in the practice, success- 
fully managing the cases entrusted to him, both on the civil 
and" criminal sides of the court, and has built a large and 
lucrative business in his profession. 

Mr. Deuwell enjoys a wide reputation as a public speaker 
and an analytical reasoner, not only among the colored peo- 
ple. Inn the white people as well, who listened with both 
pleasure and profit to his incisive ideas and the aptness of 
speech in which they are presented. 

In 1894 he received a proposition from a New York syndi- 
cate to become their attorney and representative in the 
Transvaal Republic of South Africa at a salary of $5000, The 
tact that Mr. Deuwell had the necessary diplomas to entitle 
l.im to practice before all county, Mate and Federal couits 
called the attention of the syndicate, marking him as a desir- 
able person for the position tendered. 

Owing to the enfeebled condition of his health he was 
compelled to reluctantly decline the proffer. He was the 
first colored man ever admitted to the practice by Judge 
Swing of Cincinnati, after most thorough and rigid exam- 
ination. 



FRAXK L. ROSE. 

Popular in every sense of the word is the gentleman 
name heads this sketch. He is known throughout a 
large section of the United States, and wherever known is 
gh in the esteem of all who have met him. A busi- 
ness man of ability, a most genial companion, affable in 
manner, and thoroughly at home with the world, he enjoys 
to the fullest extent "the good will and fellowship of all with 
whom he comes in contact 

Mr. Rose was born on February 7. 1866, in Chillicothe, 
Ross county, son of Lucius L. and Catherine A. (Halliday) 
Ro and was one of a family of four children — three sons 
daughter. Of these, one son, Edward, is deceased. 
If, names ol those living are: Ollie J.. Leroy H. and the 
subject of this sketch. 

The latter was educated in the excellent mil die schools of 
Columbus and. on leaving school, became engaged as book- 
keeper for the Provident Life and Trust Insurance Company 
oi Philadelphia, in connection with the Ohio State agency 
of that corporation. Later on. having fulfilled his duties in 
a manner most highly satisfactory to his employers, he was 
appointed traveling representative, ami this position he held 
until appointed to In- presi m position, that ol advance agenl 
for the "Greatest Show on Earth"- Barnum & Bailey's 

Mr Rose's father was a successful merchant, a man of 

Sterling integrity and marked ability, and a most estimable 

neighbor Mi- mother, a lovable lady, was of a well-known 

family. His brother, Leroj H. Rose, has 



been assistant city clerk for the past eight years. His sis- 
ter. Miss ( Ulie J. Rose, was married to Dr. James E. Deeper 
of Ironton, Missouri, who commands a large practice in that 
city, and who also controls vast interests in mining proper- 
ties in that State and also in other States. 

Mr. Rose has been a resilient of Columbus since a lad of 
12 years, and all his interests are identified with those of the 
Capital City. He. in the political world, is affiliated with the 
Republican party, and both in private life and business life 
is held in high regard. 



C. O. ROBBINS. 

\niong the various sciences, that of the optician has been 
brought to aplane of the utmost perfection and the greatest 
advance has been made in this country. 

An expert representative of this vocation is Dr. C. O. 
Robbins, the well-known scientific refracting optician, whose 
office is at No. •_':! East State street, over the City Hall Drug 
Store. He has met with much success in his practice and is 
a recognized authority in all matters connected with his pro- 
fession. 

Dr. Robbins was born in Fostoria, Ohio, on December '2ti, 
1861, son of Nathan Prentiss Robbins and Celestia (Proty) 
Robbms. There was but one other in the family, a brother, 
Frank E. Robbins, who is engaged in the marble industry at 
Fostoria. His father was identified with the Fostoria Stave 
and Barrel Company twenty-three years prior to 188H — since 
returned — and he and his estimable wife, who came of old 
Vermont stock, are favorably known residents of Fostoria. 

Dr. Robbins was educated in the public schools of Fos- 
toria and, on leaving school, learned the trade of tinsmith. 
He next embarked in the jewelry trade at Fostoria. in 1884, 
and conducted same a number of years. He then took an 
optical course at Cleveland, in 1888, under the tuition of Dr. 
Julius King. Later Dr. Robbins entered the Chicago Oph- 
thalmic College and completed a full optical course, gradu- 
ating from that institution, noted for the thoroughness of its 
instruction, in 1890. In 18117 he came to Columbus and has 
here become well known as an optician of distinguished 
merit and ability. His office is fully equipped with the finest, 
most approved mechanical and scientific appliances for the 
examination of eyes. He is a proficient skiascopist; by this 
method he accurately measures the refraction of an eye and 
determines in what direction an eye needs lense help and the 
diopric power of lense required without asking any ques- 
tions. 

The ophthalmometer, an instrument used by him. is the 
one that carried off the first prize at the Paris Exposition of 
1900. With this device the condition of the eyes can at once 
be ascertain! d 

In 1896 Dr. Robbins was married to Miss Mary Clarke of 
Tremont, Ohio, and they have a pleasant home in the Capi- 
tal City. He is a Republican in politics, a member of the 
Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank, also the Modern Wood- 
men of the World, and commands the general esteem of the 
entire community. 



FRANCIS W. BLACKFORD. 

Among the citizens of Columbus esteemed and respected 
not only for his sterling business integrity, but for his dis- 
covery of a remedy for the relief of suffering humanity, is 
Francis W. Blackford, who lives in comfort in his pleasant 
home at 92 East Eighth avenue, Columbus. 

He was born May 23, 1832, in the city of Washington. D. 
C, and is the son of Francis G. Blackford, long a clerk in 
the General Postoffice Department at Washington. D. C. 
and the grandson of a sea captain, wdio later became a large 
mill owner at Trenton. New Jersey. His mother's maiden 
name was Anna Maria Stone, and he is an only son and 
child. 

When eight years of age he accompanied his parents to 
the South, receiving his education in the public schools of 
New Orleans, where he remained until 1856, when he came 
to Ohio, located in the city of Chillicothe and engaged in 
the book and stationery business, in which he remained lor 
two years, and then, in 1859, came to Franklin county and 



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GEORGE BAUER. 

Mr. George Bauer, the prominent and successful baker, 
whose finely ecmipped plant is located at the corner of South 
Fourth and Rich streets, is a native of Germany, the land 
that has given to America many ol its most successfaT busi- 
ness men and progressive citizens He was born at Alfdorf, 
Wuertemberg, May 12, 1840, and is one of a family of six 
children born to Michael and Mary (Rau) Bauer, he and 
his sister, Mrs Christine Karl, of Nauvoo, 111., being thy 
only ones living. Mr Bauer was educated in the schools of 
his native laud, and when he had completed his education 
learned the bakers' trade of Ins father, who was an expert 
baker. In L858 he decided to come to America, and came 
direct to Columbus, where he was employed three years in 
the old Butler bakery on High street, near State. When the 
war broke out Mr. Bauer was placed in the commissarj ser- 
vici a a baker, where he served until 1806, when he returned 
to I olumbus and started in the bakery and confectionery 
business on South Fourth street, cornet Rich street, where 
he has since remained and built up a large and permanent 
business. 

Ills plant is completely equipped and he manufactures the 
hest grades oi bread, rolls, pa-try and hake stuffs, also con- 
fectionery, and has won deserved success Mr. Bauer is an 
energetic business man and a thoroughb public spirited 



AUG. BAUER. 

citizen. He was married June L2, 1866, to Mi-- Henrietta 
S. Beck, a daughter of Col. Frederick Bed,, and five chil 
dren have keen horn to the union, Herman F., Minnie S, 
August G., and Mane now living, .md Emma, who died in 
August, 1875 Mr Bauer is a member of the Hub Board 
of Trade since its origin, and a number of German soi ii ties, 

and in politics has always keen a consistent Dei rat, 

though not aggressive. Mr. Bauer is assisted in business by 
lus son, Herman F., whose residence is at 111 West Park 
avenue. Mr. Bauer resides in a prctt\ home at No 393 
South Lazelle street. His wife having died Maid, 26, 1901. 
August G. Bauer, practical machinist, son of George Bauer. 
was horn in this citv March 11, I87f> He received his edu 
cation in the Columbus public schools, and in 1890 started to 
learn the trade of machinist with George \ Gawler where 
he remained five years. Later he went to Xew Yorl < ity, 
with the Mereenthaler Linotype Co., manufacturers of lino- 
type type-settina machines, where he familiarized himseli with 
their construction and upon In- return to this i ity, w.i em 
ployed by the Lutheran Book Concern, having charge ol the 

machinery, where he remained for four and '-hall eeat 

( )n February 6, 1900, he purchased the business ol Georgi V 
Gawler, at 167-169 South Third street, and male, a specialty 
of general machine work. 



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settled .m the Dun farm, near Dublin, later moving to the 
Blackford farm, west of Dublin, where he remained for sey 
Hi .mam removed from Franklin county to Chil- 
licothe, where he remained until 1890, returning to Colum- 
the purpose of educating bis children at the Ohio 
State University. 

In politics he is a Republican. He was Justice of the 

Chillicothe in 1885. He recruited for the Thirteenth 

O. V. I. in 1862, and beginning with that year was commis- 

o enrollment at Washington, D. C, until the close 

of i be Civil War. 

He was married December 1. 1856, to Mi" jean Dun of 
Chillicothe, who was born in Philadelphia, Pa., her parents 
belonging to a prominent family. To their union tour chil- 
dren, three sons and a daughter, were bom They were: 
George Dim, Francis Webster, Jr., Robert Stanton and 
Jean. George was a railroad man lor a brief period, later a 
ranchman and then settle. 1 down permanently in Victor, 
Colorado, where he is extensively engaged in mining and 

• ting- 
Francis W.. Jr., is a civil engineer, living in Butte, Mon- 
tana, and for several years was city engineer. Robert Si. ni- 
ton is assistant surveyor of Franklin county. Ohio. Jean, 
the only daughter of the house, was i tecutive clerk at the 
Ohio S'tate University for five years ami is married to Mr 
i I Barnet, identified with the Pennsylvania railroad, with 
headquarters at Pittsburg. Mr Blackford's home hie has 
been delightful and all his children are happily situated. 

Mr. Blackford has earned for himself a well deserved 
reputation through his discovery of a remedy for the pile- 
bearing his name and which is effective m the most obsti- 
nate cases. This remedy is in capsules, which, being sucked 

as candy, is infused into the bl 1 through the affected parts 

with every pulsation of the heart. 

In 1870 Mr. Blackford was cured by this remedy alter suf- 
fering 15 years with a case pronounced absolutely incurable. 
Blackford's Pile Remedy has become "household words," 
and thousands of cases of long standing have disappeared in 
response to )ts curative qualities and properties. It is to be 
found today in every first-class drug store in the Central 
States Mr. Blackford's office and laboratory is at his resi- 
dence address, 92 East Eighth avenue. 



FREDERICK RAUSCHKOLB. SR. 

Frederick Rauschkolb, Sr., was born in Alsheim. II 

Germany, October 9, L829; is the son of Peter Rauschkolb, 
who held a government position in Germany, Ins mother be- 
ing Miss Maria Soterkarso. To them were born four sons 
and two daughters, of whom two sons are living. 

Mr. Rauschkolb attended the schools in Germany, after 
leaving winch he engaged in the construction oi government 
railways.iin which lie continued until he was 20 years old. 
Then the government called him to the military service, un- 
der the compulsory military laws, and he became a muske- 
teer in the Fourth Regiment, under Hauptman Ochsenstein, 
and served as such until 1853, when he took French leave 
and migrated to the United States, landing at New Orleans 
Deci mber of that year. He remained at New < Means for 
, ..ii and then came to Columbus, where he engaged with 
Cordon & Aston, at No. 20 North High street, in the stove, 
tin and hardware business, where he remained until L861, 
when he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regi- 
ment, I >. Y. I. He was detailed from the ranks by the mili- 
tary authorities and placed at making shells at the foundry 
of Ridgeway, and afterwards at Gill's, and here he continued 
for some two or three years. At this time he received a 
proposition from S. S. Cox. at that time representing Frank- 
lin county in Congres-. to go into partnership with Mr. 
Rauschkolb making shells for the government, but Mr. 
Rauschkolb refused, telling him that he would rather give 
his profits to the government, as he, S S Cox, was a Demo 
crat. After this he was ordered to ( ami' Green, near Cin- 
cinnati, and in the latter part of the year |sii| he was muster- 
ed out of the service at Columbus and again entered the em- 
Gordon & Aston, remaining with them until 1866, 
i established a bakery at -Mil bast Fulton street 

In |siis ] u . disposed of tin- business and engaged with 
I lamp ■ in in the si.,\ e and tuiw at i bl' mes at the 



corner of Rich and High streets, where he remained for 1 " ._. 
years. In 1887 Hon. Leonhard Hirsch, Supervisor of Public 
Printing for the State, appointed him as driver for the de- 
partment, which position he has held most of the time since 
and w Inch he is now filling 

Mr. Rauschkolb is a strong and aggressive Republican-, 
has been a member of the 1. I). < ). F. since 1858; is a mem 
her of the Druids. Harugari, I. O. of Knighthood. Ameri 
..in Protestant Association, and of the American Protective 
Association and I sther Lodge, No. 1. and Theodore Par- 
ker. Xo. 17.' He resides at 246 East Fulton street an 1 has 
i . sided m Colunil us since 18o4. 

He was married in June. 1854, to Miss Maria Schniering. 
who .he. I January 11. 1S95. Sin children were born to them, 
of whom four sons and one daughter tire living. The chil- 
dren are: Frederick, a molder, who is married: Lizzie, a 
most estimable young lady, who presides over the house- 
hold, looking after her father's comfort since the death of 
her mother: John, who is married and resides at 240 East 
Fulton street, who is a practicing physician and conducts a 
drug store on South Fourth street: Charles, who also is a 
practicing physician, having a growing practice, and Jacob, 
a printer, who is married. All the children reside in Colum- 
bus and tire highly respected. 



PAUL MONE. 

Among the "Sons of Sunny Italy" resident of the Capital 
City of Ohio. Paul Mone is among the conspicuous on< - He 
was born in Tuscany, Italy, m February. I860. His father 
was Fortunado Mone and his mother Candita Aldridge. The 
father was a prominent wine merchant in Tuscany. To them 
three sons and one daughter were born, the latter dying in 
infancy. Paul's two brothers, Gabriel and L. Mone. are 
well-known fruit merchants of Columbus. 

lie attended the schools in Tuscany. Italy, for two years, 
and then, at the age of 11 years, came to the United States, 
"oing to Evansville, Indiana. After remaining there for a 
few months he came to Columbus, and in 1871 engaged with 
his brother Gabriel as a clerk and remained with him until 
1875, when he engaged with his other brother. L. Mone, who 
conducted a fruit store in the Denig & Ferson block on 
North High street, remaining with him until 1883 

In that year he entered the fruit business on his own ac- 
count at 136 North High street, which he successfully con- 
ducted then until 1886, when he removed to 41 East Long 
street, where he had erected a suitable building to meet the 
growing requirements of his business. Here he remained 
until 1896, when he disposed of his Long street property and 
erected a more extensive and commodious building at the 
corner of East Rich and Champion avenue and started a 
first-class grocery and fruit store, which he conducted until 
1898, when he disposed of his buildim' to the Schlitz Brew- 
i ompany and opened a first-class cafe at that place. 

This he successfully conducted until 1899, when he disposed 
..f it and returned to his old home on a visit and for the 
purpose of attending the "reat Paris Exposition of that 
year. He returned to Columbus in 1900. ami in March, limp 
he opened a fruit and grocery establishment at I'M* South 
Fourth street, where he is now conducting a first-class and 
successful business 

II. was in. i ni.. I on the 13th of August. 1884, to Miss 
Emily Kaschee, and to them were born four sons and four 
.laughters line of the latter is deceased. Mr, Mone is ,,f 
in. I. p. n. lent views m politics. He is a member of the Fra- 
terlanza Society lie has been a citizen of Columbus for the 
past "1 years and n..w r. sides with his family at 554 Boone 
street 

JollX WILHELM. 

John Wilhelm was bom iii Rhein Hessin, Germany, Aug- 
ust 27. I860, and is the son of Michael Wilhelm. a contractor, 
who married Margaret Class. To them ten children were 
bom. U\c sons and five daughters, all of whom are deceased 
except John Wilhelm and .me sister. 

He attended the nublic school- m Germany, where he se- 
cured a practical education. Upon leaving school lie became 
a clerk in a mercantile establishment, in which occupation 
be continued until he was 22 years of age. and then cnii- 



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Mr. Phillip Wirthwein, one of Columbus' successful busi- 
ness men and influential citizens, was a native of Germany, 
burn at Hillesheim, Hessian. I Ictober 26, 1841. His father, 
George Wirthwein, gave the subject of this sketch, who was 
one of a family of seven children, the advantagi s ol a good 
common school education. When he was sixteen years old 
young Wirthwein came to America and direct to Columbus, 
where lie found employment in the store ol Phillip Esper, 
where he remained several years, when lie went to Philadel- 
phia and was employed in the large restaurant of Jacob 
Lauber. Tiring of this he decided to try his fortune .H '-'old 
mining, and with a party of gold-seekers journeyed across 
the continent to California, where lie remained mini 18G8, 
when he returned to Columbus and again entered the em- 
ploy of Phillip Esper and remained there null! 1872, when 
he purchased the business of Mr. Esper and continued suc- 
cessfully there until 1886, when lie built the large block 



I'll [LLIP WIRTHWEIN. 

known as the Wirthwein Block at Nos. 335-339 South High 



street. Upon the completion of the building Mi Wirth- 
wein opened on the ground floor the finest and mosl com- 
pletely appointed cafe in the city. Mr. Wirthwein was a 
man who won his success by his own unaided efforts and by 
honorable dealing lb has I" en twice married. On Feb- 
ruary is, ]S77. he was married to Miss Emma Richter of 
\Yw York, who died May 10, 1884. lie was man 
ih, ml time to Miss Catherine Friedrich, April I, L891. 



Mr Wirthwein is the father 
died in infancj The surviv 
Harriet M Mr. Wirthwein * 
circles and a member ol the 
the tune of his death, which < 
the lainiK residence at No. 
his widow and children still i 



liildren, two of whom 
ing children are 1 ,oui P and 
vas prominent in local < lei in. m 
Druids and Maennerchor until 
iccurred on Januai s 7, 1899, al 
i.TV South High street, where 
eside 



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grated to the United States. Landing in New York, he re- 

ii. d there for about four months and then came direct to 

Columbus, being satisfied that it presented the best business 
opening for a young man who had to depend upon his own 
industry and resources to make his way in the world. 

After reaching Columbus, he was imbued with the idea 
that Chicago was still a better place in which to locate and 
lie went there alter a short stay in this city. But Chicago 
was in a altogether what he expected, and he almost imme- 
diately returned to Columbus. 

Upon his return in 1883 lie entered int.. partnership under 
the firm name of Bensheimer & Wilhelm, opening up an ex- 
tensive grocery, rlour and feed store at 150 South Fifth 
street, which was conducted with great success. In 1889 he 
purchased the interest of bis partner and became sole pro- 
prietor, and in 1! he removed the establishment t.. 330 334 

East Livingston avenue, where he has conducted the busi- 
ness with great success ever since In addition t.> handling 
groceries, flour, feed and coal, he added a tine cafe, which 
also has proved a great success 

He was married August 30, 1888, to Miss Anna Ben- 
sheimer and they have two bright and intelligent bovi — 
b.liii. aged 11, and Henry, 5 years. In politics he is a Demo- 
crat. He belongs to the Order of Red Men and t.> the 
Knights of the Royal Arch. He is one of the most genial 
and whole-souled of men. II. has been a citizen of the city 
1883 and resides in his property at 330-334 East Liv- 
ingston avenue. 



REV. WILLIAM Z. R( »SS 

The late William Z. Ross was one of the descendants of 
the Rosses of Rosshire, Scotland, bis direct paternal ances- 
tor being one of the seven R..ss brothers who came from 
Scotland to America, and one of whom. George Ross ..I 
Delaware, was one of the signers of the Declaration of In- 
dependence. These brothers all settled in the Eastern 
States and became men of note and consequence in the com- 
munities in which they lived. The lather of William Z. Ross 
was Zenas Ross, who settled in one of the New England 
States. He came to Ohio and located m Licking county, 
near Johnstown, and engaged in fanning and died there in 
1826. His wife was Miss Julia Wright, the daughter of a 
prominent Licking county pioneer. Rev. Ross was born m 
Johnstown, Ohio, December i'I ,1820. The death of his 
father left him a poor boy and he was cared lor by his rela- 
tions and passed his earlier years at farm labor and secured 
sueh an education as was afforded by the neighborhood 
schools of that early day. Naturally bright and gifted, he- 
was able t.. educate himself by application and study far 
above the average young men of his tune, lie entered the 
Methodist Episcopal ministry when a young man and for 17 
years was a member of the Ohio M E conference and was 
superintendent of the mission work in tin- South, when he 
fell a victim to cholera at Shelbyville, Tennessee. The whole 
family was stricken with thv dread disease, and one daugh- 
ter, Sarah, aged 16, succumbed to it. Alter his death the 
hi. low and her three children came back to Ohio and made 
Columbus their home. Rev. Ross was married at Granville. 
Ohio, March 8, 1848, to Miss Charlotte Thurston, born in 
Granville. June 21, 1828, and the daughter of Peter and Eliza- 
beth Thurston. The Thurstons came of a very prominent 
Vermont family and men among the early pioneer settlers 
at Granville and that section Members of this family re- 
in..... I from Licking county to other Western States, and 
Senator Thurston of Nebraska is a member of the same 
family. Fifteen years after the death of Rev. Ross his widow 
married Newton L Bunner. who died March In, 1891. Mrs 
Runner died October 30, 1900. She was a devout member of 
the Third Street M. I'".. church, a Christian wife and a loving 
mother, and a most capable business woman, persevering, 
and seldom failed to accomplish what she undertook She 
w.i kindly and charitable in all her works and thinking al- 
-ill. i ■ rather than herself. She was closely associ- 
ated wnli lnr first husband in his missionary work during 
the year- of their married life. To them were born Sarah 
Elizabeth, who died at the age of Id, as above stated; James 
Mitchell of Cincinnati; Mary Alice, who was educated in 
schools until she was nine years old, when her mother" 



removed to C< ihiml us. where she attended the public 
schools of Columl us and graduated from the Central High 
School in 1878. Soon after she engaged in the profession of 
teaching in the i ublic schools, in which she has been very 
successful during the past 'ill years. She is now the efficient 
principal of the Spring Street School. Endora Frances, the 
voungest of the family, graduated from the Columbus High 
School in 1885 and died in 1887. 



FREDERICK SEUFER. 

Frederick, or. as he is more popularly known, Fred Seu- 
fer was I orn ill the city of Columbus on the 12th day of 
June. 1866. lie is the son of p.rnst G. Seufer, a saloonkeeper 
and restauranter, who married Miss Caroline Gerwig. and 
to whom were 1 orn four sons and two daughters, all of 
whom are living. "Fred" received a thoroughly practical 
education in the public schools of Columbus. After leaving 
school in 1881 he engaged with his father, who was in part- 
nership with George J. Hoster in their bottling department, 
lie continued in this employment until 1885, when he paid a 
visit to California and the Pacific coast, where he had an 
uncle in the restaurant business at Annahim. where he re 
mained until 1887, when he returned to Columbus and again 
engaged with his Father in the Hoster bottling department. 
In December. 1888, his father disposed of his interest in the 
business to the Hoster Brewing Company anil Fred was 
promoted to the position of superintendent of the depart- 
ment, an important and responsible place, in connection 
with the vast interests of the brewing company, in which an 
average of 125 persons are regularly employed, and he has 
continued as superintendent since that time. Mr. Seufer is 
what may be called a Liberal Democrat. He is a member 
of the I. < ). (). F. < )rder. a Red Man and a member of the 
Liederkranz. He was married to Miss Bertha Erfurt on the 
22d of August, 1889, and they have two intelligent children. 
Bertha, aged Id years and Fred J. M., 4 years. He has re- 
sided all his life, except his three years' visit to California, 
in Columbus, and now enjoys the comforts of a happy house- 
held at 1054 South Pearl street. 

He is not only an energetic and successful business man. 
but one of the most genial of gentleman, and has a host of 
friends wherever he is known. His father is a native of Ger- 
many, who came to the United States many years ago and. 
as above stated, formed a partnership with George J. Hos- 
ter m 1876 m the bottling business. When the elder Seufer 
disposed of his interest in this business to the Hoster Brew- 
ing Company in 1888 he opened a first-class cafe and bowl- 
ing alley at 342 South High street, which he disposed of in 
1898 and removed to Groveport, where he conducts the 
banners' Exchange, a popular cafe and restaurant and 
where he still resides. 



JOHN WESLEY LOGAN. 

John Wesley Logan was born in Alexandria. Huntington 
county. Pa.. November 27, 1836, and is the son of William 
Logan, who married Miss Anna M. Moccabee. His paternal 
ancestors were Irish. His grandfather, George Washington 
Logan, was born in Ireland. He was a Presbyterian, and 
because of religious persecution and ostracism, he emigrated 
to the United States at the age of 18 and worked on the con- 
struction of the Juniata canal in Pennsylvania, became a con- 
Iractor and erected many of the iron furnaces in that State. 
In the war of 1812-15 he organized a company and was com- 
missioned captain and served with distinction during the 
war. He married a Pennsylvania Dutch lady and died near 
Tyrom, Pa , some time in the seventies. His father. Wil- 
liam Logan, was born near Holidaysburg, on the Juniata 
river. He worked at the trade of wagonmaking in winter. 
and m summer operated a canal boat, carrying freight and 
passengers \iter bis marriage he made his home at Alex- 
andria and Petersl urg, Pa., and died in the latter place in 
1842 from injuries received while boatiiv. Hi- widow was 
twice subsequently married — to Mr. Stullerbarger and, upon 
his death, -lie married Mi Welch. She died near New Al 
1 any. Franklin county, Ohio, in September. 1865. 

lohn Weslej Logan was educated in the schools at Pcters- 



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MARK i.\ A I'.KI DGE 



The gentleman above named is a native of Franklin ( 
ly. and one of its besi known anil most popular officials 
ha- ever been a warm supporter of the Republican i 
has served for several years a- a member of tin Repub 
Central Committee, and has ever commanded the hi; 
esteem and fullest confidence of his colleagues and wit 
« h. .111 he has ci ime m contact. 

Mr Bridge was born mi November _'_'. 185(i, son o 
seph (' and Susan (Bechtol) Bridge, and formed one 
family of four suns and two daughters, "I whom all arc 
living with thf exception ol the daughters Mr Josep 
Bridge was a carpenter by trade and held the positii 
foreman of John Fields & < <> up to the yeai <a hi- d 
winch occurred m 1858, I nt his widow is still living in 



The subject of this ski 
schools of Franklin count 
an apprentice in the sign 
& ( 1 1 . n maining in their 
purchased the plant and i 
own name. Ins headejuarte 



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f and. 
ivritini 



!s edui 
on lea\ 



,1 the 
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oun- street, over the Ohio Furniture Company's store lie di- 

lle reeled this enterprise lor fifteen years, when he sold out to 
ai\>. accept the position of superintendent of the McAuley 
he. in Peters Tent and Awning Company and remained in then 
Jic-t employ until 1896, when he received the appointment of in 
It all spector in the department of the < lino Dairy and Food 
Commissionei He acted in tin- capacity up to lSiis, when 
f fo- he was appointed chief clerk in the office of tin- department, 
,,j ; , ? .nd this position he still continues to most efficiently fulfill 
the ('titles oi. 

(in Ma\ IT. 1881, Mr Bridge was united m marriage to 
Miss Corilla Hedges, an Upper Sanduskj Ohio, lady, and 
the) have an interesting family of five children three sons 
and" two daughters, and reside at the homestead No I' 
Michigan avenue. 

ated m the public Mr. Bridge is active in fraternal organizations being a 
in., school became Supreme Representative of the Knights of Pythias and 
tdt'h Field Rrothcrs member of the Uniform Rank. Odd Fellows' Encampment, 
„,, year? when he the Patriarchs Militant, Maccal.ee-. Elks and Jumoi Ordoi 
I a, mess under his ..f American Mechanics, and he commands the utmost re 
k'l South I1il;1i gard and u 1 will oi all his fellow i 



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burg and, after the death of his lather, the family removed 
to Huntington, Pa., where he attended the schools and se- 
etired the average education of that day. When a boy of 14, 
ami for the purpose of contributing t < > the support of his 
mother, he drove mules on the towpath of the canal for his 
uncle, Gazaway Moccabee, and followed that occupation for 
nearly 1" years. At different times he worked at the black- 
smith trade for his stepfather, and also as an apprentice to 
the cabinetmaking trade for a year and a half at Hunting- 
ton. He came to Ohio in 1855 with his mother an 1 step- 
father, Thomas Welsh. Prior to this time lie had worked 
aboard the steamers in the Delaware and Chesapeake bays, 
iming to ( )hio he was engaged lor a time m boating 
on the Ohio canal. 

In 1858, when a financial panic put an end to business in 
Ohio, with his wife and his mother's family he removed to 
Pittsburg and began boating on the Ohio river, first as fire- 
man and later as assistant engineer I w o years later, they 
all returned to Ohio, locating at Grove City. Franklin coun- 
ty, where for a year or more Mr. Logan was engaged in 
farming. Then lie removed to Plain township, where he en- 
gaged in farming for some years Later he came to Colum- 
bus and conducted a meat store at Mam and Scioto streets. 
Two years later he accepted a position as fireman of the 
Statehouse, under C. M Ridgeway, and .luring the admin- 
istration of Governor Foster, Adjutant General \V. H. Gib- 
son made him engineer of the Statehouse. 

When the State administration changed he became en- 
gineer at the city prison, under Mayor C. C. Walcutt, and 
later acted a- engineer of the Union Depot, under Barney 
which place lie was forced to relinquish because of 
serious illness. After recovering his health he traveled 
throughout the State and introduced a new and improved 
coupling for lead and iron pipes. Hon. Frank E. Hayden, 
collector of customs, tendered him the position of chief jani- 
tor and assistant custodian of the Custom-house and Post- 
office Building of Columbus, which he accepted for four 
He was then reappointed as engineer of the city 
prison and held the position for two years, under Director 
Mutchmore. After the election of President McKinley in 
1896 he was reinstated as chief janitor and assistant custod- 
ian of I he Custom-house under the civil service law. and now 
holds the position. He enlisted in the army while a resident 
of Plain township. February 12, 1863, lor three years, in 
Company A. Sixtieth O. V. 1.. commanded by Colonel Mc- 
Elroy. Captain E. D. House was his company commander. 
He was mustered out of service at the Delaney House, 
Washington. D. C. August 8, 1865. He served m the Ninth 
Corps of the Army of the Potomac, under General Burn- 
sides, and participated in the following battles: At the Wil- 
derni --. May 6 to 11. 1864; Nye River. Max 9, 1864; Spottsyl- 
\ania. May 12, 1864; North Anna. May 22 to 26, 1864; Gaines 
Mills, May 30 to 31, 1864; Bethesda ( hurch, Maj 31, 1864; 
Cold Harbor, lime 6 to 12, 1864; in the James River move- 
ment. June 11. 1864; Petersburg, June 16-18-19-22, 1864; Je- 
rusalem Plank Road. June 24, 1864; Weldon Railroad. Aug- 
ust _'l and 22, 1864; explosion of Petersburg mines. July 30, 
1864; Reams Station. August 25, 1864; Peebles Farm, Sep- 
tember 30, 1864; Poplar Grove Church, October 2, 1864; 
Hatchers Run. February 5, 1865; Fort Donaldson. March 
25, 1865; capture of Petersburg. April ■"'. 1865, ami Lee's sur- 
render, April 9, 1865. Mr. Logan is an active Republican, a 
member of the Grand Army of the Republic and one of its 
past commanders, a member and class leader of the Third 
Street M. E. church, a member of both branches of the 
I O. O. F., and is also past chaplain and past vice comman- 
McCoj Post, Xo. l.C. A. R. 

Mi was married in Columbus, February 12, 1857, to Miss 
I orinda Troxel of Marble Cliff, who was born in Franklin 
county on May 19. Her father was Jacob Troxel. a 
own and an early pioneer. He built the Marble Cliff 
Mills and run them for years. To them were bono Louisa, 
wife of C. M. Day, ae.<ni Adams Express, Denver, Color- 
ado; \niia. dud December 31, 1876, at the age of 18; David, 
bookkeeper .it Elliott's bakery; Effie, deceased; Eva, wife of 
William A. Case. Ravenna, (duo; Lucretia, wife of C. O. L. 
Cooper, attorney, Washington, D. C; Nellie, deceased: John 
W., Jr., of Denver, Colorado, married Jessie Lyons; Birch- 
aid Hayes of Denver, Colorado; Eli abeth unmarried; Lor- 
inda, wife of Stanlej Matthews, Elyria, Ohio; Bessie and 
William, both decea ed Mi and Mi Logan resides at a 
pleasant home at No 645 Franklin avenue. 



LOUIS MENDEL. 

Louis Mendel, one of the very well-known Columbus mer- 
chant tailors, was born in Russia on the 23d of December. 
1876, and is the son of Wolf Mendel, a dry goods merchant, 
who married Miss Rebecca Charitansky, a lady of Russia, 
and to whom were born three sons and four daughters Two 
of the children died iii infancy. Those living all reside in 
Columbus and are: Louis. Dora. Daly. Elday and Isaac. 
Louis Mendel picked up a fair education in his native coun- 
try, largely by his own application, and accompanied his 
parents to this country when 12 years of age. in 188!*. The 
family -ailed from Bremen and landed in Baltimore. He had 
learned the tailor trade in the old country to some extent 
and completed it in the Eastern cities. He came to the city 
of Columbus in 1894, and soon after his arrival entered into 
business for himself, establishing himself on Fast Main 
street, where he remained for a number of years. Later he 
became one of the partners in the firm. "The High Street 
Tailors." but withdrew from this firm, preferring business 
by himself, and set up an extensive merchant tailoring es- 
tablishment at ■>'■',<> North High street. At this place he em- 
ploys a number of hands, averaging from eight to twelve, 
and has a large amount of business, one of his specialties 
being the finest and most artistic lines of custom tailoring. 
He is one of the most expert cutters in the trade in Colum- 
bus and carries a large and complete line of both foreign and 
domestic woolens. He is in all respects a self-made man and 
is supplied with those progressive ideas which never fail to 
bring success with them. He has been more than ordinarily 
successful in his business undertakings in this city and is 
well established in business circles. He resides at 963 Dela- 
ware street. Columbus, and was married to Miss Rosa Bro- 
tine of New York City on the 3d of January. 1901. His peo- 
ple are residents of this city. His father, who is absent from 
Columbus temporarily, conducted a very extensive dry goods 
business in Bremen before emigrating to this country. Mr. 
Mendel is a Republican in his political affiliations. 



DAVID HUDSON. 

DavK. Hudson was born in Macclesfield, England, a silk 
manufacturing district. November 4, 1831. His father was 
Joseph Hudson, a butcher by occupation, wdio married Miss 
Mary Hudson, who belonged to a highly respected English 
family. David Hudson was the only issue of the marriage. 

He educated himself most largely. About the only real 
"schooling" he had was with a private teacher and on Sun- 
day Many of the youth of the place had but little if any 
time during workdays for educational pursuits. David and 
two boy companions employed a teacher to give them an 
hour's instruction every Sunday, for which they jointly paid 
him a sixpence, or about 12% cents in American money. 

He came to America in 1857 on a sailing vessel and the 
voyage occupied ">7 days. He first located at Paterson, New 
Jersey; later in Camden, in the same State; then at Philadel- 
phia, and finally in Columbus in 1871. Before leaving Eng- 
land he served as an apprentice to the trade of silk dyeing 
for seven years and became an expert in this line. For many 
years he manufactured all his own chemicals for dyeing 
purposes. 

He first began business in Columbus at 27 West State 
street, where he engaged m dyeing and steam cleaning. On 
the Mh of April, 1884, he removed his establishment from 
that place to Nos. 53 and 55 South Front street, where, un- 
til recently, he continued with success in steam cleaning and 
dyeing. Having met with fair success and amassed suffi- 
cient to keep him in comfort during the rest of his life, he 
retired from the business. 

He did not, however, dispose of his real estate. He re- 
tains the ownership of the valuable property at 53-55 South 
Front street, as well as some valuable parcels of real estate 
in the northern part of the city. By the practice of wise 
economy and judicious investment of his earnings he is now 
enabled to enjoy the fruits of his labor and live at ease and 
comfort. 

Mr. Hudson is a Republican in politics, a Mason and Odd 
Fellow and a Forester. He was twice married. First, in 
1855, in Miss Mary Elizabeth Brooks. One son, George 



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REZIN W. BELL, 

FINANCIAL OFFICER OF ["HE OHIO INSTITU 

Tli IN M IK THE EDUCATION OF Til E 
BLIND 



Rezin W. Bell, the steward or financial officer ol the Ohio 
Institution for the Ec'ucation of the Blind, one of the finest 
buildings of the kind in the world, was born in Bellville, 
Richland county, Ohio, on August -'-"> I.- "!1 being .1 son of 
William Bell, farmer, and Susan (Strong) Bell, whose par 
ents were also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was 
one of a family of four daughters and tw'o sons, two of 
whom arc ('creased. Those living are: Eliza \ Bell, now 
Mrs G. II. Johnson of Mansfield, Ohio; Sarah J Bell, now 
Mrs. C. 11. Dewey of Omaha, Neb., and a relative of Ad- 
miral Dewey; Mrs Emma M Evarts ol Murnhyborough, 
111., and the' subject of this sketch. The lattel alien, led the 
public schools of Bellville, on leaving which he served as an 
apprentice in a tinner's establishment, and aliei learning 
the trade, worked as journeyman 111 Mansfield, Ohio, and 
Farmington, Mo., until 1858 Becoming inoculated with the 
gold fever germs he migrated to California and there work- 
his trade in San Francisc 



following which he worked for two 
gold mines of Calveras county 



id a half 
exl p 



,1 1 



as a clerk in Conrad Platts's hardware store at Mokelt 
Hill Cal At the 1 utbreak of the Civil War he « is on 
the organizers of the Mokelumne I 1 1 1 1 Rifle Comp 



raised to defend the Pacific coast, and remained an active 
member up to the cessation of hostilities. In 186C Mr Bell 
returned to Bellville. where mercantile life engaged his at- 
tention up in 1877. He served two years as an 1 >ffi< er of the 
United States Senate, and in 1880 was elected steward of 
the Ohio Institution for the Education ol the Blind, hold- 
ing that position up to 1884, when he retired; re-elected in 
1886, retired 111 1890, and was re-elected in 1892, from which 
period he has continued the financial officer, and by his ex- 
ecutive ability and business experience has greatlj pro 
moted the welfare and interests of tins praiseworthy insti- 
tution 

Mr. Bell has always keen an active, ardent Republican 
and a member of the party since its inception He was one 
of the organizers of the Buckeye Republican Club, March i", 
1894, the main objects of which are the advancement and 
perpetuation of the principles of the Republican party and 
the -mi ess of the regular Republican candidates Mr Bell 
comes of Scotch ancestrj and his antecedents were earl) 
settlers in this country. In 187-1 he was married to Miss 
Kate Bonar and they have had one child. Miss Bertha 
Bonai Bell, who is popularly known in society. 



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Hudson, was born to them He is now ;i plumber at 
Ohio In l x >'-'. manj years after the decease oi 
ie was married to Miss Christine Gramlich of 
tins city. 



J( MIX JONES. 

John [ones was born in Hallidaysburg, Blair county, Pa.. 
December 22, 1835 His father was Mr David Jones and 
his mother was Miss Ann Galbraith. who was a first cousin 
ral McClelland. Her oarents died in Philadelphia. 
I lie subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native 
home and secured a good education in the public schools oi 
Blair county. After completing his education he learned the 
trade of blacksmith. 

When a young man he migrated from Pennsylvania to 
Ohio, and in 1861 enlisted from Clarksville, Clinton county. 
Ohio, as the three month--' service at the open- 

he Civil War. At the end of this enlistment he re- 
enlisted for three year- m the Eleventh O. V. I. ami served 
out the full term of the re-enlistment. He served most of his 
tune nn.ler General Sherman ami was assigned to duty in 
of the blacksmithing in various commands for a 
large portion of the time. He was an active participant in 
Shiloh. 

Upon hi- muster out at the close of the war he went to 
the little city of Blanchester, in Clinton county, ami worked 
at his trade ami was married there on the 2d oi August, 
1865, to Miss Caroline Smith, whose maternal grandfather. 
Joseph Higgins, took a prominent part in the War of the 
Revolution Mi-- Smith was horn in Clinton county. Ohio, 
m 1847, her parents being Jacob ami Jane (Higgins) Smith. 
Her father was born in Virginia ami her mother in New 
Jersey. Having both migrated to Ohio, they met ami were 
married and located on a farm in Clinton count-, They died 
in that county. They had two sons m the Civil War — John, 
who served in the 100-day service and died in Newtonville. 
Ohio, and Joseph, who served a- a private in the Eleventh 
0. V I. 

John Jones, the subject of this -ketch, removed to Mc- 
Arthur, Vinton county, Ohio, with In- family from Blan- 
chester and engaged in business there, where he remained 
until the time of his death m 1880. lie wa- an active and 
ardent Democrat in hi- political faith, and in his 
was a Presbyterian. 

In ISM hi- family removed to Columbus and now make 
their home at 361 Fifth avenue. The children of Mr. and 
Mi- Jones were: Annie M.. a trained nurse in Columbus 
graduate from Bellevue Hospital, New York: Jennie 
Belle, who died in early girlhood; Charles Morn-, superin- 
tendent of the Coe Collegi I 1 ' Rapids, Iowa: 
Mary A., wife of Elmer Criag of Columbus; Leola Daisy, 
the Columbus High School and a teacher at 
the Hubbard School, ami Rubj Louise, an accomplished 
pher. 



WILLIAM H. AINSWORTH. 

William II Ainsworth, one of the well-known attache- of 
o Institution for the Education of the Deaf and 
Dumb, was born in Duchess county. New York, January 4. 
1843. Hi- father was Nathan Ainsworth. an ax manufac- 
turer, who married Miss Mary Lucas, to whom four sons 
ami one daughter were born. John Ainsworth of Washing- 
ton. 1). C. and William Ainsworth of tin- city are the onlj 
sitrvr 

Mr. Ainsworth received hi- early education in the public 
schools oi Duchess county, New York, and at the . . 

.it work in a cotton factory. Later he worked on 

Men Buffalo and New York City, and then, at 

d in the Forty-third X. Y. I. for three 

■ 

Civil \\ burg, Gettysburg. Rapoa- 

the Wilderness, where his 

that it- amputation wa- neces- 

ihe service at Albany, X. Y.. in 



1865. ShortK alter he engaged in conducting a restaurant 
a t [>oy, N, Y. He disposed of this business in 1868. In 
1876 he came to the Military Home at Dayton. Ohio, where 
he was the storekeeper of the institution until 1890 

He left the Home at that time and lived with his family 
until 1892, when he was appointed storekeeper of the Ohio 
Institution tor the Education of the Deaf and Dumb at Co- 
lumbus, in which capacity he ha- served continually ever 
since, under all the different administrations, and ha- dis- 
charged the onerous and responsible duties of the position 
to the entire satisfaction of the board of trustees and State 
authorities. 

Mr. Ainsworth was married at Springfield. Ohio, on the 
8th day of April. 1881, to Mi-- Marv R. Davis. They haw 
no children of their own. but have a bright and intelligent 
adopted (laughter. Miss Edith, aged 11 years, who brightens 
their home at 7>7 Franklin avenue, one of the beautiful resi- 
dence di -t net- of the Capital City. 

He is a Republican in his political affiliations, but there is 
no parti-ani-m m his discharge of the public duties devolved 
upon him by his position. He is a member of the I. O. O. 
F.. Buckeye Lodge. Xo. 47, Dayton. Ohio; a K. of P., Hope 
Lodge 277. Dayton, Ohio: of I. C. McCoy Post, No. 1. G. 
A. R.. Columbus, Ohio; of the Buckeye Republican Club of 
the same city, and a member of the Reformed Protestant 
ehureji. 

As a soldier he was brave and always ready for duty. 
whenever and wherever that duty called, and as a citizen he 
l- no le-s faithful and useful. He is respected and esteemed 
by all who know him. 



GUSTAVUS S. GRATE. 

I rustavus S. Grate, the well-known machinist and sta- 
tionary engineer, now in charge of the engine department of 
the Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, 
was born in Franklin county, Ohio, January 6, 1842. He is 
the son of Vincent Grate, a carpenter, who married Miss 
Hannah Cope, and to wdiom were born two sons and three 
daughters. Mr. G. S. Grate and his three -i-ter- survive. 

He attended the public schools in Franklinton, now the 
West Side. Columbus. After finishing his school studies he 
was apprenticed to the machinist trade, after finishing which 
he became an expert stationary engineer, which became his 
life profession. He worked a- stationary engineer for Mr. 
Schaff until he enlisted for three years in the Thirty-first 
Regiment. O. V. I.. September 31, 1861. when he was mus- 
tered out because of physical disabilities. 

He returned to his home and, partially regaining his 
health, went to Nashville, Tenn., where he became station- 
ary engineer For the United States government for some 
time. He then resigned the place and again enlisted, this 
time in the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment. O. V. 
I., under the call for 100-day troops, in 1864, and again re- 
enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Regiment. 
O. V. I., and served until the end of the war, being muster- 
ed out at Columbus, Ohio, in 1865. He was in the battles of 
Mill Spring and Bermuda Hundreds. Columbus, Tenn.. 
Nashville, and several less important skirmishes. 

In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of J. C. 
McCoy Post, Xo. 1. G. A. R.. Columbus, and of the Sta- 
tionary Engineers' Association. He was married in 1S72 to 
Mi-- Nettie Lyman and five children were born to them, 
namely: Frederick, deceased; Catherine, aged 26; Mrs. 
Grace Hurdington, aged '_':!; Mr-. Olive Kelly, aged 19, and 
Anna Ruth, aged 9. He is a life-long citizen of Columbus 
ami resides with hi- family at 6*26 We-t State street. 

His efficiency ami reliability a- a stationary engineer has 
Ion- been recognized, making In- services in demand. Dur- 
ing the seventies he wa- chief engineer in the Institution for 
the Blind for a period, ami for over two year- during the 
eighties he was in the engineer'- department of the Colum- 
bus State Hospital for the Insane. 

In 1892 he was made chief engineer of the Institution for 
the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and served in that ca- 
pacity until 1899, when he was removed for political reason- 
alone. 

However, in 1900, he was again appointed to the position 
because of In- recognized fitness and great efficiency, ami is 



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EMERY A I. \SON I \ liKI II 



This well known citizen ol ' oluml)ii and I i ml I n county 
was born on February 14, I s ".". .it Frankfort, Hcrkimci 
. . .11 n i j New York, his parent s being Cyru I 
of Connecticut, who was engaged in tin grain and shipping 
business, and Margarel I \i I. j I 1 ■ 

old V i r i' id in family Then was bul one othei in tin familj 
I- in. ry' In other, John, who died in \pi il, I ■-"■". 



1 1 ii ■. Mil In ■ I; 

si. mli. . 



ilj Ml ISfi'J 



Mr. Everett removed to C< >1ui 
and established a grocery at the 
ington and < >ak street 

Emery A. Everetl had atti ndi d the Fori I 
nitn.il. on the Hudson river, from which In graduated in 
l -'r- .ii. I on coming here the follow in; 
business career as a clerk in hi After 

the expiration of a few years Emery and hi 

en both given an interest in tin e tabli hineni 
tinn name of I I erett & Sons In 1-' I th. de. 

plored death ol the • nioi partne: Em i y 

bought the interest of his brothi i and proprie 

toi tinuing the I ii hi. up to lWHi. undei 

of I I .r. tt & Son, but since the latter dati 
ii mi under his own name. 

Mr. Everett is unmarried, bul 
the corner of Washington avenue and ' i 
with all modern home comfort 



of his 



i [ohn. 

Mr. E cretl h; nd I i 

part in politii 
I i part) and ha held a nun bi 
among them I 

.... 

118 
On O ! r7, 

the Gov. ' 

N'ational Guard, and throt 

. 

eccived his dis. 

Mr Even 
the thirl . 

Knights of V 



still in charge of the engineering department of that great 
public benefice. 

Both in private and public life he lias commanded the es- 
teem and respect of his fellow-citizens, as well as of the offi- 
cials of the public institutions in which he has performed 
ices for the State. 



JOHN M. FREESE. 

fohn M. Freese is one of the prominent and most thor- 
oughly educated and equipped architects of the Capital City 
of the State, and one who enjoy- a large and increasing 

business m Ins line, and also one who gives the most com- 
plete satisfaction to all who have occasion to engage his 
services. 

Some of the most important structures in the city have 
been erected in accordance with his architectural ideas, 
plans and designs. As an architect he possesses great orig- 
inality of conception as well as execution oi details. 

lie was born in the city of Cleveland on the 16th day of 
August, 1859. He is the son of John Freese, an extensive 
contractor, and his mother was Miss Mane Cleveland. To 
them were born three sons and three daughters. The daugh- 
ters are deceased. He entered the primary grade ol the 
Cleveland public schools in his early boyhood and gradu- 
ated from the High School in 1872. He then attended the 
School of Technology at Boston, from which he graduated 
fully prepared for his subsequent profession. 

lie came to Columbus in 1 SS4 and entered upon his busi- 
ness career as an architect and has remained here ever 
since, with Ins present address and offices at 89 Wesley 
building, where he is constantly engaged meeting with and 
serving his large number of patrons and clients. 

Mr. Freese is unmarried. In his political affiliations he is 
a Republican. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a 
Shriller, and from the very nature of Ins profession takes a 
great interest in the works and ideas of the orders to which 
he belongs. 



hangings and interior decorations, employ some 40 me- 
chanics and have executed many important contracts, among 
them Icing work on the new Union Depot, the Athens 
>,iiii house, Athens. Ohio- Girls' Industrial School, Dela- 
w are, ( )hio, etc.. etc. 



FRANK P. MILLER. 

The skilled painter and decorator occupies a most im- 
portant position in the industrial world and is a foremost 
factor in promoting the beauty and comfort of our homes 
on] ci immunities. 

\ thoroughly trained member of this vocation in Colum- 
bus is Mr. "Frank P. Miller, who. since April _'. 1894, has 
In en associated in partnership with his father. Mr, Thomas 
t Miller, wdio is one of the oldest and most prominent 
painters and decorators in the city and has long been en- 
gaged in business here. The firm have their headquarters 
at No. 895 North High street and a branch store of equal 
-i e ii No. 680 East Long street, which is in charge of Mr. 
Frank P. Miller's sister. Miss Florence Miller, a young lady 
of excellent business capacity. 

Frank P. was born in this city on August 7. 1878, and 
there were two others in the family, his sister Florence and 
a brother, now deceased. Mis parents. Mr. Thomas C. 
Miller and Mrs. Mary I'. Miller, have long been among the 
well-known and most estimable citizens of Columbus. His 
education was obtained in the excellent common and High 
Schools of Columbus, and at the age of Hi he began his 
bu im ss career as clerk in a grocery, after winch he became 
a cushion maker in the factory of the Columbus Buggy 
Comjany, and later a clerk with the London Cloak Com 
pany, following which he entered the wall paper trade, and 
since 1894 has been a painter and decorator. 

< in \pril i'. L894, he was married to Miss Nellie Hanson 
oi [_Jtica, X. Y . and they have had two tine children. Helen 
and Edison. Mr. Miller is a Republican politically aim is 
ipularly known m the community. I lis father, Mi 
Thomas C. Miller, is a membei ol the executive hoard of 
the Master Painters' and Decorators' Association, and at 
the eighth annual convention ol that body, held in July, 1899, 
delivered a very able address on the subject: "What Are 
the Profit ol a Master Painter?" for which he was tendered 
oi thanks 

The Messrs Miller carry about $20, I worth of paper 



JOHN T. BARR 

The present incumbent of the position of City Clerk of 
Columbus, Mr. John T. Barr. is one of the most efficient of 
all tla.se who have ever tilled this responsible office, and his 
duties are met in a manner eminently satisfactory to all who 
have 1 tisiness « ith him. 

fohn T. Barr was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, Novem- 
ber 26, 1853, and received his education m the common 
schools and I'hasantville Academy, on leaving which he 
served several terms as teacher. Later he completed a full 
course at the Commercial College. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 
and. coming to Columbus, entered the employ of the Co- 
lumbus Buggy Company, with whom he remained for l(i 
years. He has taken an active, public-spirited interest in 
the affairs of the city; served for three years as a member 
of the Common Council, and. later, after filling for a year 
the unexpired term of his predecessor, was. in 1898, elected 
to the position of City Clerk, which he continues to till in a 
characteristic, able manner, continually gaining friends 
through his conscientious performance of duties and his 
straightforward business qualifications. 

Mr. Barr's parents were Samuel Barr and Catharine 
(Hamniel) Barr. the former a successful farmer ami admin- 
istrator of estates. In December, 1890, Mr. Barr was mar 
ned lo Miss \da Evans, and their happy union lias been 
blessed by two children, Walter Evans and Mabel Louise 
Barr. In fraternal circles Mr. Barr is a member of the Ma- 
sonic Order. Odd Fellows and Elks, and m both business 
and social life is held in highest regard. 



CHARLES R. MADDOCK. 

Since 1892, an active and successful position in the indus- 
trial world of Columbus has been occupied by Mr. Charles 
R. Maddock, superintendent of the Columbus Woolen 
Manufacturing Company. 

Mr. Maddock is a native of this State, having been born 
in Portsmouth. Ohio, on March 17, 1850, his parents being 
William H. aiid Elizabeth (Buffington) Maddock, the for- 
mer a manufacturer of woolens, and his mother was a sister 
oi General A R. Buffington, chief of ordnance. Mr. Buf- 
fington is one of the most prominent men in military circles, 
being the inventor of the disappearing gun, pronounced one 
of the best now in existence. He is a gentleman of much 
prominence tn the military world. There were nine children 
in the family of which Charles R. Maddock was a member, 
five sons and four daughters, and of these, two sons and 
three daughters now survive. The subject of this sketch 
attended the common schools and High Schools of Ports- 
mouth. Ohio; also took a course in Smith's Business Col- 
lege, from which he successfully graduated and, on complet- 
ing his education, he at once entered upon a business career, 
becoming employed in Ins father's woolen mill. Afterward, 
together with a brother, he established a woolen manufac- 
turing business under the firm title of Maddock Brothers, 
located at Portsmouth, < duo. for '_',"i years, and for four 
years located at Fremont, Ohio, the three last years of 
which he carried on operations under his individual name 
and management, In 1892 he removed to Columbus, where 
he has had a most successful business career. He i- now 
general superintendent of the Columbus Woolen Mill Com- 
pany, of which Mr. ( Uto Bick is president. The company 
have a tine plant at No. 240 West Main street, fully equip- 
ped with the most improved machinery, all of which was set 
in place by Mr. Maddock. who is an expert mechanic. Thirty 
experienced hands are employed and soecialties are made ol 
blankets, shirting and prison cloth The g Is are of uni- 
form excellence and have a wide sale. 

Iii February, 1879, Mr; Maddock was married to Miss 
Elizabeth B. Salt and they have had four children, of whom 
two sons and one daughter are living. 

Mr. Maddock is a Republican in politics, a member of the 
Knights of Pythias, and a most highly regarded citizen. 



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II \KkY G CLARK. 



Harry G. Clark, a man of great promise and genial na- 
ture and characteristics, was born in Hamilton township, 
Franklin county, on October 8, 1842, and dud on the 28th 
day of August, 1889, at the comparatively early age of 17, 
just m the prime of his mature manhood. 

He was the son of Dr. Jeremah Clark, one of the leading 
physicians and one of the most successful practitioners of 
Franklin county, and his mother was Miss Julia Fox, the 
daughter of an extensive Farmer and breeder of fine and 
standard stock. To them were born sis sons and two 
daughters Mrs. M. M. Platter and Mrs. Ann S. Heer, two 
sons and two daughters of whom are living and occupy 
high positions in the communities in which they reside. 

The deceased was educated in the public schools of Ham- 
ilton township and at the Wesleyan University at Delaware, 
Ohio, where lie was distinguished for his studious habits 
and the proficiency he exhibited in all bis studies, standing 
well in all bis classes and taking an interest in all the class. 
college and literary exercises, in all which be was ,it all 
times foremost. 

Alter leaving college he responded to the dire needs of bis 
country in the great Civil War of 1861-65 and enlisted in the 



Union Light Guards under the presidency of Abraham Lin- 
coln, and .lev. .ted three of his best years of Ins life to the 
service of lus c .untry. 

At the close of the war be returned to Ins home and again 
took up the thread ol bis young life on bis lather's farm, 
where he remained engaged in agricultural and othet put 
suits, being no less the useful and obliging and publii >piri1 
ed citizen than be was the intrepid and patriotic joldiei and 
national defender. 

lie was married on the 26th of September, lSi',7, to \nn.i 
H. Millar, and to them was bom one son, win., with his 
lather, is in the Ureal Beyond. Ills untimely death produced 
universal sorrow among his classmates, comrades in amis 
and the entire community m which he lived and ovel 
whelmed Ins wife and the companion oi In- youth and man- 
hood. 

His widow now resides at Groveport, beloved and honor 
ed by all lor her many •Iw,]- of kindness and her patient 
resignation to the inscrutable decrees of Providence which 
deprived her ol both husband and child The d. ci as< d r. 
sided all In- l,fe. excepl when absi nl attending colh 
in the service of lus country, in Hamilton township. 



and 



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WILLIAM EDWARD RESTIEAUX 

Was born on March 11, 1869, in Columbus, Ohio, and has 
ways resided here, where all his life interests, professional, 
isiness and domestic, are centered. 

ither, William II Restieaux, is a merchandise 
oker m Columbus, a business man of high repute; his 
other was fennetta Kennedy and came from a most i xcel 
nt family. ' They had three children in all. two daughters 
id a son, the latter the subject of this sketch, and one 
lughter is deceased, the one living now being Mrs. Ralph 
earner. 

William Edward Restieaux was educated in the public 
diools of Columbus, alter which, having chosen architec- 
ts as his life vocation, he took a course in architecture at 
imbia College, New York, also spending some time 

that city and Philadelphia, following up ami studying the 
motis lines of Ins profession. Me is now a co-partner in 
le firm of McAllister & Restieaux. architects and builders, 
ith offices at No. 11% North High street. 
The building part and supervision of construction is in 
targe of his colleague. Mr. McAllister, while all matters 
>pertaining to architecture work is given attention to by 
r. Restieaux, who is completely at home in all branches 

his profession. Plans and designs and specifications for 
ructural work of all kinds are prepared by him. and many 
indsome residences and business buildings, etc.. stand to- 
iv as substantial evidences of his skill. 

On January 12, 1899, Mr. Restieaux was married to Sarah 
. Freeman, a lady of excellent personality and womanly 
lalities, ami they have a comfortable residence m the city, 
i his political belief, Mr. Restieaux is a Republican; he 
lids membership in the Masonic fraternity, and is a most 
ipnlar member of the community. 



county. Ohio. There were four boys ami two girls, the 
names of whom were: James B.. Charles !"... William J., 
Clarence R.. Elizabeth, and Nora, now Mrs. Holcomb His 
father. James McLaughlin, who was born in Ross county 
and died there in 1878, was married to Miss Martha Roby. 
They were desirous of conferring upon Clarence the benefits 
of a good education. He began his scholastic course in the 
Koss county schools ami was then given a course m the 
Normal School at Worthington. 

At (he age of 19 he left his studies determined upon busi- 
ness pursuits. He went into the lumber business with his 
father, remaining until he was 'Jl years of age. 

lie then removed to Bainbridge. Ross county, where he 
continued m his business pursuits until 1884, when be de- 
cided upon a change of base. 

As Ashland. Kentucky, afforded many advantages, he cast 
his fortunes there. I lit in 1888 he came here. 

On the ! th of May. 1,^77, he was married to Willa E. Gra- 
ham. The children by this marriage were: Clarenci G., 
Harold IT. Edgar, and (".race. On January 30, 1888, was 
married in Emma Tobin; one child l>v this marriage is Mor- 
ns R. 

Mr. McLaughlin has attained large property interests He 
owns in the States of Virginia and West Virginia 15,000 
acres of standing timber: in Indiana and Kansas to the ex- 
tent of 300 acres. He has lour dwellings in the city and re- 
sides in one of them at (!■-! Smith Place avenue. 

Mr. McLaughlin attained considerable prominence in the 
affairs of Kansas. He was made Judge of the Western Dis- 
trict, under Governor St. John, from 1879 to 1880. He is a 
Republican in politics, a member of the F. & A. M.. York 
Lodge, a Knight Templar, a thirty-second degree Scottish 
Rite Mason and a member of the Whist Club. He is con- 
nected with the M. E. church and is active in the promotion 
of its best interests 



T. J. ABERNETIIY. 

Among the law advocates and successful exponents of 
risdiction affiliated with the Franklin county bar must be 
eluded Mr. T. J. Abernethy. whose law offices are at No. 
South High street. 

Mr. Abernethy is a native of Ohio, his birthplace being in 
ickaway county, wdiere be was born March 27, 1866. on the 
rm of bis parents, Robert and Hester (Bolin) Abernethy. 
e latter of whom is deceased. Four sons comprised the 
mily, anil Mr. Abernethy's brothers. E. R.. W. J. and J. M. 
bernethy, are all engaged as teachers in different sections 

the country. He attended the public schools in Pickaway 
iimty. followed by courses at the Lebanon Normal School 
id the Delaware (Wesleyan) University, after which he 
ad law in the office of Abernethy iS: Folsom, at Circleville, 
bio. .,i which firm his uncle is a member. Deciding to 
lange his base of operations, he came to Columbus on Jan- 

iry 1. 1! and established a law office here, in which ven- 

re he was fully justified by the liberal patronage that has 
in,' been accorded him. He is thoroughly versed in legal 
■ocedures, conducts a general law practice and fosters his 
ients' interests in every way that skill and experience could 
rect. 

Mr. Abernethy was married to a charming lady. Miss 
lanche Mitchell, but she. unfortunately, met with an un- 
mely disease, leaving two interesting children. Henrietta 
id Elizabeth. 

Mr Abernethy is affiliated with the Democratic party and 
as nominated a candidate for Common Pleas Judge from 
ickaway county. The only county in the district — a Re- 
iblican stronghold — being Democratic was Pickaway, and 
s opponent bad a narrow escape from defeat, as be re- 
iced tin , ustomary Republican majority by over 2500 Mi 
bernethy devotes close attention to bis profession, keeps 
lly abreast of the times, and bis standing in legal circles 

of the highest. 



CLARENCE R. McLAUGHLIN. 

Clarence R. McLaughlin, one of the foremost ol Colum- 
ts lumber merchants, was born May 2, 1853, in Highland 



PURL A. NICHOLS. 

Energy and enterprise are the marked characteristics of 
the business men of the younger generation of today, a pe- 
culiar feature of Americans, which their bustling methods of 
life and keen competitive commercial policy has engendered 
and fostered to a degree remarkable for its intensity. Out 
of this order of things has come the remarkable growth and 
development which is revealed in all our cities and towns by 
the United States census of 1900. 

Columbus is no exception to the general rule, being, ill 
fart, one of those showing the greatest percentage of com- 
mercial advancement, a condition of affairs that certainly 
redounds greatly to the credit of our business men. 

Among the representative business men of the Capital 
City of the younger generation alluded to is Mr. Purl A. 
Nichols, of the firm of Nichols Brothers, manufacturers of 
confectionery at No. 181 South High street. 

Tins gentleman was born in Athens county. Ohio. August 
■2'2. 1868, sun of the Rev. Elias N. Nichols atid Eliza Jane 
(Connett) Nicholls, both of whom were also natives of 
Athens county. His father, who was for many years known 
as a successful pastor and eloquent speaker, is now in his 
seventy-second year and is virtually retired, though occa- 
sionally he fills a pulpit at the request of some fellow-divine. 
His mother, a lady of about sixty, is most active and enter- 
prising, her energy being exhibited by her opening, in Janu- 
ary. 1901, the "Home Luncheon" restaurant at No. 185 
South High street, where her excellent meals have attracted 
a first-class trade Their family comprised three sons, 
George, Purl A. and W. L. Nicholls. all of whom are living. 
'I he last-named is engaged in business as a retail cand" and 
news dealer, at the corner of Broad and Chicago avenue: 
the others form the firm of Nichols Brothers. 

Mr. Purl A. Nichols came with his parents to Columbus 
some twenty years ago and was educated in the public 
schools here. On leaving school, being musicallj inclined, 
he became a musician in a theatrical orchestra, performing 
on the concert ('rums, for ten years lie traveled in this ca- 
pacity with various companies, and for six years performed 
in Columbus, during which time he was connected with 
every theater in the city, including the old Metropolitan and 
the Henrietta, which was destroyed by fire about eight 



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One of Franklin county's oldest, best kno 
highlj respected citizens is Mr Samuel Cha 
resides with his estimable wife, Mrs Nancy 
lain in a comfortable building at tin- north 



S \mii:i 

n and mosi 
iberlain, win 
R. Chamber- 
ist corner ol 



Parsons avenue and Mam s 
Mr. Chamberlain was boi 
ary 4 1813, his parents bei 
Chamberlain, who had a far 
arc now deceased, with the 



treet, Columbus. 

li mi Si an wick. England, Febru- 
ng John and Sarah (Chambers) 
lily of nine children, all of whom 
exception of the subject of our 



sketch, who came to the United States when a boy. settling 
in Saratoga county, X. Y. lie remained there 16 years, and 
in 1845 removed to Ohio, making Ins home in Franklin 
county and engagin" in farming. He subsequently became 
a butcher, and then entered the real estate business, buying 
and selling property of all kinds up to four years ago, when 



CHAMBERLAIN. 

st he retired to private life. Mr. Chamberlain is a self-edu- 
cated, self-made man. owing his success all to his own in- 
dustry, thrift and perseverance, and Ins integrity and per- 
sonal high character have ever commanded lor him the 
highest respect of all his fellow-citizens. Independent in 
politics, he has never sought nor held office, but has con- 
tented himself with his home and business life Mis Nancy 
R Chamberlain, the mistress of the household, received her 
education at the Worthington Female Seminary, from which 
she graduated. After leaving school she taught school foi 
nine years, and can today recall sonic very interesting and 
amusing episodes of her trials as a school teacher. Both are 
known among our most estimable citizens ami have the best 
wishes for continued health and a long hie among Frank- 
Unites and their numerous friends 



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years ago. Mr. Nichols was the last one to leave the thea- 
ter, there being but one behind him, and the latter's life was 
lost m the devouring flames! 

\ln.ut four years ago, together with his brother. George, 
1 i organized the present firm of Nichols Bros., who occupy 
a three-floored building at No, 181 South High street. They 
emploj some thirty people, manufacturing hue confection- 
ery of all kinds, making a specialty of delicious chocolate 
creams, all of which are made by band. Both a wholesale 
and retail business is carried on. and the trade extends 
throughout Ohio. Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana. Michi- 
gan and Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Nichols is a Republican in politics ami a member of 
the Knights of Pythias. ( in November 8, 1898, he was united 
m marriage to Mis, Flora Spellman, a charming Columbus 
lady, and they have a host of friends in the community. 



WILHELM WALZ. 

Conspicuous merit must ever he attached to those who by 
their own individual efforts, thrift, economy and industry 
achieve a position of independence in this busy world. 
Franklin county affords many instances of the self-made 
ni.'in. ami in the mercantile and industrial circles of the 
Capital City — Columbus — are found numerous citizens whose 
life history entitles them to be classed in this category. 

I ii such is Wilhelm Walz, the manufacturer of fine har- 
ness, who for a score of years has conducted business opera- 
tions with Columbus as his headquarters. 

Wilhelm Walz was born November 19, 1854, in Baden, 
Germany, his parents. Jacob and Mary (Buehler) Walz, be- 
ing engaged in farming and his earlj hie was spent on the 
old homestead. His education wa- obtained in the public 
schools of Germany, where the course of instruction is thor- 
ough and comprehensive, and in 1880, when a young man of 
26, he came to the United States, making Ohio his objective 
point, and. with the exception of two years, all of the inter- 
vcniii" time has been spent m Columbus. Mr. Walz's father 
died in Chillicothe, Ohio, of old age. and his honored mother 
still resides in Chillicothe. ( Ihio, at the age of 77 years. In 
fact, his family has ever been noted for its longevity. 

<»n leaving school Mr. Walz selected the harnessmaking 
trade as his life vocation, and on mastering that time-hon- 
ored craft, he worked for some years as a journeyman, and 
on coming to Columbus established business on bis own ac- 
count. He has built up a trade of considerable proportions. 
a~ well as a high reputation lor the superior character of his 
goods, and he occupies a fineh equipped store ami work- 
shop .u Xo. 325 South I [igh street 

(>n December 2, 1879, Mr. Walz was married to Miss 
Emma Kiefer, who has borne him a family of two sons and 
two daughters. In bis father's family were five sons and six 
daughters, all of whom are living. 

Mr. Walz is independent in politics, voting for the candi- 
dates whom his judgment conceives to be the most deserv- 
ing He is a member of the Masonic Order, also the Order 
oi Odd Fellows, and as a citizen and merchant his standing 
i - of the highest. 



CHARLES E. BONEBRAKE 

Is a native of Franklin county and one of the well-known 

I olumbus. lie is the eldest living son of Rev. 

Daniel Bonebrake and Hester A. (Bishop) Bonebrake and 

was bom in Westerville, Franklin county, Ohio, on August 

13, 1857. IMs childh 1 was passed on a small fruit farm. 

the parental house standing on the site first cleared on the 
Bishop farm in 1818. His father, although 72 years of age. 
is still living. He is a minister of ability m the United 
Brethren church and was the son of an early pioneer of 
' ' io who came to this State shortly after 
olutionary War The greal grandfather of the sub- 
ject of tin- -ketch served mi In \\ ,i ,,i the Revolution and 
was with General Washington in the campaigns m and 
Philadelphia. Two of his great uncles w»re couts 
General Harrison in the war of 1812 Mr. Bone- 
brake's mother conns from an old Duchess county. New 



York, family. Her father. Captain John Bishop, wdfe and 
three children came to Ohio in 1818 and settled in the woods 
of Blendon township. About one-half of the original farm 
is now a part of Westerville. Captain Bishop was at the 
head of a New York company in the war of 1812 and five of 
his father's family served in the War of the Revolution. 
Hester was the youngest of 18 children and to her and her 
husband five sons and a daughter were born. Of these. 
three sons survive — Charles E., Lewis D. and William Bone- 
brake — all residents of Columbus. Lewis D. is the present 
"state Commissioner of Common Schools. Charles was edu- 
cated in the district school, attended the Westerville High 
School and graduated from Otterbein University. Wester- 
ville, in the class of '82. He taught five terms of district 
schools while attending college. On the day succeeding his 
graduation he entered upon newspaper work as court re- 
porter of the Ohio State Journal. One year later he also 
became city editor of The Sunday Morning News. In 1886 
he purchased The Sunday Herald and conducted it until 
1891, when he sold out and went to California for his health. 
He returned in a year and again entered upon newspaper 
work with The State Journal. He resigned his position in 
July. 1898, to become chief clerk in the office of the State 
Commissioner of Common Schools, which place he still 
satisfactorily fills. In politics Mr. Bonebrake is a Repub- 
lican, ami as such has served two terms as commissioner of 
jurors chairman of the county committee, and on various 
committees of bis party. 

Mr Bonebrake was married on December 11. 1X84. to 
Miss Annie M. Blaser, only daughter of the late Dr. Chris- 
tian Blaser. formerly a prominent physician of Columbus, 
whose death occurred in 1888. Dr. Blaser was a native of 
Switzerland and practiced for years in Pike county, residing 
in Waverly. He was a fine German and French scholar 
and was eminent in his profession. Mrs. Bonebrake's 
mother was the granddaughter of John W. Millar, a native 
of Virginia, and one of the pioneer surveyors of southern 
Ohio. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bonebrake have buried two boys, and 
Charles. Jr.. makes their home on Franklin avenue a happy 
one. Mr. Bonebrake is a member of Junia Lodge. I. O. O. 
F.. and Encampment, also the Red Men and Maccabees, 
and is deservedly popular with the large circle of friends he 
has formed in the many years of active life. 



AUGUST BRANDES. 

For over a quarter of a century, August Brandes has re- 
sided in Columbus and has had a busy, honorable and highly 
useful career m the Capital City, whose material interests 
he has done much to advance and strengthen. 

August Brandes was born on December 23, 1859, at 
Brunswick. Germany, son of Theodore Brandes, a merchant 
in that city, and formed one of a family of three sons and 
three daughters. Of these, none but the sons survive. 

The subject of this sketch was given a good education in 
the public schools of Germany, graduating from the High 
School in 1874. On finally leaving school he secured a posi- 
tion as captain steward with the North German Lloyd 
Steamship Company, on the steamship Ohio, Gustave Meier, 
captain, and served in this capacity for two years, or until 
his seventeenth year, when he resigned, and. turning his 
face westward, as so many of his countrymen have done, 
emigrated to the United States, his point of debarkation be- 
ing Baltimore, Maryland. He remained but a few months 
m the Monumental City, leaving there for Columbus, where 
he took up his permanent abode. This was in 1876, and 
shortly after his arrival he engaged as a compositor on the 
Ohio Sonntagsgast, remaining with that journal until 1877, 
when he became an employe of The Dailv Westbote. His 
work proved of so efficient a character that in 1880 Mr. 
Brandes was made assistant foreman of the composing 
room, where he was given charge of the State printing and, 
in 1884, was promoted foreman and given entire supervision 
of the composing department. This position he held up to 
December. 1900, when he resigned to accept a position with 
Mr. Fred J. I leer, publisher and manager of the Lutheran 
Book Concern 

Politically. Mr. Brandes is allied to the Democratic party 



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WILLIAM II. FISH. 



William H. Fish, one of the Lest known business nun and 
citizens of Franklin county, was Lorn on March - 1850, al 
Akron, Ohio, and was a son of Mrs. Winifred (Parker) Fish 
and William Fish, who came from England in 1845, a stone 
contractor, both of whom arc still living, their residence be- 
i Gambier, Ohii i. 

William 11. was educated ii the common schools of Gam- 
bier, and, on completing h i -. studies, worked at the stone 
trade in Ins father's establishment, the firm name then being 
Fish & Son, and at the age of 21 lie was admitted to a part- 
nership, the firm name changing to Fish & Sons. The busi- 
ness was continued under this title from 1860 t" 1**". when 
the firm was incorporated under the laws of ( )hio as the Fish 
Stone Company, of which the subject of this sketch is the 
secretarj and treasurer. Ills father is president and brother 
vice president. llis father. William Fish, is the oldest of 
those engaged in the building stone industry of < )hio, and he 
built the first machinery for sawing stone ever introduced 
here. Some of the largest contracts in the State were award 
fil this company, among them many large public buildings 
and other structural work. The company's plant is equipped 
with the most improved steam power machinery and em- 



ployment is given some 200 hands. The works arc located 
at No. 202 West Mam si net 

Mr. William H. Fish was married m May. IS, I. to MlSS 
Minnie A. Martin of Columbus, now deceased, and they had 

child, Lucella Martin Fish, who is now attending the 

Hubbard Avenue School. Mr. Fish is a stockholder in the 
City Deposit Ikank of Columbus and is prominent in frater- 
nal orders, being a Mason ol the thirtj second degree, and 
also holding membership in the Knights Templar, Shriners 
and < Idd Fellows. He is an extensive property owner, a Re- 
publican in politics, and one of the most estimable ol citi- 
zens, now- residing at the northwest corner of Buttles am.\ 
Dennison avenues Columbus He is one ol the largest 
stockholders in the Fish Press Brick Company, being treas- 
urer of this company since its organization, II years ago. 

Mr W II. Fish and his father have the honor of being the 
first brick men who ever manufactured brick from hard shale 
or slate in the United States, in place of common clay There 
are now thousands of buildings erected and hundreds of 
miles of streets paved with these -hale Links throughout the 

I Initl d States. 



:ss:i 



md in Columbus is active in its councils. In 1893 lie was 
lected a member ol the Board of Education from the First 
ward, has been repeatedly elected since, and is now serving 
[us fourth term, to the great satisfaction of his constitu- 
During his incumbency the new South High School 
was built through his efforts and he takes just pride in this 
landsome monument to his ability. 

In November, 1887, Mr. Brandes was married to Miss 
Katharine Volz, and this happy union has resulted in the 
birth of six children— two sons and four daughters— all liv- 
ing, their names and ages being: Emma, 12 years; August. 
hi" years; Anna. S years; Henry. V years; Norah, 5 years; 
1 on: -,', .; J ears. 

\h Brandes is a member of the Masonic Order and the 
Order of Odd Fellows and lives with his family in a fine 
i esideni e ai No 78 Mithofl street. 



ROBERT SAMUEL RAYMOND. 

The subject of this sketch, whose sudden demise occurred 
m 1892, after a most successful career, in which he ever 
maintained a high character and spotless reputation, was 
horn on August 30, 1848, at Elizabeth. Lancaster county, 
Pennsylvania, son of James Raymond, a prominent physi- 
cian of that place, and was one of a family of three sons and 
three daughters, of whom all are living, with the exception 
of himself. The survivors are: Anna. Harriet, John. Charles 
and Sarah Lavinia, all of whom reside in Pennsylvania. 

Mr. Raymond was educated in the public schools of Car- 
lisle, Pa., and when about seventeen years of age began his 
business career as a dealer in live stock, of which he made 
heavy shipments to the New York markets. He was in 
every respect a self-made man, of sturdy independence of 
character and was beloved by all who knew him. He re- 
moved to Columbus in the early sixties, where he became 
ed with .Mr. Joseph Platter Stockton, and under the 
firm title of Raymond & Stockton they branched out as ex- 
i, ii-i . dealers in live stock, handling fine blooded Kentucky 
horses, and cattle of all kinds. The death of Mr. Stockton 
occurring in August, 1885, the entire business reverted to Mr. 
Raymond, and he remained at the head of affairs until 1N"2, 
when a sad accident cut short his earthly career, his death 
occurring m a railroad wreck at Harrisburg, Pa., on the 
Pennsylvania Railroad, while he was on a business trip. 
His demise was a great shock to his family and scores of 
friends. 

Mr. Raymond was married on October 11. 1875. to Miss 
Ma Stockton, who bore him two daughters and a son. all of 
whom .ire living at the family homestead, a fine residence 
,ii No 558 T : .ast Rich street. The two young ladies. Misses 
Maud and Maybelle, and their brother, James Stockton 
Raymond, all are graduates of the Columbus High School 
and all three are now attending the Ohio State University. 



rOSl I'll PLATTER STOCKTON. 

The above name belongs to a gentleman who tor many 
year-, was one ol the most prominent citizens of Franklin 
county, and whose career was one of unblemished integrity. 

Joseph Platter Stockton was born in Bainbridge, Ross 
counjy, ■"" °f George and Barbara (Platter) Stockton. His 
father was a successful Ross county farmer, and also was a 
valiant soldier in the war of 1812. There were three sons 
and three daughters in the family, all of whom are deceased, 
with the exception of one daughter. Mrs. Margaret Mc- 
Dougall, who is living in Minneapolis 

Mr Stockton was educated in the public schools of Bain- 
and at the earlj age of seventeen became a teller in 

i Roi I i II Bank of Bainbridge, a position he filled for five 
years, when he resigned to engage in the dry goods trade. 
After the lapse oi another five years he removed to Lock- 
bourne, Franklin county. Ohio, and continued there up to 
1850, when he disposed of his store to enter upon agricul- 
tural pursuits. Farming claimed bis attention up to 1862, 
when be came to Columbus and engaged as a dealer in 
horses and mules, supplying the same to the United Sta'es 
army, and in this enterprise he had associated with him Mr. 
Roberl Samuel Raymond, under the firm name of Raymond 



& Stockton. They continued in the trade together up to 
1885, when the deeply deplored death of Mr. Stockton oc- 
curred on August 5 of that year. 

Mr. Stockton was married on September 12, 1*4S. to Miss 
Emily Broun, and they had four children, two of whom died 
in infancy. The surviving members are: Ida. now Mrs. 
Robert S. Raymond, and Dr. George Stockton, on the staff 
of the Columbus Central State Hospital. Mrs. Emily Stock- 
ton was a daughter of the Rev. Joseph S. Brown, a well- 
known minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at 
Groveport, Ohio. She is a most estimably known lady and 
resides with her daughter at No. 558 East Rich street. 



GEORGE REEDIE McDONALD. 

George Reedie McDonald, who is jailer under Sheriff 
Pearce, is the first Republican to take control of the new 
jail. He is aged 35 and has been prominent in local politics 
since he was old enough to know anything about such 
things. He is a son of James McDonald, who came from 
Edinburgh. Scotland, (J-i years ago. The elder McDonald, 
though a tanner by trade, early took to politics and Jailer 
George Reedie McDonald inherited this trait from his 
father. As a result Mr. McDonald, the son, has held not a 
few responsible positions. For four years he was under 
County Treasurer Barron and occupied positions of less im- 
portance in political life prior to this. His affiliation with 
trade unions caused him to be recognized by men of political 
influence as a leader in labor organizations. 

Mr. McDonald was educated in the public schools of Co- 
lumbus and began life as a molder "20 years ago. He began 
active work for his party when he was only 19 years old. He 
is a domestic man, having a wife and two children. His ad- 
ministration at the jail has been most successful. He is af- 
fable, courteous and kind. The prisoners recognize this 
later trait of Mr. McDonald's character and frequently give 
testimonials to it. 

Mr. McDonald has also shown an aptitude and skill in 
ferreting out and running down criminals. His best work 
was when he fastened two bold highway robberies on a 
couple of professional "road" men. or footpads, who had 
robbed Messrs. W. H. Luchtenberg and Samuel Esswein 
of their valuables. Several people had been arrested for the 
perpetration of this crime, but they proved alibis. Finally 
Mr McDonald went to work on the case, and in exceed- 
ingly short time he had the real culprits behind the bars 
and the stolen property recovered. Up to the time that 
Jailer McDonald took hold of the case the officers of the 
law were "stumped" in the matter of locating the stolen 
property, including which were some diamonds. 

Mr. McDonald made some important and desirable 
changes in the jail and its management. U"nder his direc- 
tion the county's house of detention was never left without 
a custodian even for a minute. Consequently the public 
found someone always in waiting when anything was want- 
ed, and the prisoners were never without needed attention. 



FREDERICK WILLIAM CHRISTIAN WIECHERS. 

As a divine, a merchant and a public man. the record of 
the gentleman whose name heads this sketch shows that he 
has. in the fullest degree, demonstrated his usefulness, abil- 
ity and public spirit, and his popularity is undeniable. 

Mr. Wiechers was born in Hanover, Germany, on De- 
cember is, 1854, son of Louis and Mary Eleanor Wiechers, 
the former a successful merchant, and there were two other 
members in the family — two daughters, both of whom are 
deceased. 

Mr. Wiechers first studied in the common schools of Han- 
over, his native place, and shortly after his arrival in Co- 
lumbus, December 3, 1873, he entered the Capital University 
of Columbus, where he made a special study of theology 
and was graduated from that institution in 1878. He was 
ordained as a member of the Lutheran ministry and. shortly 
after leaving college, in 1878, was called to the pastorate of 
St. John's Lutheran church at Patricksburg, Indiana, where 
he remained for four years performing much excellent 
work. At the end of that time he resigned and, returning to 



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ii \k\ i:y m kirk 



Of all the sciences there is none that exceeds in import 
ance and the high standard of perfection to which it lias 
attained than that of dentistry, and marvelously fine results 
are now secured by experts in this line. A most suco - "1 
and popularly known exponent of the profession in Colum- 
bus is Harvey M. Kirk, D. D. S., who is associated in prac- 
tice with his father under the firm title ,,i J. I', Kirk & Son, 
their office being at No. 23 East Stale street Dr Kirk is a 
native of this State and was born July 8, 1804, his parents 
being Jesse B. Kirk and Annie M. (Dixon) Kirk. H 



has long been engaged in dental operations, fom 
ticed at Flushing, Ohio, and Reynoldsburg, ( >hi< 
moved to Columbus in 1873. Of a family ol i \\ • 
two daughters. Harvey M. Kirk is the sole 5ur\ 
was educated in the common and High Schools 
bus, graduating from the latter in 188*2, when he c 



Starling Medical College. The two years following were 
passed at the Boston College of Dentistry, from which he 
graduated in 1885, and in 1895 lie graduated from the Has 
kell Post-Graduate School of Prosthetic Dentistry, Chicago 
Ills technical education has thus been of the most thorough 
and valuable character anil he keeps fully in touch uilli all 
improvements, innovations and progress made in modern 
dental practice. All branches of dentistry receive his .nun 



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ed he pulpit of the Trinity Lutheran church. 
i! the corner of South Third and Fulton 

; time lie received a call from Carding- 
ssume charge oi three congregations in Mor- 
d Mari' m counties. The call was accepted by Mr. 
lie ministered to the spiritual needs of his 
tiers with zeal and acceptance for eight years. His 
next field of work was in Counties Miami, Shelby and 
his headquarters being at Covington, Miami county, 
and he continued this charge lor almost three years, when 
failing health compelled him to tender his resignation, i >n 
eceived a call from Marysville, Union 
county, Ohio, and. accepting the same, was pastor there 
the fall of 1895. His health again failing, he 
all ministerial work and. settling in Colum- 
ed business as a general dealer in coal, in 
enture he has met with the best of success. 1 1 1 - ceil 
icated "ii Parsons avenue, on the line of the Toledo 
: ilroad Company. 
Mr. \\ 3 Democrat in politics and an active 

party worker. He served for a term as member of the 
[cation at Covington, Ohio; a member of the 
Marysville, and. in 1898, was elected a 
"l the Columbus City Council from the First ward. 
renominated and again elected with a larger 
plurality than before, thus showing his constituents fully ap- 
ited his sen ices 
On December 31, 1878, Mr. Wiechers was married to Miss 
Catherine Heintz of Columbus and they have had mk chil- 
dren, one of whom i> deceased. Those living, and their 
■lows; Herbert Arthur William, aged 20; 
Mary Eleanore, nee Craiglovv, 1": Clara Catherine. 17; Os- 
car Frei erii ,15 FT >ra i milie, 13. 

Mrs. Wiechers is the daughter of the late Adam Heintz, 

he pioneer settlers of Franklin county. 1! 

here in 1835, became an extensive property owner and 

prominent citizen, and was for many years located at the 

corner of Fourth and Mam streets, on the site where the 

Hartman building now stands, and the ground was pur- 

i) Dr. Hartman from the Heintz estate. Mr. Heintz 

1878. 



H. EDWARD BARTHMAX. 

representative and progressive citizens of 

i county, a position is occupied by the gentleman 

etch. His busine'ss ability is gen- 

nd his success in life has been" attained 

through tlie intelligent application of that ability, combined 

with energj ami perseverance. 

H. Edward Barthman was born in Franklin county, Ohio, 
on May 25, 1866, on the farm of his parents, Valentine and 
Mary (] '.man. and was one of a family of thir- 

teen chil om but live members now survive, these 

being William, Frank, Alice and Mrs. Carrie Hinkle and 
this -ketch. 
ttter obtained his education in the public schools 
rward continued as an assistant to his fathei i n 
d until his twenty-fourth year. I [e thi 
a, Kansas, engaging in the railroad business 
tr, when he returned to Columbus. This wa s 
established a coal business here, which he 
conducted up to 1893, when he was appointed steward in the 
Franklin County Infirmary, and this office he filled for five 
eh. neine Ins duties in' a manner eminently satis 
management and the community in general. 
In 1898 Mr. Barthman became connected with thi I 
/ens' Telephone Companj and continued with that corpora- 
tion until the spring of 1899, when he was a candidati foi 
Infirmarj Director on the Republican ticket, 
most creditable showing, Mr. Barth- 

i at the primaries. In January, 1: he se- 

■ n1 with the Columbus." I ondori and 

hi Railroad Company, ami to his mark- 

nd energy is largely due the fact of the com 

l' a "y '." ! in -i i ni 1 1 1 ■_■ thi i ight to build and op- 

in Franklin county. In r< cognition of his 

'•' ■ Barthman ted to the re- 

mai or thi company, the 
h he is filling in the most efficient manner. 



Mr. Barthman is a strong supporter of the Republican 
party and has served i i of the executive commit- 

tee and county central committee, lie is a popular member 
of Junia Lodge. I. O. I >. F., and active in the councils of 
that or- 

In March. 1892, Mr. Barthman was married in Columbus 
io Miss Olga Stroedter, an estimably known lady. They 
liavi had two i hildren, of whom but one survives, this being 
a son. Ralph, is i centll year, ami they have a resi- 

dence, where they enjoy the highest regard of all their 
neighbors. 



FRANK .1. FISHER. 

\ life-long resident of Columl us, and for the last third of 
,i century connected with the Citj I ngineer's department, 
nk J. Fisher is one of the best known and most 
popular of citizens. 

Mr. Fisher was born m the Capital City on August 15, 
i o3, -on ><i George P. and Dorothea (Schaeffer) Fisher, the 
former a prosperous carpenter, and then were two others 
in the family— his brother George, who died in 1872, and 
1 dward, with I 1 V Schlapp, architect, wdio is also living. 

Mr Fisher attended the public schools of Columbt 
ii 1861 -.lined employment in the office of the City En- 
gineer of Columbus. At that time there were but two other 
assistants in the City Engineer's department besides Mr 
Fisher, and the latter continued in the service of the depart- 
ment up to October, 1899, a pen. id ol 32 years, during winch 
lengthy term of service he performed much valuable and 
creditable work. Mr. Fisher resigned to become the civil 
eng neer For the Columbus and Southern Electric Railvt i} 
Company, to the promotion of whose interests he is now 
.1. voting his entire tune Mr, Fisher has also served as civil 
engineer and surveyor with the Newark Traction Company. 
the Columbus and Lancaster Traction Company, and the 
Central Market Railroad, lie is an expert in all branches 
ol his profession and a recogni ed authority on all subjects 
i 1 therewith. 

On October 11. h v 7!>. Mr. Fisher was married to Miss 
I'.essie Collins of this city, a mosl estimabl} kn >wn lady, and 
they have had three children, Dorsie, aged eighteen; \d.e 
aged fourteen, and I ;ed twelve years. 

Mr. Fisher has been a life-long supporter of Democratic 
principles and the Democratic party; is a member of the 
National Union and the Modern Woodmen of the World, 
and is most estimably known all throughout the community. 



JAMES C. L< INGSHORE. 

Mr. James Commodore Longshore, a popular and suc- 
cessful business man of Columbus, Ohio, whose fmely ap- 
pointed retail grocer} is locale. 1 at No, 136 North High 
street, is a native ol Holmes county, Ohio, and was born on 
a farm September 8, 1835 His father, Robert Longshore, 
was a most successful Farmer, and his mother was Barbara 
(Nemyer) Longshore, and he was one of a famil} of ten 
children, three oi whom are living, born to this estimable 
counle. Idle -rrvivors are Mrs. Hannah Liggett and Mrs. 
Sarah Knnerer and the subject of this sketch. Young Long- 
shore was educated in the public and select schools of his na- 
tive . . unit ry and was earlj called to go .mt into the bus} world 
as a bread-winner. In 1848, when lie was but thirteen years 
ol age he began peddling Yankee notions and continued in 
this lini for five years, when he entered the emplo} il Crall 
* < dm al Mansfield, Ohio, as a harness maker. Mr. 
Longshore had an inborn genius for mechanism and soon 
mastered the trade and became an expert. After sj\ months 
with the firm he went to Mi Vernon, Ohio, where he con 
tinued in the same line, and then went Io Moreland, U.ivm 
county, where he was employed b} hi. ml Moon and became 
so adept that private demands led him to leave his employei 
t.n more remunerative individual work. He later went tc 
the home .n Jonathan Harris, in Holmes county, to make 
him a set oi harness, and the people iii that locality kept him 
busy for several months. In the winters of 1853-1854 ho 
v oi ' ed at Ins Made in Pecatonica, 111., and then took up the 
carpenter's trade, which he successfully followed tw i 



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V\ MM \M MADISi >X SLA( K 



Among the young men ol abilit) popular!) known in the 

Capita] Citj i; the gentleman win >se name lorn tin a] 

to this article. 

William Madison Slack wa born in ' olumbus on Janu- 
ary 10, 1875 the onlj child of Elias Madison Slack and Lena 

ick. His father is a well km ■;■■. n 
and occupies the pi isitii m i il chief clerk to i he State 
A orkshops and Fai ' 
Mr Slack was educated in the public schools of Columbus, 
i a mil 'in'i e through a business collegi and began 
In- business career a; a carrier for the old Columbi 
when but I irs old. He attendi d o 

In- dutii exi rd, thai he was 

from lime to time promoted until finally In wa appointed 
up i nhii'ini ol the circulation department, and through 
his efficient nianaycinent the Post gained quiti 
in circulation in the ci j and adji In 18!'5 thai 

papi r pa sed in'o the hand i of : vci i 

I . ■ da n cry on Wi it Broad treel ; il up t< i 



18!i1 . h hen he old oul ti i take < li.it of 1 1 1 - - 

i ".nil. Inn- Plumbing Company, I ; i he held until 

18! 8, h hi n In- u as appi tinted i lei k foi I . VI 1 

ci i Peace, filling this post up to 1900, when h» 

cd in as chief clerk of the t • >ur courts He- held this 
po ition, bill a short period, another be ing 1 to the 

plai - M r Slack being di posi d becau e of his ] 
III continues a deputy clerk, however, and i pop 
all who have busini with him, I 

gentlemanly deportment and his accuracy in all w 

ed by him 
Mr. Slack is a supporter of the I )i i 
mi nilii'i hi the Woodmen oi the Woi 
in i in!, i .a Red Men, being Sachem, and affiliated 
uniform rank im is also Sergeant M i 

i in Fi bruary 25, 1894, Mr Slai 1 to Miss 

Lcpha Pearl I vans, an estimablj ki ■■■. 
!lu ) have bad one child, a 



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sons. In 1855, when twentj years old, he took contracts to 
cut and deliver timber, and one year later returned to 
Holmes county and started in the tinware and stove business 
at Nashville, O., in which line he remained until 1859, when he 
went to Monroe, Mo., and started in the picture business. 
Always a strong supporter of the Union cause. Mr. Long- 
shore found the secession sentiment against him there and 
he was compelled to leave, and at once came back to his old 
home, where he opened a photograph gallery. The call of 

nl Lincoln came and Mr Longshore enlisted in the 
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of winch regiment 
General Rosecrans was colonel; Stanlej Mathews, lieutenant 
colonel, and Rutherford B. I hives, major. President Wil- 
liam McKinley was a private in the same rciment. The 
regiment went to the front, and after nine months oi service, 
Mr. Longshore was sent to Mansfield, Ohio, as recruiting 

rid remained there until 1863. In 1864 he engaged in 

the 1 1 and stationery business at Mansfield, and in 1865 

sold out and went into the sheet iron business and manufac- 
tured Cook's Sugar Evaporators. He next went on the 
road traveling for a New York house, and while there em- 
ployed, invented and patented a combination carpet stretcher 
and stove handle, which he later manufactured. He later in- 
vented the Universal Clothes Bar. and later disposed of bis 
patents to the Reading Hardware Company. In 1870 he 
came to Columbus and engaged in the cigar and tobacco 
business and remained eight years, when he went to Nash- 
ville. Ohio, to engage in the general merchandise trade. In 
1883 hi 1 uilt a large saw- and cider mill, which was burned in 
1877 with a loss of $11,000. In the fall of 1888 Mr. Long- 

ime to Columbus and sold campaign badges to ob- 
tain the money to send for his family. He then opened a 
restaurant and'hotel at 4M North High street, known as the 
I ongshore Hotel, and continued it one year, when he traded 
it for the grocery business which he has since successfully 
conducted. Mr. Longshore was married October 18, 1855, to 
Miss Harriet Winchester, at Pecatonica, 111., and five chil- 
dren have been borne to him, three of whom are living. Mr. 
Longshore was elected for the term of two years Mayor of 
Nashville, Ohio. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum 
and the Woodmen of the World. He is a gentleman of the 
highest honor and character and is esteemed by all. 



up to l?ss7. Mi interesting episode in Mr, Jeremias' experi- 
ence while in the Queen City was during the memorable Cm 
cinnati riots. Mr. Jeremias was in the cowd as a spectator 
.it the time the sohhers were ordered to fire upon them, and 
he shouted to the people, "Lie flat upon the ground," suiting 
the action to the words, an example which was immediatelj 
followed by many others and they thus escaped the shower 
of lead discharged from the soldiers' weapons. 

Mr, Jeremias is the oldest natural gas expert of Ohio. He 
made, in October, li-^'4. the first report of the discovery of 
natural gas to the Cincinnati Enquirer and other papers, Mi 
Charles Oesterlein of Findlay, wdio discovered the gas, being 
his personal friend. 

In 1887 Mr. Jeremias again removed to Findlay. remaining 
there up to 1892. He is the founder of two gymnastic sock- 
Ik - oi that city. In 1892 he came to Columbus and estab- 
lished business independently as a contractor and sheet metal 
worker, and he still continues successfully in this line, hav- 
ing his headquarters at No. 75 East Mound street. He has 
filled many important contracts, a few among them being 
work for the Union Passenger Station, at Cincinnati; court 
house tit Findlay, < )hio; High School building at Delta, 
Ohio; State Hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee; Convent 
of Delhi, Ohio; Children's Home, Columbus, etc. 

Mr. Jeremias is possessed of a high degree of literary abil- 
ity and many of his poems were published. He has been 
prominently identified with several prominent societies, also 
with the Humboldt Verein of this city, and in the latter he- 
delivered highly interesting lectures at different times on the 
following subjects: "Capital Punishment From a Modern 
Standpoint Viewed,' "Our Judicial and Penal System." 
"Militarism," and "The Craftsman in America and Ger- 
many." Air. Jeremias has made a study of phrenologj and 
is also of an inventive mind. Among his other inventions 
was the detith chair now used for electrocution in the Ohio 
Penitent iti rv . 

In fraternal orders he holds membership in the Knights of 
Honor, in the Home Guards of America and in tin Vmei 
ican Insurance Union; in both of the latter organizations lit- 
is a captain; and in Columbus Chapter, No, 1. of the A. I. U., 
he is organist. 

In October. 1885, Mr. Jeremias was married to Miss Caro- 
line Fack of Findlay. Ohio, and they had one child. Harry, 
whose death occurred in 1888. 



i,l J iRGE JEREM1 \S, 

\ prominent contracting metal r ei and galvanized iron 

cornice manufacturer of Columbus, was born on November 
5, 1857, tit Bautzen, Saxony, the son of Andrea and Pauline 
"(Soil it i Jeremias, The father, Mr. V Jeremias. conducted 
business at Bautzen as a manufacturer of pianos. The 
mother, Mrs. Pauline Jeremias, had a brother, now deceased, 
who for several years held the position of postmaster tit 
Piqua, i Ihio His grandparents were wealthy and possessed 
considerable real estate, but lost till of their personal prop- 
erty tit the Battle of Bautzen in 1813 by the French, who 
even pulled off the bedclothes under the sick body of his 
grandmother, then Lady von Recknitz. 

Geo I ied his education in the public 

schools of Bautzen. Saxony, and later was given instruc- 
tion in the higher branches of mathematics and music, etc., 
by a private tutor. 

At the age of fourteen Mr. Jeremias became apprenticed 
to a sheet metal worker, with whom he continued for three 
hen, having become a master workman, he traveled 
over the whole of Europe, includii '■ i nj Russia, Aus- 
tria, Italy. Switzerland. Holland, France, Spain, Gibraltar 
and the northern sei ' rii a, working at his trtule tis 

he went sufficiently to defray his i cpensi Escaping from 
the clutches of the Legion o I oreigners in Algeria, on his 
return home he enlisted in the German army as a member of 
h Saxonian Infantry, No. 104, stationed .it Chemnitz, 
in Saxony, receiving an honorable discharge tit the expira- 
tion o i 1 1 1 - term. 

Following ,.ii invitation ol his brother, Colonel Otto A. 
Jeremias, hi emigrated to the United States, proceeding to 
I indlay, Ohio, where hi succeeded in at once securing a de- 
sirable position as tin experl sheet metal worker. Retaining 
this position until 1883, he resigned to move to Dayton, and 
from thence went to Cincinnati, working al his trade there 



JOSIAH M. ALLEN, 

A prominently known Ohioan and resident of Columbus, 
was born on August 13. 1858, in Trimble. Athens county, 
(lino, and was raised on the farm of his parents. Joel J. and 
Amanda R. (Fowler) Allen. The former is a native ol 
Athens county. Ohio, while the latter w-as born in Perry 
county, Ohio, and came of old Quaker stock. There were 
eight children in their family, five sons and three daughters; 
of these, two died in infancy, while a daughter. Myrtie M 
Allen, who was married to C. D. Amos, died in June. 1887, at 
Richwood. Union county. Ohio. 

Josiah M. Allen attended the public schools, the Ohio Cm 
versity at Athens, Ohio, and the National Normal School tit 
Lebanon. ( ihio. Previous to entering the Lebanon Normal 
School, he was engaged in the lumber and hardware trtule tit 
Trimble, Ohio, under the firm name of Allen & Chadwell, 
and in the spring of 1883 he disposed of his interest to Mr 
Chadwell. From 1883 to 1884 he was a teacher in tin ( duo 
LJniversity. and in the latter year also taught a Normal 
School at the University, subsequent to which be was ap- 
pointed principal of the public school at Coolville, Ohio, and 
held that position up to 1889. In 1889 Mr. Allen purchased 
the Glouster Gazette, a weekly paper of Glouster, Ohio, 
and continued its publication there until the spring ol L895, 
when the plant was removed to Athens, < duo, and the name 
changed to the Athens County Gazette. Mr. Mien remained 
editor and proprietor up to the fall of 1899, when he disposed 
of the plant. Since 1889 Mr. Allen has taken an active pari 
in the political world; is an ardent, active Republican, and in 
the sprhi" of 1897 was nominated, and in the Following an 

Ilium elected Represent tit IV e to the Ohio General Assembly 
from Athens county. He tilled his term of two years in a 
successful and creditable manner, exhibiting the qualities 
that characterize the statesman. He was a prominent mem 



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HARVEY C< ICKELL. 



Harvey Cockell. the present efficienl superintendent ol tin 
Columbus waterworks, was born on March 9, 184!), in York- 
hire, England, son of Jam: (Brooke) Cockell and fo epli 
Cockell, a grain dealer. Then were threi sons and four 
daughters in the family, and of these, four are living, Mr 

Cockell attended the village scl 1- of Sandal. England, and. 

on completing his education, learned mechanical engineering 
and afterward conducted a prosperous business as a me- 
chanical engineer, millwright and brass founder, the nami ol 
his plain being Hopi Koundrj and Machine Simp, Wakefield, 
and he employed as mam as 8(1 men and boys. His business 
was in Yorkshire and, on selling out, in 1872, he cann 
I nited States, settling in Chicago, and during the Chicago 
I ^position was superintendent of machinery In 1885, Mr 
Cockell came to Columbus, where hi engaged in bu 
a 1 ml i i and i t< rati ir in real estati Hi ha built bu ine; 
blocks and residences hen to the value of 1360,000 and still 
continues in ilns line. Many of the resi lences on Tenth ave- 
nue were 1 ink and owned 1 v him. This is one of the hand- 



somest residential thoroughfares in the city, and Mr 
him ell has an elegant horn, at the corner o lend a\enu 
and Worthington street On May I. 869 Mr. Cocke. 1 was 
married to Miss Emma Dickinson oi Wakefield, \ orksnire 
England and the, have seven children, all living, their names 
being: Bertha Lcnora, P, Florenc. Elizabeth, 

Harvey Earl Geraldine Dickinson, Vivian Irene and Martha 
Isabel, all well known and popular in Columbus >oi 

In \, in |. Moo. Mr. Cockell was appointed superintendent 

of the city waterworks, and the appointment could not have 

been more worthily or satisfactory bestowed as, under his 

inent, the service is being maintained unon the most 

■ and satisfactoi'3 1 

Mr Cockell is prominent in fraternal circles, being a Ma 

thii tj ei ond di grei the Mystic Shrine and ( om 

mandery, and as a broad-gaugi business man and influential 

citizen he commands the i iteem oi the entire community, 



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ber of the legislative body being chairman of the committee 
on public works and member of the committees on geology, 
mines and mining, enrollment and public printing. He was 
a recognized leader in all measures advanced for the benefit 
of the laboring classes and worked indefatigably to promote 
the interests of the workingman. A fact in which he takes 
jusl pride is that he had the honor of casting the first vote in 
the House for .Marcus A. Hanna when the latter was chosen 
: Slates Senator. 
< in September 1. 1898, Mr. Allen was appointed confiden- 
tial clerk to United States Pension Agent General Jones at 
Columbus, ( >lno, which position of trust and re-.pon-il.ilit> 
lie -till retains. 

ii cember 24, 1884. at Sedalia. now Glouster, Ohio. 

i n wa> married to Miss Sarah L. Jones, a former 
pupil of his. and they have had two children. Elizabeth, now 
age.l fourteen, and Francis B . aged twelve. 

Mr. Allen is a member of the Church of Christ and also of 
thi Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias and the Modern 
Woodmen of America, and in all the walks of life, both pub- 
lic ami private, In- personal worth is universally recognized. 



JAMES ALEXANDER MILES, 

A prominent member of the Franklin county bar, was born 
on September 21, 1844, in Eden township, Licking county, 
Ohio, on the farm of his parents, John D. Miles and Sarah 
(Games) Mile-. His father was a son of Stephen Mile-, who 
was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was one 
of the early pioneer.- in Ohio. His mother was the descend- 
ant of Lady Evans, an adopted daughter of England, very 
prominent in her .lay. There were four sons and four daugh- 
t. is m the family, as follows: James Alexander; Stephen 
Jefferson; Rosanna Catherine, married to James Pace, who 
has two sons, both holding positions in the Columbus post- 
repta Matilda, who was married to Absolom Green 
of Columbus, and they have a son, Albert Green, holding an 
important position with the Robbins Dry Goods Company; 
liza, married to a prosperous Licking county farmer; 
Cornelius B., who died in hi- twenty-second year; Luella, 
married to Martin Groves of Delaware county; John \\\, a 
clergyman of the United Brethren in Christ, located in Mar- 
ion county, where he has charge of three congregations. 

James A. Mile- obtained his early education in the com- 
mon schools of Trenton township, Delaware county, Ohio, 
idying for one year at Otterbein University, Wester- 
villc, Ohio, and afterward taking a two year-' course at the 
Sunbury Academy, under the tutelage of Colonel Frambes, 
in the study of language- and the higher mathematics. After 
leaving the Academy — 1860 — he immediately began reading 
law in the office of Jackson & Beer of Bucyrus, Crawford 
county, Ohio, and on September 4. 1868, was admitted a 
member of the bar at the Bucyrus Circuit Court. On April 
\ I iles located at Westerville, Ohio, and opefied 
a law office in that town. In 1870 he was elected Mayor of 
Westerville and fulfilled his duties so satisfactorily that he 
was re-elected to the office and served until 1874. In 1875 
Mr. Miles moved to Columbus and ha- since continued here 
in the successful practice of law. It may here be -tated that 
during his student days he taught school during the winter 

On March 4, 1869, Mr. Mile- was married to Mary E. 
: 1 of Licking county. Ohio, and her death occurred 
..n January 10, 1885. She had -ix children, three of whom 
are deceased. Those surviving are: Frank A., who i- mar- 
ried and a clerl< on the United State- transport Warren; 
ingle, who resides with her grandmother, Judith 
11, .it John ton, Ohio, and Perry I.. Mile-. West 
Point graduate, now captain of the Fourteenth United States 
and quartermaster on the United States transport 
-In]. Warren, 

I'M) I.. Mil.- distinguished himself at the battle of Santa 
\nn.i. near Manila. Philippine I -lau.l-.. on the fifth day of 
February, 1899. < in a visit home, which he made in April. 
I" 11 ". Captain Mile- was tendered a rousing reception and 
anquet by the Hoard of Trade, winch was pre 
ided over l>> Governor Nash ami attended by leading citi- 
zen- of Columbus. The principal speech of the evening was 
ill H. Outhwaite, through whose instru- 
mentality Captain Miles had ecuretl a West Point cadetship. 
In Harper's Weekly of April 17. 1899, appeared a poem mi 



Captain Mile-, eulogizing hi- heroism, and this was repro- 
duced in the Colutnl us Press-Post a short time later 

On December 30, LfcST, Mr. James A. Miles was united in 
marriage to Miss Lena Georgia Witter, a most estimable 
lady, and they have since made their home in a handsome 
residence on < lakwi od a\enue. this city. 

WILLIAM HENRY RHOADES. 

Son of Luther Rhoades, farmer, and Annie (Gray) 
Rhoades. was lorn in Shaneateles, New York, on March 18, 
1832, and was one of a. family of three sons and four daugh- 
ters, and of these two daughters and a son are deceased, also 
the parent-, who came of old New York State families and 
died in Indiana. 

William 11. Rhoades first attended the common schools of 
his native town and. on leaving school, went to Buffalo, 
where he became an apprentice in a patternmaker'- shop and 
thoroughly mastered all the details of this most useful craft, 
in which line he remained continuously for upward of twen- 
ty-six years. ; About a quarter of a century ago he came to 
Columbus to assume charge of the Columbus Machine Com- 
pany'- pattern shop, in which responsible position he contin- 
ued for years. On resigning from that company he estab- 
lished business independently, under the title of the Rhoades 
Manufacturing Company, in which venture his experience 
and practical ability has enabled him to secure a marked 
success. He is assisted in the business by his son, Hal V. 
Rhoades who is also connected with the Hocking Valley 
Machine work-, and he has a finely equipped workshop at 
No. ILl'j South Pearl street. He was inventor and organ- 
izer of the Columbus Cycle Company, also the Buckeye Bi- 
cycle Manufacturing Company, executed bicycle repairing of 
all kind-, also builds boat- and conducts a general pattern 
making, nickel plating and machine shop. 

On May 5, 1858, Mr. Rhoades was married to Dorothy J. 
Eaton, a lady born in Ohio, and they had born to them two 
children; their son, Hal V. Rhoades. and daughter. Maud A. 
Kin lades. 

While not active in politics, still Mr. Rhoades takes a keen 
interest in the trend of local and national affairs and is a sup- 
porter of the Republican party. His reputation among his 
neighbors i- that of a strictly honest man. a good citizen and 
a friend to all humanity. He i- an officer in the First Bap- 
n-t church and has been an earnest worker in the church for 
27 years. 

JOSEPH SEUFER. 

Since 1884 the above-named gentleman has been a well- 
known resident of Columbus and a most useful and highly 
esteemed member of the community. 

Joseph Seufer was horn in Rielingshausen, Germany, on 
January 12, 1866, his father being Johannes Seufer. a success- 
ful wine merchant of that city, and his mother. Katherine 
(Wildermuth) Seufer. who also came of a well-known family. 
Mr. Seufer received his education in the common and High 
Schools of Germany, graduating from the High School in 
1880 and, on leaving there, took a course in a technical archi- 
tectural school at Oberstenfeld. where he underwent a most 
valuable tuition. Mr. Seufer's father's family comprised 
seven sons and three daughters, all of whom are living, with 
the exception of one son. 

In 1884. Mr. Seufer emigrated to the United States and 
came to Columbus, Ohio, where he secured employment as a 
-tone carver with Jacob Bleile and remained in this capacity 
until 1886, when, on account of failing health, he resigned 
and then followed various different vocations up to 1891, 
when he secured a position in the monument works of Cook, 
Grant & Co. In 1893 he resigned to establish business inde- 
pendently on Innis avenue and he directed this enterprise un- 
til the spring of 1900, when he became an employe with Cook, 
Grant & Co. as a stone carver, and this position he still con- 
tinues to hold. During his absence on the road. Mrs. Seu- 
fer. his wife, has charge of the office of his monument estab- 
lishment on Inm- avenue. Mr Seufer is a thoroughly skilled 
stonecutter and hi- work evinces a most artistic finish and 
efficient in irkmanship. 

On July 11. 1888, Mr. Seufer was married to Miss Chris- 
tina Jaeckle and they have had four children, three sons and 
a daughter, and all are living in a comfortable residence on 
I niu- avenue, near High street. 




w ii .i.i.wi i). dkuschi.e. 



Among the mi i nil . lumbus an 

position i occupied by William I ). Deuschle, the city's pri ;- 
ent popular Director of Health, through whose strenuous 
and well directed efforts so much benefit is accruing to Ihe 
community. Dr. Deuschle, since he was appointed superin 
tendent of health and charities, in April, 1899, has directed 
special attention to the enforcement of the pure food laws, 
particularly as regards the sale of impure milk, and the many 
arrests that ha vt beer mad< ha i had ; 

caution to unscrupulous venders, lit- has al o b 
stirred himself in the matter of having the alley- and by- 
ways "i the city properly cleaned, and, as a result, thi sani 
tary condition of the city has been vastly impn 

William D. Deuschle was born in Chillicothe. Ohio. Oi 
i. ill. i 1 _'. 1864 his parent - bi ing ' G. 1 'eusi hie and ( 'aro 
line (Dilkl Deuschh Our subject attended the public 

cl I- of Chillicothe became employed in a phat 

Chillicothe and graduated from the Philadelphia ( > 



Pharmacj in 1885; lati r entered Jeffet ot d D 
Medical Colleges; graduating therefrom, hi began the gen 
era l practice >l medicine in Chillicothe, in 1891, and in the 
llowing removed to Colun 
ointed assistant to Dr. V I) Richard o 
lumbus State Hospital, a position hi 
when he resumed general practice In Vpril. 1899, hi 
pointed Director of Health, and he wa 
sor to Dr Richardson as lecturer on nervous and 
, in the Starling Medical Colli g< 

In In- efforts to improve conditions in hi 

as health directot In is recei\ ing thi wa 

of his fi llow-citizens, and ,' 

Dr I), uschle was married in O 
i, Field He holds membership in the Km. I 

mbus Academy of Medii im O 
Medn-al Society and the \ i 

ii most popular practitii mi 



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HENRY PAUSCH. 

There is no man more widely known in Columbus than 

Henry Pausch, and none who is more deservedly popular. 

He was born in Columbus, Ohio, January 6, 1840, and is the 

s n of Henry Pausch. a tailor, who married Miss Katharine 

Luker, and to whom three sons were born, two of whom are 

living. Mr. Pausch has lived all his life in Columbus, and 

i : has resided in his pleasant home at 9iil South 

i et, where he dispenses his unaffected hospitalities 

iends, whom he delights to moot and entertain. 

He was married November 3, 1864, to Miss Jennie E. Mc- 

I herson, and to them were born eight children, all of whom 

are living, with the exception of Frank M., who died April 

13, 1901, being in his twenty-ninth year: Flora Louise. 

Henry, Jr., Frank M.. Kathrine B., "Walter L.. Anna E.. 

Mary G., and Alice G. 

He attended the common schools of Columbus, and at the 
age of 14 war- was apprenticed to learn the printer's art to 
ary & Son, editors and proprietors of the Capital 
City Fact, at that time a prominent Columbus daily newspa- 
per. At 18 his apprenticeship was concluded and he then 
entered the employ of Hon. Richard Nevin, at that time the 
niter, and with that firm and its successors he re- 
mained for 30 years as one of its most trusted and efficient 
emploj f - 

In 1889, when lie was 48 years of age, the Democratic con- 
vention of Franklin county nominated him for County Treas- 
urer, and in 1891 he was again nominated, serving as Treas- 
urer for four years. Since that time he has served in differ- 
ent public and political positions, being at present a member 
of the City Sewer Commission, having been appointed by- 
Mayor Swartz as one of the Democratic member of the 
board. 

In politics Mr. Pausch has always been an unswerving 
and ardent Democrat, active in the management of his 
party's affairs and an untiring worker for the success of his 
party's ticket, local. State and National. His counsel and 
assistance have always been sought by his party's leaders in 
political campaigns ever since he reached man's estate, and 
were always given ungrudgingly and unselfishly. 

In 1*74 he was elected to the Council of the city of Colum- 
bus from the Fourth ward, and from 1877 to 1879 he was 
president of that body, and both as a member and as presid- 
ing officer he acquitted himself with the highest honor, and 
the breath of suspicion never rested upon a single one of his 
official acts in any of the many official capacities in which he 
served. 

After voluntarily leavir" the City Council, he was elected 
to the office of Police Commissioner on the Democratic 
ticket and served for four years, up to 1884. and was largely 
instrumental in reforming, reorganizing and shaping into an 
efficient body of men the police force of the city of Colum- 
bus \ strong partisan, he was none the less a conscientious 
public official, and always insisted on efficiency in office as 
the first requisite, coupled with sound political principles. 

Mr. Pausch is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a Knight of Pythias, 
of the Uniform Rank, an active member of the Columbus 
Maennerchor and of the Olentangy Club, as well as many 
other social organizations. In every relation in life he has 
won and still retains the highest esteem and respect of all 
with whom he associated. His home is one of ideal haopi- 
ness and content, where he is surrounded with an amoli'ude 
orts, the result of his own labors and the helpful as- 
sistance of his estimable wife, and their affectionate efforts 
are now devoted to the promotion of the welfare of their 
; en. 



FRANK H. NEER. 
A successful business man. a neighbor esteemed by all a n d 
an upright citizen of public spirit is found m Mr. Frank H. 
Neer of Calloway. 

This gentleman was born in Prairie township. Franklin 

Ohio, on August 24, 1S71 son of William H. Ncr 

M Busbey) Neer His mother was of a familv 

prominent for its having produced so many great school 

teachers and newspaper men. In the field of journalism Mr. 

in II Busbey holds the position of managing editor of 

hicago Inter-Ocean, while Mr. Hamilton Busbey. uncle 

subject of this sketch, is now editor of Turf. Field and 

Farm, the well-known sporting journal published in New 

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York City. 

Mr. Neer'- grandfather was one of the pioneer school 
teachers of Clark ccunty and also noted as one of the best 
educators that ccunty had ever known. All the immediate 
members of his family are living, with the exception of his 
father, who died on April 1". 1E81. 

Mr Neer was educated in the common schools of Prairie 
township. Galloway, Ohio. and. on leaving school, engaged 
with F. Courtright, with whom he remained for seven years. 
After leaving his emp oy he entered into business on his own 
account by opening an exchange stable and engaging m gen- 
eral trading operation- and met with the best of success. 

On January 11, 1901. he purchased the 1 usiness of A. C. 
Schordorf. and at the old stand conducts a general black- 
smithing, carriage repairing, painting and harness -hop. em- 
ploying none but first-class help and executing none but 
first-class work. Mr. Neer also deal- m horses a n 1 in farm- 
ing implements, and in this respect, as in all others, i- noted 
for In- straightforward methods. 

Mr. Neer has served as township clerk, is a splendid exam- 
ple of the sell-made man. and is most popularly known all 
throughout the country. 

Mr Neer has two admirably educated sisters, both of 
whom are in charge of schools in Franklin county, in the 
management of which they have nut with the best of success 
and have achieved most substantial results, some brilliant 
scholars Inning Ken graduated under their tuition. The 
name- of these ladies are Mrs. Carrie Neer Goldsmith and 
Mi-- Nellie N. Neer, and foth are most favorably known in 
educational and social circles. 

DAVID A. EBINGKR 

One of the most successful manager- in business and 
manufacturing lines in the city of Columbus i- David \ 
Ebinger. who has charge and direction of the extensive 
Voglegesang Furnace Company of South High street, and 
its marked success is large'y due to his managerial ability. 

He i- the sen of John J. and Katherine Ebin er and was 
born in Marietta. Ohio, December 9, 1856. To bis parents 
six sons and three I'aghurs were lorn, and of these, Four 
sons and three daughters survive. 

Mr. Ebinger was married August 15, 1885 to Miss Eliza- 
beth Vogelgc-ang and five children were born to them: Leo 
J., aged 15; Pavid H.. aged 12; Hilda F... who died in Feb- 
ruary. 1900; Henrietta I... aged 3. and Clara Louise, aged 1 
year. He is a Republican, hut has never held a public office, 
and has resided in Coluinl us -nice 1884, and ha- a beautiful 
and pleasant home at '.'-t' 1 City Park avenue, where he enjoys 
the full measure of happiness, -urrounded by his interesting 
family. 

He received a thorough and practical education in the pub- 
lic schools of the city of Marietta and. after leaving school, 
he became a clerk in a large hardware store, where he re- 
ceived a complete training for a future business life. He re- 
mained in tin- position until he was 21 years of age. when he 
sought a wider field and came to Columbus in the autumn of 
1ST", and at once took charge of the extensive hardware 
store of Brown. Brown & Co.. located at the corner of Rich 
and High street- 
Here he remained until July. 1884. when he resigned the 
position to take that of manager of the Vogelgesang Fur- 
nace Company, at 584-586 South High street. This arduous 
and responsible position he has filled with the highest meas- 
ure of success ever since and has made it one of the most 
successful establishments in that line of business in the State. 

His keen insight into the wants and requirements for the 
heating and ventilation of large buildings, both private and 
public, led him to the successful introduction of the heating 
apparatus of the firm into nearly or quite all the citi< 5 and 
considerable towns in the State, both for public ami private 
use. 

Mr. Ebinger is not only a successful manager, but a suc- 
cessful inventor as well, and is the originator and patentee 
of a number of the most valuable devices used in the business 
of practical heating and ventilating, among which may be 
named the furnace heaters for the larger as well as smaller 
public buildings and private residences, and the Imperial 
Furnace Heater, just completed and put on the market for 
the use of both gas or coal, or in combination. The latter 
meets and overcomes all the important objections which For- 
merly existed in this line of heating. 




ROU \ I •"( )RD. 



k. ,lla Ford ,vas Lorn in Athens county, Ohio, on ihc Kith 
day of Dei eml ■ r, in the y< ar It 18. I lis fathi r was John A 
Ford, a succes ful superintendent ol exten iv< sale and coal 
works at Saline, Alliens county, Ohio. To his parents were 

horn three sons and one daughter, oni m '■ 

i ea i 'I 

Mr. Ford received a good and practical cdtii tion in Lin 
piil, h, schools of Salina and then in his earliest manhood 
went in the coal mine-., in which occupation he continued un- 
til the yeai 1876 Hi then entered a less laborious and more 

remunerative occupation, I ming nccted with il 

struction department of the northern division of the Colum- 
I lis and Hocking \ alley railw ay. which v'ivisii n extends from 
Columbus i" Toledo, and me1 ever) requirement of Ins em- 
ployers. 

\iier the construction of this division ol Ohio'; great coal 
road was completed, Mr Ford was placed on the southern 
or river division of the road a- a fireman and remained in 
that capacity until the year 1881 then, becau • ol In- - fi 

ciency and reliability, he was pr ted to engineer, and ran 

a freight train 'rum I ogan, in Hocking i unity, to Pomeroy. 
in Meigs ci ttnty, until the year I---', 

In thai yeai In was tran ferred to the Hocking Valley Di 



, ision i xti nding from Columbus to Athens 'I 1" 
i iln r promotion, and he continued the runs between the two 
point; until in March, 1894, when he engaged as engineer on 
the Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking, as engineer, and 
made tin run between Columbus and Sandusky, one ol the 
important ports on 1 ake Erie. 

I i, Min. line, 1 in this position until Decembei 5, 18!) 
ing the highest satisfaction. Feeling, however, that he had 
served a full term as railway engineer, with the attendant 
dangers to life and limb, he resigned his position and has 
inci I, i n engaged in running stationarj engines in i 
bus He is now engaged a- engineer for the extensive West- 
bote Printing and Publishing Company on South High 
stre< t. 

He was married on the 28th of April. 1-7". to Miss Rhoda 
l;.-,rl.i r Three i hildren were hum to them, two ol w 
tlccea cd The survivor, Miss Bessie aged IS, is a winning 
and exemplar) young lady, being a natural born artist, many 
ol her productions adorning the home. 

Mi Ford is a Republican: belongs to the Masonic Order. 

and to the Brother! 1 ol Locomotive Engineers He has 

n nl.,1 with Ins family in Columbus since 1883. hi 
1 _' I South Fn ml street 



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COLUMBUS STATE HOSPITAL. 



ROSTER OF OFFICERS. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



H. H. Greer, Mt. Vernon, President. 
M. I?. Bushnell, iyiansfleld. 



Thomas B. Black. Kenton. 



F. H. Southard, Zanesville. 
John G. Roberts, ( romer. 



RESIDENT OFFICERS 



E. G. Carpenter, M. !>-. Superintendent. 
Geo. Stockton-, >I. D., Assistant Physician. 
Robert C. Tarbell, M. I)., " 
Ernest Scott, >1. I>.. 
Isabella. Bradley, M. D., " 



Cyril Hawkins, Steward. 
( ). L-. Anderson, Storekeeper. 
Robert E. Ruedy, M.D., Pathologist. 
Mrs. E. G. Carpenter, Matron. 



The "Lunatic Asylum of Ohio" was organized by Act of 

the Thirty-Fourth General Assembly, passed March 5th, 

1835, sixty-two years ago, and Samuel Parsons. William M. 

Awl' and "Samuel F. Maccracken were appointed directors. 

These directors selected a tract of land about one mile 

east and north of the State House comprising thirty acres. 

This tract fronted south on what is now last Broad street, 

and the western boundary was near Washington avenue. 

During the next three years they erected a building on 

grounds, at a cost of about sixty-one thousand 

100) dollars. 

The institution accommodated one hundred and twenty 

patients, and was the first institution for the treatment of 

me organized west of the Alleghenies. A very fair 

representation of the building is given on the second page, 

which is a copy of a painting made by an inmate of the 

asylum, and the' original of which is still in the possession 

of the present hospital. 

in Vlay 21, 1838, William M. Awl, M. I)., of Columbus, 
i ted medical superintendent by the trustees, and the 
first patient was received on November 30 of that year. 

The building was two hundred and ninety-five feet in 
length, and contained one hundred and fifty-three single 
in,. in. The directors apologized for the apparently ex- 
travaganl si < b) saying that it would be required in a few 
ifet it was the only asylum the state then had. Now 
the State has accommodations for more than six thousand 
undred patients, and when the hospital at Massillon 
is completed will have a total accommodations for seven 
d five hundred patients, and every institution is 
i to its full capacity. 
I >r. \wl was m charge as superintendent until 1850, a 
period of twelve years, when lie was succeeded by Samuel 
H. Smith, M. 1> lb was succeeded ill 1852 by E. Ken- 
driil.. M. D., and he by George E. Eels. M. D.. in June. 
1854 'in August 1. 1855. Dr. Richard Gundry, who later 

prominent in the care ol the insane ill (lino and 
the I'nitcd Slates, was appointed assistant physician. 

In July. 1856, Dr. R. Tills. ,.f Delaware, was appointed 
superintendent, lie held the position for several years, and 
! by Dr. William I .. Peek. 

(in the evening of November 18, 1868, the asylum caught 
tire and was almost wholly destroyed. There were three 
hundred and fourteen patients in the asylum, and six were 
suffocated by the smoke before the) could be rescued. The 
others were removed to the asylums af Cleveland, Dayton 
and Cincinnati, that had been built since this one was or- 
gan] e d 

i m \pril 23, 1869, an act was passed b) the Legislature 
authorizing the rebuilding of the asylum on tin old 



and contracts were let September '23. 1869, and work was 
begun on the foundation October -'4 of that year. Winter 
soon stopped the work, however, and during the ensuing 
session of the Legislature, on the 18th of April. 1870, a bill 
was passed authorizing the sale of the old tract and the 
purchase of a new site to contain three hundred acres of 
land. 

Governor R. B. Hayes, State Treasurer S. S. Warner and 
Attorney General F. B. Pond were appointed a commission 
to sell the old site and to purchase a new one. They were 

required to sell the old site at a price not less than $200,1 

and to purchase a new site of not less than three hundred 
acres at a cost not to exceed $100,000. 

The commission reported in favor of the purchase of 
three hundred acres from William S. Sullivant. paying 
therefor two hundred and fifty dollars per acre. 

The trustees took charge of this tract, which is the pres- 
ent site of the hospital, on May 5, 1870. The site of the 
building was determined ii'ion, work was begun under the 
old contracts, which had been transferred to the new site. 
and the cornerstone was laid on July Fourth of that year. 

On April 12, 1870, an act had been passed authorizing the 
enlargement of the asylum to accommodate six hundred pa- 
tients, and limiting the cost to $600,000. Plans weir pre- 
pared under this act for two addition wings on each side, 
making four in all, on each side of an administration build- 
ing. Contracts were let for these on November 2, 1870. 

On March 25, 1872, an act was passed authorizing the 
erection of a rear central wing for boiler house, laundry, 
kitchen, employes' quarters, etc.: the entire cost of said wing 
to be $150,000. Dr. Wm. L. Peck, superintendent of the old 
asylum when it burned, had been chosen assistant architect, 
and was active in the preparation of plans. He prepared 
those for this central wing, and on April 10, 1872, they were 
approved b) joint resolution of the Legislature. 

On Ma\ 3, 1873, the Legislature authorized the erection 
of a heating apparatus and a water supply at a cost of 
$105, 

( In \pril 18, 1874, the name of the institution was changed 
to Central Ohio Hospital for the Insane. 

( in June 6. 1876, the name was again changed to Colum- 
bus Hospital for the Insane. 

i in Ma) 15, 1 s 7 '_' . Dr. Wm, L. Peck was chosen Superin 
tendenl of Construction and Resident Architect at a salary 
oi $5,000 per annum and the use of a furnished residence on 
iIh grounds (In August 19, 1873, tins salary was reduced 

lo si.: (In March 31, 1STJ. a bill was passed reorgan 

i/ing the hospital, and Dr. Peck was dropped. 

Levi r Schofield's services as architect were discontinued 
September 15, Is?:!, and T. R. Tinsley was apnointed to the 
position on March 31, IS74. at a salary of $2,000 and the 



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use of furnished rooms on the grounds. He was continued 
in this position until September 1, 1877. 

( )n April 1G, 1874. J. M. Davies was appointed Superin- 
tendent of Construction at a salary of $2,000 and furnished 
n oms. He resigned June 1, 1870. and on June 20, 1876, J. 
L. II illiker was chosen to this place at the same salary. On 
\pril 15, 1877. the duties of the place were completed and 
his services were dispensed with. Several assistant superm- 
ini i.nts were appointed during the progress of the work. 

I he institution was finally completed on July 4, 1877, just 
-i -.in vtars ,rom the laving of the cornerstone, on July 4, 
1870 

( in November 9, 1876, Dr. Richard Gundry, then Superin- 
tenaent of the Athens Hospital for the Insane, was chosen 
lviedical Superintendent, and he assumed charge in Janu- 
ary, 1877. 

1 he total cost of construction at the time of the opening 
was $1,500,980.45. 

The first patient was admitted into the new hospital on 
August 23, l. v 77, and this patient is still an inmate of the 
institution, twenty years later. 

The hospital, as completed, stands on an elevated plateau 
about three miles west of High street, on the north side of 
Broad street, facing almost directly east. It consists of a 
central administration building and two wings, of four sec- 
ach, and a rear wing. The lateral wings and the 
administration building have a lineal frontage of about 1.200 
feet, and the rear wing and administration building have a 
depth of al» nt 800 feet. It is nearly all four stories in 
height, and the distance around the foundation walls is 
about one and one-quarter miles. The building, when 
opened, accommodated eight hundred and fifty-two patients. 
In the wings for the patients there were four hundred single 
rooms and one hundred and sixteen associated dormitories 
for the use of patients. There were twenty-eight wards 
from 120 to 180 feet in length, and each ward contained 
bath lavatory, water closet, clothing room and two rooms 
for attendants. 

The whole building is of fireproof construction, and each 
section has two fireproof stairways. The rear wing contains 
the dispensary, supervisor's department, assorting room for 
lothing, kitchen, laundry, ironing room, engine room, boiler 
liaise, carpenter shop, upholsterer's shop, blacksmith shop, 
and all rooms for male and female help outside of the wards. 

The officers' living rooms are on the second, third and 
fourth stories of the administration building, and the first 
story of this part is devoted to offices. On the second floor 
of the rear wing, adjoining the administration building, there 
is a large amusement hall. In the rear of this is the chapel, 
which contains a good-sized pipe organ and comfortably 
seats four hundred and fifty patients. 

Since the opening the institution has been enlarged in 
many directions, and many improvements made. A general 
dining ball, seating one thousand patients, has been construct- 
ed in the rear of the south wing, with wdiich it is connected 
orridors. Under this dining room a ward has been 
fitted up for male infirm natients, which accommodates one 
hundred patients. The old dining rooms in twenty-two wards 
have been converted into associated dormitories and ac- 
commodate one hundred and eighty-six patients. 

Changes have been made in the sleeping rooms for at- 
tendants in the wards, and at present the capacity of the 
hospital has been increased to thirteen hundred and fifty 
patients. 

An electric light plant has been installed and every part 
of the 1 uilding is now lighted by this means. 

\ cold storage apparatus lias also been instituted and the 
hospital now makes all its own ice, furnishing all parts of 
the building all required, and also providing cold storage 
room for twenty thousand pounds of butter, ten thousand 
pounds of lard, two hundred gallons of milk, ten or twelve 
eeves and all the fruit and vegetables requiring it. 
T il i n altogether, the state has spent on these buildings 
and grounds fully two million dollars, and for the mainte- 
nance of the patients more than two hundred thousand dol- 
lai annually, or a grand total for building, improvements 



and maintenance during twenty years of six million dollars. 

During the existence of the old asylum on East Broad 
street, there were under treatment a total of five thousand 
one hundred and seventeen cases. Of these, two thousand 
seven hundred and four were discharged as recovered, and 
six hundred and eighteen died. 

From the opening of the new hospital in 1877 to Novem- 
ber 15, 1800, there were under treatment a total of seven 
thousand one hundred and ninety-six cases, of which three 
thousand four hundred and fifty-six were females, and three 
thousand seven hundred and forty males. Of this number two 
thousand six hundred and fifty were discharged as recovered 
(one thousand four hundred and thirty-three males and one 
thousand two hundred and seventeen females), while one 
thousand two hundred and thirty-two (seven hundred and 
forty-one males and five hundred and forty-one females) 
died. 

The grand total of cases treated during the sixty-one 
years from the opening of the old Ohio Lunatic Asylum in 
1835 to November 15, 1800, is twelve thousand three hundred 
and thirteen, and of these five thousand three hundred and 
fifty-four recovered and one thousand eight hundred and 
forty-five died. 

When it is considered that most of these cases represent- 
ed much care and anxiety to friends, and oftentimes re- 
quired extreme patience and much labor in their manage- 
ment, some idea can be formed of the benefit of this great 
charity of the state of Ohio. 

In May. 1878, Dr. Gundry resigned the superintendent-} - 
and Dr. L. Firestone, of Wooster. was appointed in his 
place. 

On March 15. 1881, Dr. Firestone was relieved and Dr. H. 
C. Rutter, then Superintendent of the Athens Hospital for 
the Insane, was appointed. 

Dr. Rutter resigned on November 15, 1883, and Dr. T. R. 
Potter, of Springfield, was chosen to succeed him. 

Dr. Potter resigned on April 17. 1884, and Dr. C. M. 
Finch, of Portsmouth. O., was appointed his successor. 

Dr. Finch served out his term of four years, and on May 
3. 1888. Dr. J. W. McMillen. of Columbus, was appointed. 

Dr. McMillen was removed in April. 1890, and Dr. D. A. 
Morse was appointed. 

Dr. Morse died on March 10, 1891, and Dr. J. H. Ayres. 
of Urbana. was appointed to the vacancy. 

On April 20, 1802, Dr. Ayres resigned and Dr. A .R. Rich- 
ardson, of Cincinnati, was chosen to succeed him. On May 
1, 1808. Dr. Richardson was succeeded by the present super- 
intendent, Dr. E. G. Carpenter, of Cleveland, who still holds 
the position. 

In 1800 the name of the institution was changed to Colum- 
bus Asylum for the Insane, and in February, 18!I4. it was 
again changed to Columbus State Hospital, the name it 
still retains. 

The officers of the hospital are a medical superintendent, 
four assistant physicians, a pathologist, who is also a phy- 
sician, a steward, a storekeeper and a matron. 

There are about one hundred and seventy-five employes, 
and the monthly payroll of officers and employes amounts 
to over $5,000. 

There are more than one thousand five hundred people 
constantly in the hospital to feed and provide with rooms 
and bed. 

Some idea of the cost of maintaining such a hospital can 
be obtained by noting that it requires five barrels of flour 
daily, and the services of three bakers constantly. One 
thousand pounds of butter are consumed each week. It 
requires six hundred and eighty pounds of beef for one 
meal. Eighty pounds of coffee are consumed daily, and 
about two hundred gallons of milk. 

The hospital has this year bought and canned over two 
thousand gallons of black berries, and there are usually 
canned about three thousand gallons of tomatoes. 

Last year there was raised on the hospital land over four 
thousand bushels of corn, and three hundred hogs were 
raised and killed, netting over thirty thousand pounds of 
pork and fifteen thousands pounds of lard. 



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C( )RP( IRAL ' .l.i )RGE W 

George W. Bigelow of Groveport. Madison township, 
was born in a log cabin near Circleville, Ohio, January H, 
1843. His father was Nathan Bigelow, a native ol Massa- 
chusetts and Ins mother was Prudence Hathaway. Nathan 
Bigelow, Ins wife, four sons and four daughters, of whom 
the subject of tins sketch and one sister survives 

The present Bigelow was educated al the little Leigh 
school house m Madison township. At the age of IT he re- 
turned tn the home of Ins uncle in Worcester, Massachu- 
setts, and at the age cf 18 enlisted in Compart) V fwentj 
fifth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, at Wor- 
cester, Massachusets, and served three years and one month, 
being mustered i lit in 18(i4 at Worcester with rank of cor- 
poral. 

He then returned to Madison township, and engaged in 
farming, and in 1870 ceased this occupation and engaged 
with Mr. L. S Ayres, of Columbus, in running a suppl) 
wagon throughout the country districts, being thus engaged 
until 1ST". In the meantime he entered into co-partnership 
with Mr. L. F. Powell, under the firm name of Bigelow & 
Powell, dealer in stoves and hardware, at Groveport, 
severing his engagement with Mr. Ayres to enter upon the 
I usiness fi ir himself. 

I'll.' firm of Bigelow & P.. well continued until 1881, when 
he purchased the interest of Mr. 1'owell and became sole 
proprietor. He lias since made many improvements in Ins 
business, and now conducts the principal store in that line 
m Groveport, being iustly proud of his success, and the fad 
that lie is a pelf-made man. The building in which lus busi- 
ness is carried . n was erected by him in 1884, and is a two 
story brick 21x(i0, containing a commodious hall use. I by 



\SII INGTI >N BIGELOW. 

Fraternal lodges and for entertainment, known as Bigelow 

i 'n November 9, 1804, lie was united in marriage with Miss 
Harriet Crosby, who is of New England descent, and whose 
ancestral Hue reaches back to the Mayflower. But one child 
was I. ni to the union, and it passed away at an earl) age 
in | . litics Mr Bigelow is an anient, conscientious and con- 
sistent Republican has never held a public office and never 
sought lor one Me is an Odd Fellow, being the first man 
initiated in the new hall in L8T6 The Town Hall, in which 
the 1(1(1 F. hall is located, was built through the efforts 
ol the order II.- is also a charter member ol Jonathan Post 
4H4. (, A R . organized in 1NK4. He has long been an earn- 
est and consistent number of the M E. church, as is Mrs 
Bigelow. 

He has lived continuously at Groveport since IN." and in 
connection with bis other business, is. and has been, doing a 
considerable business, in fence posts, freighting them ovei 
the Ohio .anal which touches Groveport. In addition to 
tins, be .Iocs hot-bed gardening, having the earliest vegeta 
bles ai Groveport. 

He traces bis American genealogy back 1.. the ..ear 1616 
ai Watertown, Massachusetts, and in England bacl: to \Yil 
ham the Conqueror, and in a direct line back to the Saxon 
invasion of Germany and Italy. The authorities for tins 
descent will be found in Burke's Peerage. Duncan's Dukes 
,,f Normandy. Pilgrims Historj of England, and various 
encyclopaedias. The blood ol the royal families .a England, 
France Germany and hah' flow through the veins of the 
Big. lows a... I Warrens. 

The Bigelows are possessed of decided -emus in the line 



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of quaint and expressive verse making, and the comprehen- 
of this poetic temperament will be seen in the ap- 
pended which was recited at cue of the family gatherings of 
the Bigelovvs, and on the occasion of his silver wedding, 
written by Allan G. Bigelow: 

AMERICA, L889. 

Behold the third act of our family drama: 

"View three" of our domestic panorama? 

["here has been much of "blood." though little "thunder:" 

No mystery, and very little wonder; 

No sulphurious flash of lycopodium lightnings. 

No gibbering ghosts, or other ghastly frightenings. 

Nor do I now propose to raise your hair. 

Or freeze your vitals, or your spirits scare: 

This play, whose first act gleamed with arms and armor. 

Whose second showed the forest-fighting farmer. 

Has in the third, reached the high plane of peace 

Of anvil, plow and loom; of crop and fleece — 

In place of wizard's wand, and warlocks scream 

The fairy electricity, the giant steam 

Now work their spells: while labor saving thought 

Does what before by weary toil was wrought; 

While turning from all abstract views of right 

Man ever keeps his brother man in sight; 

Rules not by sword and battle-axe and mace 

But by his "love the whole human race. 

In this grand progress toward a higher plane. 

With all its triumphs, all its toil and pain — 

This lifting heavenward of the human heart — 

Our emigrants descendants bear their part. 

John Biglo — 'twas a homely name. 1 know; 

Nor Biglow, nor the longer Bigelow 

Is much improvement on the simple way 

They spelled it in that ruder, distant day. 

It matters not, so far as I can see, 

What the mere spelling of the name may be: 

For what would be the name without the blood? 

Some human flesh is clay, and some is mud! 

The pointed old-time maxim: "blood will tell," 

Dispels the thought of magic in a "spell;" 

Eight hundred years of uncorrupted flow 

Have failed to taint the blood of Bigelow 



With shame of any kind, or with the stain 

( >f ignorant vice, or ill-gotten gain. 

Instead, i ur name, even as a stands today. 

Has ever stood— as stand it ever may — 

1-c r honesty, lor < uty squarely done. 

lor purity unsullied as the sun. 

For patriotism of the loftiest kind. 

For high intelligence and cultured mind. 

For industry that cannot idle sjt. 

For serious wisdom and for ready wit. 

Among our ranks the (.entile often sees 

Doctors divinitatis and M. D.'s. 

Professors versed in all that is profound. 

Surgeons well skilled in fracture and in wound, 

Soldiers, to duty and to country true. 

Attorneys sticking to their clients, too. 

Prose writers, and to give us all fair show, it's 

Just as well right here to mention poets! 

Statesmen and diplomats of high renown. 

Officials, both of county and of town; 

And though our name appears once and again 

Among the lists of city aldermen. 

You'll never find (praise be to "Yankee Doodle!") 

The name of Bigelow mixed up with boodle. 

Besides these honored ones, a noble host. 
(I am not sure but I honor these the most) 
Who work at bench and anvil, till the soil, 
Honor our family with homely toil. 
And quietly, in shop and on the farm. 
Build that strong edifice of beam and arm. 
That bulwark of the state, hard, common sense, 
Found ever in strong-limbed intelligence. 

Right well it is to gather once a year 
This pleasant self-laudation thus to hear. 
So shall we tell our children the shame 
'Twottld be to smirth or sully such a name — 
A name that almost for a thousand years, 
Anton" the fairest of the race appears. 
Let this the lesson of our meeting be 
To every member of our spreading tree. 
From rugged trunk to tenderest baby bud; 
Keep pure our Norman, Saxon, Yankee blood! 



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J( ill N I \MI Si )N FERSi )N. 



The name of John Jameson Ferson is indissolubly linked 
wiih the history and progress of Columbus for ;i very large 
proportion of the last half of the nineteenth century. 

lie was horn in Orange, Delaware county, Ohio, on the 

6th of March. 1826, and died m Columl us on the Tib of Jan- 
uary, 1S7H. His lather was Samuel Ferson, who died on 
June 13, 1885, at his home, m Delaware county, at the agi ol 
!!0 years. His mother was Miss Phoebe Jameson, who died 
May II. 1869, at the age of <•' years. To Lhe couple were 
born: Mary, wife of Frank Strong of Delaware; William, 
deceased; John Jameson; Daniel I., of Delaware; Kachael. 
who died in girlh 1; Phoebe, wife of Durban Hyde of In- 
diana: Clara, wife of Milo Patterson of Delaware county. 
Ohio; Ellen, who died in girlhood; Jeannette, wile of John J 
Past of Lewis Center. Ohio; lames, ol Delaware county, 
and Sarah, who died when a young woman. 

Mr. Person was educated in the public schools of Dela- 
ware county, finishing at Central College, one of the leading 
academies in Central Ohio at that day. He was married 
January 19, 1854, to Miss Caroline M. Mather, the daughter 
of Nathaniel and Sarah (Mills) Mather, who was horn m 
Windsor. Hartford county. Connecticut. May 20, 1829, and 
lived there until she was 1 I years of age, when, her father 
dying, her mother removed to Columbus with her lour chil- 
dren, where she lived the remainder of her life Mrs Fer- 
son, who had attended the schools in Windsor, Connecticut, 
finished her education in a select school in Columbus. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Ferson three children were horn, hut 
they all died m infancy. I'm despite the early deaths of their 
beloved ones, their home was not one of gloom and sorrow 
without hope. but. on the contrary, it was illumined with the 
joyousness of Christian faith and the hopes of the brighter 
and 1 etter life beyond, 

A happier home than his could not he imagined Perhaps 
few men have lived and died in Columbus so universally es- 
teemed and beloved as Mr person. He was a man too mod- 
est to court public notice, hut the places he rilled in the con 
fidence and esteem of his fellow men was one which the most 
ambitious might envy. His I usiness integrity was of the 
highest stamp. Men instinctively trusted him. and many 
sought him as the safe and wise administrator of their sa- 
cred trusts. His benevolence was as widespread as it was 
unostentatious. Many mourn today the loss of their bene- 
factor, whose chanties none knew hut themselves and God. 
But even more than his gifts were his personal servici to 
the sick, the afflicted and the families of the dead, lie illus 
trated the ideal of the Apostle James; ■'Pure religion, and 
undefined before Hod, and the Father, is this: To visit the 
fatherless and the widows m their affliction, and to keep him- 



self unspotted from the world." To all such he was a wise 
ci un.seli r and a gi nerous friend. 

No one who knew him would doubt that the broad and 
de. p I. undatioiis of his character as a citizen, a man of busi- 
ness and friend were laid in lus religion. II.- believed God's 
revealed word, and aimed to shape his own hie by the divine 
precept and example, He was here as m all things, modest 
and uncs'.entatious, but firm as a rock. The key of his char- 
acter was simply the idea of duty. Once satisfied as to what 
it was his duty to do. and no question of cost to himself 
was ever allowed to interfere. He would have gone to the 
slake as need he as a martyr. Yet no woman could be gen- 
tler than he. 

Me was a man of wise foresight and wide and intelligent 
1 Usiness enterprise, and from his youth up he was noted for 
the excellence of his judgment in business affairs When 

al out 18 years of age, in April, 1844, he came to Columbus 
and entered in the service of Joseph Ridgeway, and then en- 
gaged in the general foundry business at the corner oi Pro. id 
street and Stale avenue. He soon made himself master ol 
all the details of the business, ami s. . necessary to Mr Ridge- 
way, that he placed bis business interests chiefly in his hands 
and left at his death the settlement of his large estate to him. 
Prii r to lus death Mr, Ferson had been engaged in various 
enterprises, chiefly manufacturing, and since I860 has been 
a partner in the well known firm of Denig & Ferson, mak- 
ing a specialty of the manufacture of children's carriages. 
All of Ins I usiness enterprises looked to the building up ol 
the city of Columbus on a solid foundation and he left be 
hind him fitting monuments of hi- excellent judgment and 
enterprising spirit. He was a man of deep religious conyic 
tions, free from all the unbecoming narrowness ol inflexible 
creeds. 

pel.. r. he came to Columbus he had united with the church 
of which liis parents were members. In 1845 he united by 
letter with the Second Presbyterian church ol this city, un- 
der the pastorial care of Rev. H. P. Hitchcock Willi all 
ihe interests of the church he has been identified for thirty- 
four years. He was a trustee from 1864-1868; from 1868 to 
his death he held the office of ruling m. ml. .a For twenty 
years, from 1859 to 1879, he was one ... lie superin 
iif the Sunday school \ useful hie ended when Death's 
messenger called John Jameson Ferson A Christian man 
has "served his generation by the will .a God." Tin citj is 
the better for his having lived m u To him we may apply 
the words ,.f Revelation "Blessed are the dead that die in 
the Lord; yea. saith the Spirit, thai they may rest from their 
labors, ami their works do follow them" 



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CHARLES L. KESCH. 



One of the best known young men-about-town is Charles 
I. Resch, the son of Henry and Katharine Becker Resell, 
who are more fully mentioned in the sketch of his older 
John Re^ch. 

He was born in Marion township, Franklin county, Ohio. 
September 20, 1871, and was educated in the common schools 
of that township. After leaving school he worked for his 
father at gardening until he reached the age of 23 years. 
When he kit 'he farm and engaged himself with the Capital 
City Brewing Company, as a roll driver, in the year 1893, 
and remained with that establishment until 1896 

In that year he made up his mind to enter business on his 
own account, and accordingly fittel up and opened a first 
taurant and cafe at the corner of Livingston avenue 
and Third -lint, in which he has conducted a most ucci 
ful and lucrative business, where he is still engaged supply- 
ing the wants of his numerous custorm 

lie was married to Mis. [Catherine Will "ti the 24tl i I i< 
tober. 1-' have no children. He is. aj regards his 

a Democrat. He is also a prominenl 



member of the Arbiter Verein, a Knight of the Royal Arch, 
and a never-behind-member of Horn's XX Club. He re- 
sidi ■ with his wife at 473 South Third street. 

Among the "younger set" of sociable young men in the 
city, and especially in the South Side, he is regarded as the 
very genius of life and enjoyment on all social occasions, and 
never fails to contril ute his full share of life and laughter at 
anv merry-making. 

He attributes his capacity to enjoy life and see the bright 
side of things largely to his experience on the old farm and 
about the garden, where both the useful and ornamental were 
grown — the useful products of the market garden to make 
things substantial and steady — and the flowers which bloom- 
ed in the nooks and corners to make them not only endur 
able, but enjoyable. 

This philosophj he has imbibed largely into his life, or, 
perhaps, more properly speaking, it has been largely instilled 
into it. and the result is that he takes life as it comes, and 
after the manner of the old-time philosopher. 



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J( IHN RES< II 



John Resell was born in Franklin canity. Ohio, July 111, 
1865 His father was Mr Henry Reseh, a prominent market 
gardener, who married Miss Katharine Becker, and to whom 
were born seven suns and four daughters. Three sons and 
• me daughter are deceased 

John Resell was educated in the public schools of Colum 
luis. and. alter leaving school, he worked at gardening with 
Ins lather until he was 19 years of age. Tn 1 SS4 ] K . learned 
the painting business, engaging with Mr. John Gockenbach, 
with whom he remained six years, retiring at that time as a 
journeyman painter, and entered into the contracting busi- 
ness, m which he continued until 1807, when Mayor Cotton 
U. Allen appointed him as a member of the police force of 
Columbus, winch position lie filled with distinction and fide! 
ity until May. 1899, when, for political reasons, he was re- 
lieved pi the office, which he had filled so acceptably for 
nearly three \ ears 

He then resumed his trade, at which he worked until Oc- 
tober, 1900, when he entered into a co Dartnership with Mi 
Louis Rinrlfuss in a first-class cafe at No 56-1 South High 
street, which lias been so successfullj managed that it has se- 



cured a first-class and constantly growing patronage, and 
where In i ngagi - the hi^hi si respect and best wishes of Ins 
friends and patrons. 

Mr. Reseh is a thorough-going Democrat. He is a mem 

her of the Arbiter \ ere in. ol the \\ I men of the World, oi 

the Knights of the Royal Arch, and ol the National Protec- 
tive Society, in all of winch he is a leading factoi 

He was married on the 12th of September, 1892, to Miss 
Katharine Rinc'fuss, and they have a family of four children: 
Luella, aged 7 years; Uma. 5 years; Hilda. 3 years, and Karl. 
2 years He resides with Ins family at 1360 South Fifth 
si reet. 

Mr Resch's surviving sisters and brothel are: Mrs 

Elizabeth Zimp f er, Mrs. Katherine Emmert rge. Mrs 

Margaret Zimpfer, Peter and Charles I. ., the well-known 
i estauranter. 

He has a wide circle of friends throughout the city, and 
especialb in the South End. where he is highh • Uci med be- 
cause of his genial and companionable qualities end Ins en- 
thusiasm in the progress and welfare of the 
ii.nis m which he has always been a mo l con picuous figure. 




OLIVER DAVIE. 



The greatest volume ever presented for perusal and study 
by mankind, yet one in which the production of which no 
I, ortal hand has taken part, is the "Book of Xature," and 
the author the Deity. To "hold the mirror up to nature" is 
a fascinating study and one that has engaged some of the 
brightest brains the world has ever known. The vocation of 
the naturalist is one of the most delightful that could be con- 
ceived. In the field or in the forest he is never alone, even 
though no fellow mortal be with him. He can find 
"Tongues in trees, 
Sermons in stones — 
Books in the babbling brooks," 
and every tree, leaf, flower, insect, bird or animal, each pos- 
sesses its own peculiar interest and own inherent charms. 

One of the most gifted naturalists of the age, one who has 
put to good use his "talents," is a well known citizen of Co- 
lumbus. Mr. Oliver Davie. 

Mr. Davie was born in Xenia, Green county, on July 15, 
1857, son of Robert and Helen (Collent) Davie, both natives 
of Scotland: was one of a family of lour sons, all of whom 
are living. His youth found its keenest pleasure in tin ■< o 
surrounding the Capital City and his education was gained 
by constant reading and observation. He is. in fact, a splen 
did exemplification of the "self-made man." one of the suc- 
cessful sort, and one who had made his "mark m the world." 
much to the world's betterment. 

Mr. Davie's father, wdio is now retired from active busi- 
ness life, was one of the early pioneers of Franklin county. 
and a gentleman who has ever commanded the fullest esteem 
of his fellow-citizens. 



Mr. Davie, who lias resided in Columbus his entire life, 
studied taxidermy in his years of budding manhood and is 
today one of the acknowledged expert taxidermists of the 
United States. He is also an author of note and his works 
are veritable text books and recognized authority regarding 
the subjects upon which they dwell. The best known among 
the volumes which have emanated from his pen are the fol- 
lowing: "Nests and Eggs of North American Birds," 
"Methods in the Art of Taxidermy," "Reveries and Recol- 
lections of a Naturalist," and "Life Histories of the Birds of 
i >hio." These works are written in a flowing, comprehensive 
style, show the author to be perfectly familiar with his pet 
subjects, and have a charm all their own. They have com- 
manded extensive sales and are to be found in first-class 
libraries in all parts of the country and abroa.d 

Mr. Davie was united in marriage on April 10. 1882, to 
Miss Hattie A Maxfield, a charming lady of Columbus, and 
they have had two children, both sons, and both living to 
brighten the home of their esteemed parents. Mr. Davie has 
Ins business office at No. 4 High Street Theater building and 
is at all tunes accessible to those who wish to have dealings 
with him. 

It is worthy of note here that Mr. Davie sent a copy of his 
"Reveries and Recollections of a Naturalist" to Whitcomb 
Riley, the poet, a total stranger to him, and that Mr. Riley 
was so impressed with the work that he wrote a poem ad- 
dressed to Mr. Davie, and which is now incorporated in the 
poet's works. Mr. Davie has written a poem in reply, which 
has already been published. 



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\\ I i IN LEIBI iLD. 



Anton Leibold, director of physical culture in the public 
schools of Columbus, Ohio, is an author and writer, a well 
known authority in this science, and a gentleman who has 
dour much to advance the cause of physical education. 

Mr. Leibold was born at Trier, Prussia, "ii October 1. 
1850, and is a son of Peter Fran/ Leibold and Sybilla 
(Schmitz) Leibold, and one of a family of six children 

Like a number of Germans who were connected with the 
1848-1849 revolutionary spirit in his Fatherland, Mr. Lei- 
bold's father was compelled to leave his old home and turned 
his face toward the tree country of the Stars and Stripes, 
mother and son following a lew years later, when Anton was 
about three years of age. The family lived a lew years in 
New York City ami Milwaukee. Wis, when they perma- 
nently located, m 1859, at New L'lm, Minn., a strong Ger- 
man settlement, composed mostly of the refugees of 1848 
His lather was engaged in a grocery store, barber shop ami 
country store in general, such as the pioneer hie of a frontier 
Stat.' will demand. In August, 1862, during the terrible In- 
dian massacre, the family lost everything, except their lives. 
Anton, then a young 1 oy of 12 years, can recall many of the 
incidents of those .'ays Nobody expected the terrible out- 
break, as everyl ody had keen on friendly terms with the red- 
skins tin to that date. In former peaceful days tribes of In- 
dians frequently passed thn ugh the town, tin- red and white 
boys often playing together. What a change occurred on 
the 18th of August. 1862. when the children wen- told by 
their teacher that they should quickly and quietly make for 
their homes. Young Anton, with his brother and a boj 
friend, had keen out the day before picking hazelnuts, and on 
their way heme met an Indian, whom thej greeted, which 
greeting v?s nol accepted as pleasantly as on former occa- 
sions, so the frightened boys went home hurriedly to tell 
their mother 'I the occurrence. This incident came to his 
mmd a; an when he was informed ly his teacher to hasten 
home. In a short lime he saw a recruiting committee for 



the Southern war brought back from a trip, some dead, 
others terribly mutilated. Farmers poured in from all direc 
tions. telling of the terrible onslaught by the Indians, while 
mothers and sisters were crying for their murdered hus- 
hands and brothers For a whole week the righting lasted 
between the few hundred whites ami the thousands of In- 
dian- The women and children were packed in a lew of the 
strongest houses, ami during daytime Mr. Leibold's family 
crawled on hands and knees across the street to their house 
to look for a scanty meal. During the night the littli town 
of about 300 inhabitants, now swelled to a thousand ot mOD 
ly the fleeing fanners, was illuminated by tires from hurti- 
ing houses Every now and then the wild Indian war yell 
was heard. With delight Mr Leibold noticed an Indian, who 
had mocked the citizen, receiving a white man's bullet, which 

brought him out from behind the chimney and sent In: I 

ing down the roof, bul how heartrending was it lor the boy 
when he saw a girl, an intimate school-friend of his, lea 
while attempting to cross the street A little bab} wa ion;,, 
in the arms of the girl, which made it all the more touching. 
line night, when the siege reached its climax, the sturdy de- 
fenders placed powder under the houses which contained 
their wivi 5 and children and. at a moment's warning, rather 
than let their beloved ones fall into the hands of the Indians, 
were re. ply to blow them up, but. fortunately, were not com 
pelled to do so. It is difficult to describe the feelings of the 
mother and children when they were informed one day that 
very likely the father, who was 
Wency trading with the Indians 
dead. Thai hearlr. tiding -. em 
dren cried and in. laned for their 
fi irever in Anti m's memory. 

After the siege was raised, the whites were compelled to 
leave their old homes, at least, for awhile Idle hundreds of 
fami'ii s traveled in a long train of ox -carts. On nearing St. 
Peter, \nton was ..died by name l>\ a familiar voice and. 



then at the Upper Indian 
. would be f. iund among the 
w Inn the mother and chil- 
father, has impressed il sell 



4(« 



what he thought whs a half-breed or 

_ in the name "Anion" was called, 

ler and son embraced each other. What a joyful mo- 

s when the mother and children held in their 

: ms him whom they had feared had been murdered. 

- - _'■ the friendly attitude of the well- 

Daj " A year later, when the 

family was back in their old frontier home. New Ulm. this 

to Mr. Leibold's father, his white 

friend. For two weeks Anton was tile proudest boy m town. 

for he had the honor to shake hands with the great Indian 

ither Day." who luul saved his father's life, and. as 

( 11 known, the lives of hundreds of whites. 

Mr. Leibold received Ins early education m a log 

g he became a member of the Turn- 
Y'erein, a German gymnastic association of a cultured class 
of people, which inspired him for further education, in which 
he succeeded with an iron will, considering their scanty 
means — his parents could not help him very much, though 
his father aided him as well as possible. 

When fifteen years of age Mr. Leibold was apprenticed to 
-- manufacturer, with whom he remained 
three years, and m 1867 he went to Chicago, where he was 
le until 1871, when the great tire of that 
year s«. - home and possessions. He then re- 

turned to his old home at New Ulm, and a year later moved 
to St. Paul, where he again worked at his trade and saved 
gi • that he might be enabled to 
_ cherished desire. A man of tine physique 
intellect, Mr. Leibold was always a physical culture 
-:. The St. Paul Turn-Verein, a German gymnastic 
ich Mr. Leibold was an actve and prominent 
ns, had appointed him their leader m the 
partment. With undaunted zeal he tried 
to raise the different classes, girls, boys ami men. intrusted 
..re. to a high standard. The opportunity had ar- 
cquire more knowledge m the science of 
physical training. His friends of the St. Paul Turn-Verein 
urged him. and the society, considering his devoted will and 
good cause, aided him financially, enabling him 
to go to Milwaukee. Wis., where he graduated in a tl 
course at the Normal School of Physical Training in 1S77. 



under the well-known teacher. George Brosius. He next 
went to Wheeling, West \ irginia, where he became physical 
instructor of the Turn-\ erein at that place, and remained 
there lor one year, when he received a call to Columbus. 
Ohio, to become instructor of the Turn-Verein there, ["his 
position he continued to hold up to 1881, when he accepted a 
call to Peru and Ottawa. Illinois. Next he went to Cincin 
nati. where he took charge of the West Cincinnati Turn- 
Verein for four years, and then accepted a call from one ol 
the oldest and best societies in the country — the Turn 
Gemeinde of Louisville. Kentucky — where he directed physi- 
cal culture for f< ur years. He was connected with the pub- 
lic schools ,<\ that citv, having charge oi physical instruction 
of the Normal Schoo While there lie published a manual 
01 physical training. In 1890 he again returned to Columbus, 
where he assumed charge of the Columbus Turn-Verein, and 
two years later was appointed supi physical culture 

in the public schools. In the fall of 1890 he had chai - 
great Turn-Fcst of Ohio, which took place in Columbus, and 
a great success m every particular. 

Mr. Leibold has published a number of manuals on the sci 
ence of physical development that are especially designed for 
public schools. He is a careful instructor anil highly es- 
teemed. (">hio was the first State to make physical training 
a part of public school work by an act passed in the lAgisla 
ture in 1893, and Mr. Leibold was conspicuous for his labors 
in securing said law. 

On August -V 1880, Mr. Leibold was married to Miss 
Emma Gottschall, who was for nine years previous to her 
marriage a teacher m the Columbus public schools. Three 
children have been born to them: Carl Peter, lrma Sybilla 
and Armin Anton. The father of Mrs. leibold. Mr. Charles 
J Gottschall, was ,i prominent revolutionist in tin- German 
revolution ol 1848 and makes his home with his son-in-law. 

Mr 1 eibold is prominent in fraternal circles, being a 
member oi the Humboldt 1 odge. No. 176, 1* \ \ M . a 
thirty-second degree Mason, a charter membei □ Scioto 
Valley Scottish Rue Consistory, the Humboldt Verein and 
the American Association for the Advancement of Physical 
Education. Since his eighteenth year he has been a member 
of the North American Turner Bund and has been one of the 
judges oi that organization's National tournaments For about 
twenty years. 



4tH 




THOMAS S 1/ V\ II ' I I 



'I he rapid grow i h ol < lolumbu ha caused 

ci 11 thi ..i,ii'. in the ci t; I i I i ci n i t j and 

ome of oui I" I kno n i tizen ari engaged in tin 
of realit; One o o cci h 

I 1 1' .iii.i I i Welch who i ..!... nga •• .1 in bi 

prod ) i i - ha nt at No I . I l pel treel 

Mr. Welch v tanstcad, I anada on Man h Ki 

1843 i \rchclaus and Mai :■ Co 

was o 

and foui daughti i urvivi '.'. hen .. child ; .. pai 
i .. I ....... 1 1 Ma . m 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . . ! i . . n that < I 

; on wa obtained 'A In n 

school he ■.'... in 1 [hteenth eai and thi ' 

i i ik brol ei t hi • ii. ted foi threi month ei ... in the 

First Ni Hamp hire Volunteei [nfantry \\ tin end ol 
thai time he wa mustered o I I tamp 

.' e-enlisted in tin Firsl ev II p 

Battery the end of I 

was inn ten d oul i in the fii Id, bul at onci 

served until thi Hi mustered 



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v,. .iiii.I. .1 at tin Hal • o 

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lai arm 

. .1 up to 1-7.', .•. 1,. n . - 

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1 • 
In po 




VALENTINE SPOHX. 



From a stranger coming to a strange land in 1881, with 
industry and determination almost his sole capital, Valen- 
tine Spohn a boy of 19, has grown into one of the success- 
ful and highly respected business men, before his fortieth 

He was born in Rockenhausen. Bavaria, Germany , April 
I 1862, being the son of Louis Spohn, a farmer, who mar- 
ried Miss Jacobine Ritzman, the daughter ol a farmer near 
Rockenhausen, Bavaria, and to them wore born seven chil- 
dren, namely: Elizabeth, Frederick, Ludwig, Philabena, 
Valentine, Caroline and {Catherine (deceased). 

Valentine came to the United States in L881, after having 
received a good education in the public schools of his native 
place. Before coming to the United States he had learned 
the trade of tinsmith, and his thorough knowledge of it 
readily secured him lucrative employment in his new home. 

For a time he worked at his trade in Cincinnati. ( )hio, then 
went to Hamilton, later to Pomeroy. and in 1883 came to 
Columbus, where he located permanentlv and first worked 
for Mr. Philip J. Kromer. On the 15th of February, 1898, 
he began business on his own ace >unt, in which he suc- 
ceened, an lias broadened out into a contractor, with a lar.^e 
circle of business patrons. 

He began business for himself at 179 South Peat 



which lias been constantly growing in extent and import- 
ance ever since. Tin. galvanized and copper work are in- 
cluded in the lines of his work. He makes heavy piece tin- 
ware to order a specialty, as well as all kinds of roofing and 
spouting and general repairing in tin, galvanized iron and 
copper. In Fact, everything that comes under the general 
luad of tinsmith is performed by his direction. 

He has been a contractor for the work in his line on a 
large number of the largest and best buildings in the city, 
and i- considered an artist in his line by all the builders and 
architects in the city. He has repaired and renovated the 
tin and galvanized work on a large number of the school 
and public buildings in the city, and in the execution of his 
contract, both innate and public, has never had any of his 
work condemned lor inefficiency or any other cause. 

He was married to Miss Cora J. Kidwell, of Martinsburg. 
Knox county, Ohio, October 24, 1892, and to them one son 
was born, Walter Y.. who died in infancy. He is not affili- 
ated with either of the political parties, but votes independ- 
ently, and in such a wav as in his judgment will best con- 
tribute to the public interests. He is a consistent and 
prominent member of the Protestant Lutheran Church of 
Columbus. He has been a citizen of the city since 1883, and 
resides at 38 Thurman street. 



toe 




WILLIAM F VOLK 



.1 Frederick K. Volk and a resi- 
is one of the substantia] citizens of that 
vho was a grocer there, determined hi >i >i 1 
assuming the many and great responsi- 
llr was given a course in the Columbus 
the hi ij h school and a two years' course 



William F. Volk, 
dent of Westerville, 

town. I lis father, v 
fitting the son lor 
I'lhtles of t 111 s life. 

public schools, alsi 
in college. 

Mr. Volk has always been a man of large business af- 
fairs. He followed the grocery business for a while, and 
then went into the drug line. lie has always adhered to 
correct business principles, and this has been the cornerstone 
oi Ins success. 

Besides acquiring larce business interests there he is the 
owner of a fancy poultry farm. He sent some of Ins poultry 
to Europe, and judges of fancy poultry there were unstinted 
m their praise of his stock. He is the owner of poultry 



buildings costing $3,500 

He was married to Emma D. Teter, and by tins union 
there was one child. His domestic relations have always 
been most happy. 

!!.■ is a member of the Odd Fellows, V F M . and F. M. 
C. His father has been prominent in the business affairs 
in Columbus for twenty-five years The family is one of the 
most notable in the country. Mr. Volk's grandmothei i 
still living at the age of 67. There were five membi 
father's family, one bov and four girls. His union with 
t a most happy consum- 
ssitudes ol life could nol 

rind all tho,e qualities 
:' the best known in the 



Miss Can 


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Schmidt 


having b 


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iffection 


that the v 


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which has 


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407 




SANFORD N. HALLOCK. 



Among the energetic and 
lumbus "there are none more energetic and pushing than 
\. Hallock. and none who give greater promise oi 
. both in business pursuits and 
,1 amenities. 
He was horn in Dunkirk. New York. August o. lift 

- m oi Sanford D. Hallock, a retire.! lumber mer- 
chant, who was married to Miss Adaline M Wright Sep- 
tember 14. 1873. at Blowing Grove. Orange county. New 

rid Wright. 
kirk. New York, who was one of the most prominent citi- 
that city, and an extensive dealer in lumber, meet- 

manding 
general respect. His mcl ne M. Wright, was 

1 urn a: - ; >- New York. De- 

' *50. 

le four children wi V. is de- 

sentative 
company: Sanford N. and Mi-s 
Emma B with her parents, and is a 

and accomplished young lady. 
■ I X. attended the public schools of the citj 
in which he secured a thoroughly pi 

that, taken in connection with his natural 
aracter. fitted him for business 

iut in business 

ruits an 1 vet 

quickly appre- 



ciated the excellence of his - Pure and perfect Jer- 

sey milk" from the Blooming Grove stock farm is dispensed 
daily at his 51 

■ what is termed a "hustler" in tile parlance of the 
day, and comes up to the full definition of the term. He is 
the city's young business men who believes both in 
intrinsic merit and attractive appearance, and his delivery 
which are by all odds the finest -een on the streets 
of the city, an g i from sun to sun. His tact and 

geniality comes in good -lay in securing customers, and 
in- straightforward methods of dealing retains them. 

Mr. Hallock is not married, but he has plenty of time and 
opportui : i life partner, before he is a quarter of 

a century old. Neither does he trouble himself about poli 
tics and political matters, devoting all his energies, for the 
present, to his business affair-. 

The Bl loming Grovi Stock Farm, which i- managed by 

his mother, Mrs Vlalmc M. Hallock. is beautifully lo- 

■ East Mam street, one mile from Alum creek, is 

uipped dairy and -tock Farms anywhere 

in the central part of tl I 'liio. 

On this well-kept farm is a herd of something like 100 

a >tered Jersey cattle, comprising the finest types 

of the bi ound anywhere. A large number of fine 

bred horses of the best -nam- are also kept on the premise-. 

The Jerseys of the Blooming Grove Stock Farm have 

been exhibited at the State and leading fairs throughout 

Ohio. Indiana. Wisconsin and Michigan, and carried off 

..ling premiums than any other single herd ui 

their cla-s: it is in all respects a model dairy and stock farm 

and is 1 by dairy and stockmen generally. 



|ns 




EDWARD HARm U<CHER. 



Rdward Harry Mcli.r the well known chiel clerk in the 
office of the State Railroad Commissioner, is a native ol 
ill,,,,, having been born in Noble county, on Jul) 2, 1856, 
,,n the farm of his parents Joseph and Phoebe V Archer, 
ami he was '.in- of a famil) ol five sons ami five daughters, 
..i whom all an- now living, with thi exception ol one 
daughter. 

Mr Archer's early life was passed .in the old horn, tead 

ami Ins education was received in the public scl 1- ol No 

ble county. Ai tin- early age ol seventeen he became a 
school teacher in In-, native county, and continued in tins 
capacity for Four years At the same time, 111 all Ins leisure 
hours, he devoted himself assiduously to the -nil. ol law 
and mi April '■',. IsTT, was admitted a member of the bar at 
Manilla. Ohio Ileal once began the practice of his pro 
fession at the county seal .,1 Noble county, and continued 
there until January, 1886, when In received the appointment 
to a clerkship in the Adjutant's (em. Colum 

bus. and tin- position he retained up to [anuary, I-'" 1 In 
April. 1892, Mr Archer was appointed, tinder the adminis- 
tration "i Governor McKinlcy, i" the position of chief clerk 

in the State Railroad C01 ssioner's office, and continued 

in this capacity until March. 1895 In the yeai following he 
was elected reading clcrl .1 the Ohio Senate hi March 

1897. under the regimi ol I , not I'.n hn II. Mi 

was again appoint) d < hi< I clerl ol tin Raih oad Commis 



I' 'ie 1 ■' 11 Jiip. iinie.l in 1899, and -i ill i ontinues 

i' 1 efficiently fulfill the onei 1 >u dul ii ■ of thai rcsp. .11 ibh 
||" 11 11 ai Whili pi .1. 1 1. in- law ai ( aldwell, thi county seat 
ei Noble . 1 n. m Mi \e I,, , wa . in 1880 
that city . and in 1882 was again returned to thai ol 

Mr \i 1 In 1 1 - .1 thorough Republican and an active worker 
in the interests of that part) He ha erved 
city, ci lint) and state i minimi, i and n 1 mi 189D I.. 
1I1. in in. in in lie speaker's bureau of the Republican State 

• 'mi 1. 1 during which period 

gi eatei numbci ol in ce ml 1 

an) pr< vii us time in 1 lie In tor) of the 1 

pr m. m m ii aim mil organizal < 

Knight Templar and Shrincr, an Odd Fellow. Ki 

P) In. 1 mi ml er ol the Elks, ami 

el aim. 1,1 u Ineli lie is -late commander 

' In I '■ i i nd . i 30 1880. Mr. An to Miss 

Sadie ( la) Shaw, daughtei ol John 1 tor and 

proprietor ol tin Ni >ble Co I -■>'' ii i 

1865, who afterwards was appointed in the 

Pension I Iffice at Washington. I > C. ami remaim ' there 

until lim .'i ath « hii 1 They now have an 

m i 1 v o f f our ch i o da ugh 

1 is. David S . Harm I- . Milli, ami vl tl occup) 

an attrpctb ( n sidence in 



In' I 




WILLIAM TRAUTM \X 



William Traulman was born in Columbus. Obio, Novem- 
ber 1, 1861, and is the son of John Trautman, a painter and 
contractor, who married Miss Elizabeth Hertenstein, and 
to whom were born four sons and one daughter, <■! whom 
Edward, a grocer of Beck street, Columbus, and William 
are the only survivors. 

The latter received a good education in the public schools 
of Columbus, and after leaving school was employed as a 
clerk in the book store of Synold & Son, .it 126 North High 
street, where he remained for three years and then engaged 
with the M. C. Lilly Company, in the plating department of 
their extensive establishment. At th< end of threi 
he was promoted to the position of foreman of tins depart- 
ment, where he continued foi Vt 

In 1894 he resigned this position and entered thi g rj 

business in partnership with his brother Edward, the style 



of the firm being Trautman Brothers. In 1895 he purchased 
the interest of his brother Edward and is now sole owner 
of the establishment. He has been highly successful and 
rendered entire satisfaction to his large number of cus- 
tom< rs 

Mr. Trautman is a Reoublican in his affiliations, and while 
tolerant and liberal in his political views, is never laggard 
in supporting his party candidates. He belongs to the Or- 
der of Odd Fellows, the Bismarck and Stillwater clubs, and 
is a Knight of the Royal Arch, in all of which he is a promi- 
nent and active member. 

He was married on the 9th of November, 1887, to Miss 
Emma Borchess, and they have three bright children — 
Hilda, aged 11 years; Edwin, 9. and Mildred, 3. He has 
been a citizen of Columbus all his life, and resides with his 
family at 320 East Livingston avenue. 



Ill) 




SAM! EL SNID1 R 



This gentleman, president of the J. J. Snider Co., one of 
the foremost concerns of the kind in Columbus, and for 
years a well-known citizen here, was born in Vpril, 1843, 
in Clayton townshio Ohio, the son of Peter and Ellen 
(Dean) Snider, and spent his early life <>n their farm. The 
little schooling which he obtained was gained in the com- 
mon schools of that township, after which he secured work 
at farming, and continued at that occupation until he en- 
tered the lumber manufacturing industry, in which he has 
since continued with uninterrupted suco 

There were thirteen children in the family, of which Mr 
Snider is a member, eight being boys and five girls, and of 
these four sons and one daughter arc dec i ed 

Ten years ago the J J Snider Lumber Company was 
organized, and thej operate a verj extensive iteam powei 
plant located on Taylor avenue, the postoffice address being 
Leonard. Ohio. Mere a full complement of the most mod- 



turn 

flllCH 



order; 

In I WiS 
garet Re; 



incl ; 

5 Mi 



ng machinery is kept actively in operation, 
worl men employed, and the pi odm I i il the 

lumber, sash, d s, blinds, all kinds of 

d a i plete line oi in; ide oak fini h and 

ig pi cialtj being made- ol the lattei The 
ow ned by the company, their splendid, pi i 
enabling them to quickly meet the largest 
cm e d< mand ii supplied. 



,1h. h 



re to Mi VI 
childn : 



Hi 

To all in 
imniilv hi 



inider lia 
supporter 



taken an active pari in polil i< .1" ing a 
of the I Vim. ci at ii part s and he has held 
iiintj Ci immi ;sii mer with marked ability. 

advanced for the betterment of the Corn- 
ell a cordial endi irsemenl 



III 




WILLIS AINSWOKTH MORRALL. 



Proprietor of the Great Southern Drug Store, located on 
South High street, Columbus, was born on March 28, 1870, 
near Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, his parents being 
Mary A. (Ward) Morrall and Milton Morrall, the latter a 
prosperous grocer of that county. There was but one other 
in the family, a daughter, May L. Morrall, who resides with 
her parents. 

Mr. Morrall's early education was obtained in the common 
schools of Pickaway county, and he next took a full course 
in the Ohio Normal University, from which he graduated 
most creditably in 1888, After leaving those "halls of learn- 
ing," and having selected the pharmaceutical profession for 
a life vocation, he secured an acceptable position with Geo. 
T. Grand-Girard at Circleville. where he continued until 
1890, when he removed to Columbus, and found congenial 
employment with City Hall Drug Store, remaining in their 
employ until 1898. On June 13, 1895, he enlisted in the 
First Artillery Regiment, O. N. G., as hospital steward, serv- 
ing in that capacity until 1899. 

98, after the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. 



he, imbued with the same patriotic ardor that stirred the 
hearts of all Ins fellow-countrymen, enlisted as a member 
of the ( )hio Volunteer Light Artillery, and was appointed to 
the position ol hospital steward, the duties of which he per- 
formed in the most creditable and painstaking manner. He 
served in this capacity for a year, during which he gained 
most valuable experience, and at the end of that period he 
received an honorable discharge, and returned to the duties 
of civil life. 

On April 1. 1900, Mr. Morrall purchased the fine drug 
store so eligibly located in the Great Southern building, one 
of the finest specimens of architecture in the Capital City, 
and here he ami his efficient assistants are kept busy meeting 
the demands of a first-class trade, a feature being made of 
: ii prescription department. Mr. Morrall is a practical 
druggist, and thoroughly proficient in his profession. Polit- 
ically he gives his support to the Republican party, and so- 
cially he commands the popular good will and esteem of the 
entire community. 



•112 




Ji ill N ALBERT WILSON, M l> 



The subject of this sket 
Shelby county. Ohio, beinj 
\\'iK<m. The former was 
death occurred in Februat 
in 1878, is descended fron 
family. Mr. Wilson's des 
history of Britain, and hi 
was Colonel of Volunteei 
grandfather, Anthony Bn 
under < .rn Washington, 



li was born « Ictober 21, I8U0, in 
a si, u i,i Robert .nnl Sarah Jane 
a I. ii In r li\ v'i ication, and his 

v. 1900. Mrs Wilson, win- died 
.in old and honorable English 

xndants are distinguished in the 
fatl* r, J. ,se Hamilton Wilson, 

s in the late Rebellion, and his 

derii held the rank i 

mil his monej was fre 



to the government to aid the fighl for indepcndei 
Weld,, mother oi Colonel Jesse Hamilton Wilson 
of the celebrated Webb familj ol ( ieorgia Oi Dr 
sisters, those living are Edith Eleanor, married to 
James 11. Westerfelt; Marj A., a graduate physicii 
at Toledo, < ».; Esther Roberta. ( lara [m m 
Freeborn, at Akron, O ; Ethel G., nee Mrs J C 
owns a large farm at Custer, O.; Cassius Hamilto 
Superintendent of Schools, the miK brother, died 
ber. 1896. 



Colonel 
loaned 

;. Ann 



Dr \\ ilson obtain 
schools of SI* Ibj .1 
and was a student 
Lebanon, ( >.. after' 
when he took up tl 
Medical University, 
turn m l> 
family in 
and now 
ing tin i 
uncle, wh 
New Tan 
C< ilumbus 

( in Tun 



M 
We 



,1 Ins earlj educal ii m in im the common 

1 1 1 1 1 > , graduated from the High School, 

it the National Normal University at 

).. afterward teaching chool for eight years, 

nk up the studj 'H medicine, entering the Ohio 

tiversity, and was graduated from that institu- 

I !., i ni . bei n pn 'im in in phj sicians in his 

ie past I lr \ \\ ilson, a brother of his fathei 

siding m Sidney, I ) . was a Surgeon Maim' dur 

.1 \\ .ir. and I n Charh 3 Broderick, his grand 

died in August, 1890, was ., leading phvsician oi 

Indiana, and Dr A D Wilson, a plus,, ian in 

Kansas, dud in [unc, 1800. 

::. 18! i\. I »r. Wilson was married to Miss Hattii 
ni Columbus. O., and they reside at No. 282 
street. Me also own a farm of 25 acres in 



( Hi. 



Hi Wilson 
s. Republics 
i ' '\\ ing pract 



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lines, and . i 


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ml stir 



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ge, Ohio. an< g 
- ssessing g« . 

the 12th 

Miss S ' ■ Mid ;i 

- irighten their 

ilumbns 

- - - e their perma- 

. N \\ W Ml 

guishc - • 

Hon. J. H. Campbell, rep- 
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s s 

tmpbell, the founder of t!-. 



414 




CHARLES L. IRELAND, M. 1). 



^mong the prominent professional nun of Columbus is 
1 1. ■m. m whose name appears at the head of this 
sketch. 

Dr. Ireland was born at Frederickstown, Ohio, February 
I. 1872, son of Dr. George M. Ireland and Xantha (Still 
well) Ireland, the former a prominent physician of that city. 
The family was composed of two sons, Davis S Ireland 
and the subject of this sketch. The latter was educated in 
the high school of Jeffersonville, and took .1 course al the 
National Normal University. Lebanon, Ohio, later gradu- 
ating from the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, I Ihio 
He then entered the Starling Medical University, and after 

graduating from that institutioi I 1 course in the Cleve 

land Homeopathic Medical 1 1 leveland. 1 duo Ii 

will thus be seen that his literarj and medical education has 
bten the most extended and liberal character. He is also 
a self-made man He taught school for three years, and 
also worked for the Columbus Street Railroad Companj to 



gain means to pay fcr Ins medical education. He is now 
d in the 1 urmil ol Ins profession, has an office at No. 
1I1 High street, where his residence also is. and has 
built up a largi and influential practice. He is examining 
in the Maccabees of the World, is member of the 
Columbus Clinical Club, a member of the Homeopathic 
State Medical Societ} ind the Hahnemann Medical Frater- 
nity, and i~ ex-physician of the Fraternal Insurance Order. 

Dr. Ireland's mother is a prominently known lady, being 
treasurer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, is 
a member of the Crown Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, 
member ol the Research Club, corresponding secretary of 
the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, a graduate of 
the Chantauqua Circle, and is very fond of literary work. 

Dr. Ireland's I rother is now 111 the employ of the M. C. 
I illy Company, ol Columbus. The doctor, himself, is most 
popularly known in the community, and commands the es- 
teem of all with whom he has had dealings 



Hi: 




ISAAC CLARK EDWARDS. M. D. 



Isaac Clark Edwards, who occupies an active position Busine 
among the medical Fraternity ol Frai was born l illegi 

in this county, Jul) 27 ol his parenl 

Sarah A. Edwards and Stephen S Edwards, the latter oi count) 
whom died .in M.i ;. i I , 18f)i) I he mol ; ., once b 

among the oldest in Pickaway, and the father's in Franklin eral pa 
county, Ohio. The famil) compo on and ceded . 

two daughti rs, and pi Stephen 

Merrill Ed wan ■ ■ ithi rs are the 

k. \ Ji ilm Edwai .11 : All., rl oi 

Seattle; Mr^. Mar) - n the manufac- 

ture of yeast; Mrs Saral VVI ■ ides at her farm 

in Franklin county, and th< I etch. 

The latter was educated in the common and ... itably 

of Columbia, afterward 



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SPENCER RANCK 



Among the bright, energetic and capable business nun of 
Columbus none stand higher or give greater promise of fu- 
ture success than Spencer Ranck, who was born on the 29th 
of January, 1877, near the village of Alton, Franklin county. 
Ohio. He is the son of Mr. Jefferson B. Ranck, by trade 
an engineer, who married Miss Eliza Brown, whose Family 
came originally from Maryland to Franklin county, and 
■who are among the leading agriculturalists of this locality. 
Four children were born to them, namely: Elmer. Frank, 
Spencer and Mattie. Elmer is engineer in the Mantle 
Works of W. M. Taylor & Co.; Frank, an engineer, is en- 
gaged in his calling in the State of Kentucky: Clareno 
perfecting his education in the public schools, ami Mattie 
is the wife of Mr. John W. Bunte, car inspector for the 
Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railwaj Company 
at Valley Crossing, in the southern part of Franklin 
county. 

Spencer received a thorough education in the 5cl 1- ol 

Columbus, passing through all the grades with much credit 
of himself. After completing his education he engaged with 
the firm of Mr. McAlister, Mohler & Co., of this city, to 
learn the upholstering business. This was several years 
ago, and his aptitude joined to his industry and general 



abilities made him a master of the trade, and in 189G he 
entered into business on his own account, and began to 
manufacture fine parlor furniture to order, including 
couches, lounges, chairs, etc.. including the manufacture of 
light grade mattresses, as well as all lines of upholstering, 
the repair and renovation of fine furniture, and makes a 
specialty, and a successful specialty of the manufacture of 
Turkish couches and chairs, in which line he is doing a 
large and constantly increasing line of business. 

For 19 years — in fact ever since his early boyhood days, 
he has been a resident of Columbus, and is well known 
throughout the city, his place of business being at 434 South 
Third street. He is unmarried. In politics he is a Demo- 
crat, i- seeking for no official preferment, and takes an 
active interest in all affairs of his party. He is a Knight of 
Maccabees of the Uniform Rank. 

It goes without saying that Mr. Ranck is a young man of 
push and energy, and that he has built up a fine business in 
his line of work by his skill, industry and ability, and 
through his fair and honest dealings with his customers. 
Ins wares, through their excellency and finish, finding their 
way into the best and most tastefully decorated homes of 
the city. 



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OPHA MOOR E 



One of the I righl and successful young men in Columbus 
is Opha Moore, who was horn August 18, L8(>7, near the city 
of Parkersburg, West Virginia His father. Rex \ L 

Moi re, was .1 prominent United Brethren minister who 
married Miss Mar) Jane Baker, who hore him thre< chil 
dren, two sons and a daughter, the latter of whom is de- 
ceased. 

Mr. Opha Moore was educated in the public schools of 
1 lerstown, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and at Louis- 
ville and Navarre in Stark county, at which, among other 
points. In- Father had chargi oi congregations Later he at- 
tended Ottenbein I hum ity, at Westerville. Franklin coun- 
ty, 1 )hio. 

He left schi ol in 18J-S and came to Columbus and accepted 
a position .1 ;ti n< gra] hi 1 with the Columbus Buggj 1 om 
pany, he being an expert in that profession, and continued 
in the employ of the firm until 1887, when he resigned in the 
autumn of that war to assume the position of ehiel stenog- 
rapher tn the Republican State committee during the- politi- 
cal campaigns of 1887 and 1888 

He was then :<■ ■ ointed 1 y Governor J I ', 1 oral er as ste- 
nographer in tin- executive office, in which capacity he re- 
mained until 1889, when he resigned the position to become 
"in' of the publishers ol "Light," a spicj Republican cartoon 
weekly. This publication wa> removed to I hicago in 1890 
and Mr Moore accompanied it in the migrati in and con- 
tinued to be connected with it until 1891, in the summer of 
which year he returned to Colum' u and became associated 
with Mr A (' \rmstrong. official courl stenographer, in 
which relation he ntinued until January. 1892 the date of 



the inauguration of William McKinlej as Governor, when 
that distinguished gentleman named him as Ins official ste- 
rn grapher and later promoted him to the positi 1 com 

mission clerk. 

When Governor Asa Bushnell was inaugurated, Mr. 
Moore was reappointed by bun as commission clerk, and 
was later appointed by him as the clerk of the building com 
missii n having charge of the addition to the Statehouse. In 
18<9. when Governor Bushnell's private secretary, Colonel I 
Lynn Rodgers, went to Europe, he had charge of all the af- 
fairs of the Governor's office, acting as the Governor's pri 
vate secretary until Colonel Rodgers' return to his posl 

During the National campaign of 1892, Mr Moore held the 
position nl private secretary to Hun. William M, Halm. 
chaiman of the speakers' bureau of the Republican National 
committee .with headquarters in the city of New York. 

It is needless to sa- that Mr. Mm. re is a Republican with 
out any mental reservations. He is a member ol Magnolia 
Lodge. No 20, F. & A. M ; Ohio Chapter, No 12, R. A. M.; 
Columl us Council, No. 8, R. S. M.; the Buckeye Republican 
Club, an.l a member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian 
church. 

He was married to Miss Roberta L. Klotts. June 16, 1892, 
and they have one child, Ralph M . a bright and promising 
boy. Mr. Moore is at present clerk of the building commi 
sinn. secretary of the heating and building commission, and 
a member of the state house furnishing commission Hi re 
sides with his family at IT West Fourth avenue, l olumbus, 
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LOUIS BAUMAN. 



Among the well-known and successful young business men 
of Columbus is Louis Bauman, the plumber. He was born 
in Columbus, Ohio, August 24, 1866, and is the son of Joseph 
Bauman, a well-known markle worker, who married Miss 
Katherine Heil, and to whom were born three sons and 
two daughters, all of whom are living. 

Louis Bauman was educated in the public schools of Co- 
lumbus and in a business college. Upon the completion of 
his education in 1880 he engaged with D. N. Kelly & Co. 
in the plumbing business, serving four years as an appren- 
tice. After finishing his trade he went to Pittsburg, where 
he worked as a journeyman with Mr. Moler. the plumber, 
until 1886, when lie returned to Columbus and engaged with 
the Schwartz Plumbing at 34 West State, where he re- 
mained until 1889, when he again engaged with D. N. Kelly 
& Co., remaining with that firm until it dissolved in 1892, 
and then In engaged with Charles A. Klie, remaining with 
him until lie retired from the plumbing business in 1894, 
When he engaged with Sau.iders and Esswein, continuing 
with that well known firm until 1899, when he resigned his 
position and formed a partnership with George Kinnel and 
established a sanitary plumbing plant at 53 East Livingston 
avenue, at the corner of City Park avenue, where the firm 
is now conducting a prosperous and growing business. 



During his career as a journeyman plumber he worked in 
that line in the installation of the plumbing of the govern 
ment buildings at Pt. Thomas. He also had entire charge 
of the plumbing of the Great Southern hotel of Columbus, 
as well as in different public buildings in the city, and also 
many of the finest residences erected in Columbus in recent 
years. Nor was his superintendence confined to the city, 
l>ut lie was in demand throughout Central Ohio, and his 
work was always to the entire satisfaction of his employers. 

Mr. Bauman is a Democrat in politics, and a member of 
the Knights of St. John and also of the Journeymen Plumb- 
ers' Union, of which he was president five years. He was 
also president of Columbus Trades and Labor Assembly for 
one term; president of the Building Trades Council, and 
was a delegate to the ninth annual convention of the Master 
Plumbers' Association, of which he is a member, ami winch 
assembled in Columbus February 18-19, 1901. 

lb- was married on the 4th of October. 1887, to Miss 
Cornelia Ranft, ami to them three children have been born. 
• intrude, aged 12 years; John L.. 8. and Edward I... in. 
1[ ( has lived in Columbus all his life except when absent 
working at his trade, and resides at 71 East Livingston 
a\ enue. 



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HARRY LANDIS M( )( >AR. 



While not yet 25 years of age, Mr. Harry Landis Mooar 
has established an enviable and promising position in the 
business circles of Columbus, and there is every indication 
that in due time he will rank among its successful business 
ir.cn. He was burn in Columbus, Ohio, October 10, 1877, 
and is the son of Mr. E. M. Mooar, who is well known l>\ 
his connection with the Isaac Eberly Company. His 
mother's maiden name was Miss Anna II. Hull, and to the 
couple one son and two daughters were born. One oi the 
latter is deceased, the survivors being Harry L. and Miss 
Edith A. 

The younger Mooar was educated m the public schools 
of the city of Columbus, and graduated fn.m the Ohio State 
University, and was distinguished [or his aptitude and pro- 
ficiency m his studies. 

After finishing his education he engaged with the Isaac 
Fberly Company, one ol the largest wholesale groceries m 
the Capital City, where lie continued for three years 

In 1901 he was chiefly instrumental in the formation of 
the H. I.. Mooar Lumber Company. Tins company incor- 
porated in the office of the Secretarj of State, on the 1st day 



of lanuarv. 1901, with a capital stock of $10,000, and Mr. 
Mooar was elected president of the corporation by its board 
of directors, and is intrusted with the general management 
of its affairs. This corporation took the entire plant of the 
old < arlyle & Powell stand at 130 East Rich street. Imme- 
diately upon its incorporation it began business, and is en- 
gaged m handling and dealing in lumber, doors, sash shin- 
gles, and everything else in the line of house building and 
finishing in wood. The business of the hnn is in a flour- 
ishing condition with a constant growth. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Mooar is a Republican; he 
is unmarried. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Psi, Theta 
Sigma Epsilan and other college fraternities, in all of winch 
he enjoys a high degrei ol popularity for his many genial 
and companionable traits. 

He devotes himself assiduously to his business, but at the. 
same time he neglected none of the gentler amenities of 
life. He lias lived in Columbus his entire life, and now re- 
sides at 105 Hamilton avenue, one of the beautiful resi- 
dence sections of this city. 



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TOBIAS RL'HWEDEL 



Among the energetic, pushing and successful young men 
of Columbus, Mr. Tobias Ruhwedel deservedly occupii 
high position, which he has attained by reason of his own 
ability and industry. He was born in Franklin county. Ohio. 
November 27, 1873, and is the son of Mr. Henry Ruhwedel, 
a well-known market gardener and farmer, who married 
Miss Katherine Hook, and to whom were born two sons 
and four daughters. I )ne of the latter died in infancy. 

He received an excellent education in the schools ol Madi 
son township, where he was born and reared. Alter 
school he was engaged in the old Columbus Starch 1 
formerly located near the southern quarter of the city, where 
he continued until 1881. He was then appointed as an at 
tendant at the institution for the Education of Imbecile 
Youth in the western outskirts of the city, where he remain- 
ed for a year, and until a change in the State adminisl 
In 1882 he resigned the position to accept a more congi nial 
and profitable one with the Peter-. Dash Company. 

In 1883, he severed his connection with this company to 
take a contract with the United States Carriage Companj to 
build carriage and vehicle bodies, where he continued until 
1885, when he engaged with Futercr, Miller ec Zeigler to 
learn the plumbing and gas fitting business. By I- 
still a young man. he was master of the busim - and entered 
active business on his own account at 325? .• South High 
street, where, up to 1892, he did an extensive business, Be- 



ing crowded for room at that place, he removed his plant to 
his own premises, 31 Mithoff street. 

Mayor Samuel S. Black, in 1896. recognizing his eminent 
fitness for the place, appointed him inspector of plumbing 
for the city of Columbus, which position he held to the ex- 
piration of his term in 1898. He then devoted his entire en- 
ergies to his private business and to meet the daily demands 
of his constantly increasing number of patrons and where 
In is -till engaged. In addition to his well-equipped plant 
on Mithoff street. Mr. Ruhwedel has erected a beautiful 
residence at No. - J >1 Mithoff street, and is one of the best 
liked and one of the most popular business men on the 
South Side. 

On the 30th of June, 1891, he was married to Miss Clara 
A. Schau. and they are the happy parents of two pretty and 
interesting daughters, Lena and Ida. In politics. Mr. Ruh- 
wedel is an active and consistent Democrat. He is a mem- 
ber of Lodge 358, I. O. O. F.. and of the Olentangy Club, 
one "i the most widely known and popular social clubs m 
the citj or State, and also of the South Side Democratic 
Club. 

lie has lived all his life in Columbus or its immediate vi- 
cinity and is widely and extensively known, and just as wide- 
1- and i xtensively respected for his high character and many 
genial and ennobling 1 1 ait s 



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born m Zanesville, Ohio, November 

if his parents, Edward E and Lucy 

There was but one other in the family. 



The above-named 
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(Shinier) Tim 
.Mrs Lillie Taylor, a daughter, who is also still living 

Mr. Thomas was educated in the public schools of Mt. 
Vernon, Ohio, and, on leaving school to begin the sterner 
duties of life, he became apprenticed with George D Neal & 
Co., carriage I Iacksmiths of Mt. Vernon, and, on completing 
liis apprenticeship, served as a journeyman for one year, 
when he resigned Ins position to take an extended trip 
through the West For the purpose ol seeing and becoming 
acquainted with his native country II. traveled as far as 
the Pacific coast, visiting all the leading cities and working 
at his trade .1- he went In 1879, returning to Ml ' .mmi 
Mr. lb. uiias formed a copartnership with George I) Neal, 
his former employer, under the firm name of Neal & Co., 
and they conducted a general carriagi work business up to 
the fall of 1880, when their workshop was destroyed by fire, 
thus terminating the firm's existence Mr Thomas subse- 
quently engaged with C i. Cooper & Co., remaining in 



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period to accept a position as 
Michler & Son, dealers 111 stoi 
position inr five years he, in 1 
Columbus, where he has sine 
employed with the Columl us 



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887, resigned and removed to 
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Bu^gy Company ami worked 



at Ins trade for some ten years, when he lett to take .1 po 1 
turn with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He re 
signed 111 1!H)0, on receiving an appointment from the Fra- 
ternal Mystic Circle as its special supreme deputy and or- 
gani .r foi the Mate ..1 Ohio, with headquarters in Colum- 
bus This order, whose supreme body is located 111 Phila- 



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;. 1880, Mr- Thomas was married at Mt. Ver- 
Miss Sarah E. Nugent, and they have had 
two daughters and a son. viz : Luella, aged 
ged 18 and Edward < > . aged 16 years. 1 he 
omfortable residence at No 214 South Prmce- 
111 avenue. 

Politically Mr Thomas is a Republican ami he is actively 
rominent in Fraternal orders Me 1- a charter member ol 
liampion Lodge, No. 581, Knights of Pythias, and ha bei n 
s official reporter since the lodge was organized. He is 
Is, 1 a member of the Columbus Buggi Company. F. M. C, 
Jo 240; of Damonia Temple. No to; ol Herron I odge, No, 

ii \ (i I \\ bio Castle No. 1. V < > K ol M. C, 

ml Capital City Lodge, No. 2. P, of O. He also holds 
uinl erslnp in the Fourteenth Ward Republican ( lub and 
., ,,11 en who commands the general esteem of the entire 
ommunity. 



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ELLIOT H. GILKEY. 



Mr. Elliot Howard Gilkey, the clerk of the State Board 
of Equlization, is a native of the Buckey State, and was 
born in Trumbull county. ( >hio, February 8. 1857. He is a 
son of Mr. Sheldon Gilkey. who gave up his life in the ser- 
vice of his country in the famous battle of Chancellorsville, 
in May, 1864, and Ins mother was Emma (Roberts) Gilkey. 
Early left fatherless by the war, the boy was sent to the 
Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home at Xenia, Ohio, 
where he was reared and educated, and where he lived until 
1873. In 1870 a committee of thi State Legislature visited 
the home to examine it with a view to making it a state in- 
stitution, and upon that occasion Master Gilkey was selected 
bj the officials of the home to address the committee on 
behalf of the children of the institution. At the meeting, a 
public one held in the City Hall, young Gilkey made tin able 
and spirited address, and one that is marked for special 
mention in Howe's Historical Collections. In 1873 lie Kit 
the home to become a page in the Ohio Senate, and when 
nineteen years of age he was elected journal clerk of the 
Senate. At the conclusion id his term lie became a -ale, 
man for Wilson L. Gill, in the hardware trade, .and con 

tinued until 1882 when he went nn the mad For the I 

bus Hollowware Company, where he remained until the 
company went int.. voluntary liquidation in 188S In Feb 
ruary, 1886, he was made assistant city editor of the Ohio 



State Journal, and resigned in July of the same year to be- 
come steward of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, 
where he was educated. Two years' service here rendered 
a saving to the state ol >j: through his efficient man- 
agement. In June, 1885, he resigned, the board accepting 
with the proviso that it take effect the following September. 
He left home ten days before the expiration of his term to 
tal . ' harge of the speakers' bureau of the Republican State 
Committee. In January. 1888. he became chief bookkeeper 
under State Auditor Poe. wdiere he remained until 1806, 
when Mr Poe retired and entered the insurance business. 
Mr. Gilkej accompanying him. In January. 1900. he be- 
came assistant clerk of the Ohio Senate, which office he now 
hold-. During his incumbency he prepared the manuscript 
tor the i Hit.. Manual of Legislative Practice, and the "Hun- 
died Year Book of 1900." Mr. Gilkey was married Jan- 
uary 24, 1884, to Miss Florence Virginia Reed, and has 
two charming daughters, the Misses Ethel and Helen, and 
one son. Earl Lincoln Gilkey. Mrs. Gilkey was a daugh 

i v.i.i iii soldier who gave up his life in 1865, alter 

'in years' service in the Union army, and was educated in 
tlie home, where her husband received his early training. 
Mr. Gilkey is a member of and organized the Sons of Vet- 
erans in Ohio in 1881, being the first division commander 
in Ohio, and a life member of the commandery-in-Chief. 



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MRS KATE C FUS< >N. 



Mrs. Kate C. Fuson, relict of the late Hon, W. W. Fuson 
of Worthington, Sharon township, in West Liberty, Logan, 
Ohio, was horn May 7. 1854. Her father was DeWitl Cook, 
a grocer in Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio, and her mother 
was Miss Harriet White of West Liberty, who was de- 
scended frmi] one of the leading families of New England. 
Four children were born to them. Lyman B., James Ed- 
gar, Elizabeth and the subject of this sketch. The two sons 
are now deceased, Elizabeth, who married Franklin Graves. 
of Dublin, is also deceased. 

Mrs. Fuson was educated in the public schools at Dublin, 
and at the Academy of St. Mary of the Springs. She is not 
only a woman of great energy, patience and persistence, hut 
as pleasant, as gentle, as kind ami considerate of others as 
she is energetic, and is deserving of the highest meed of 
praise for her unswerving love for, and her fidelity to her 
father and mother-in-law. They are four score, ami" she lias 
been their support since her husband's death, whose everj 
want and comfort she has fullj met 

She was married December 29, 1871, to W \Y Fuson, a 
Scotchman, who came to American m early life. lie was 
postmaster at Worthington, and died during his term Ju'y 



6, 1893, and Mrs. Fuson filled out his term under President 
Cleveland, a Democrat. Her husband was an ardent and 
consistent Republican all his life, a Mason and an Odd Fel- 
low, ami Mrs Fuson was a daughter of Rebecca from the 
time of her marriage. She is the mother of three children 
by her marriage with Mr. Fuson — Harry, William and 
Grace. The first named, Harry, resides in Chicago, where 
he is m business. 

Mrs Fuson is postmistress in Worthington, having been 
reappointed under the second administration of President 
McKinley, and is an efficient ami popular official, fully un- 
derstanding and promptly discharging all the duties it de- 
volves. She served as a clerk under Pension Agent Gen. A. 
\ Rici .md was later matron of the Ilea: and Dumb Asy- 
lum at Columbus, which position she resigned to take 
charge of the postofnee at Worthington. For eight years 
she lias not lost a single day from her official responsibili- 
ties, nor has there keen any interference in her official posi- 
tion during all that period. She is a real woman Nothing 
more laudator) could he said of anj of the sex She is now 
married to Mr Caleb Potter, win. is retired and a wealthy 
farmer of Sharon township. 



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The gentleman above named has had a long, active and 
highly interesting business career, and he is widely and 
most remitably known throughout the country. 

Daniel Webster Groff was born in Navarre, Stark county, 
Ohio, on February 26. 1844, son of Daniel and Susan 
(Foltz) Groff, the former a prosperous miller, and was one 
of a famib' of three sons and four daughters, all of whom 
are living. 

Mr. Groff attended the public schools of Navarre, Dalton 
and Cleveland. Ohio, receiving a sound education, and grad- 
uated from the Cleveland High School in I860. On leav- 
ing school he became a salesman in the establishment of 
Messrs. Childs, Groff & Co., wholesale shoe merchants in 
Cleveland, and continued in this capacity up to 1863. when 
the Civil War being in progress he enlisted as a private in 
the One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volun- 
teer Infantry, and served until the close of the war in 18G5, 
when he was mustered out at Cleveland as a corporal of 
Company E of the above-named regiment. He again be- 
came employed with Childs, Groff & Co. as traveling sales- 
man, remaining in their service up to I860, when he resigned 
to accept a position with Roebuck & Wells, wholesale shoe 
manufacturers of New York. He left them in 1871 to en- 
gage with Griffiin Bros. & Kennard, wholesale shoe manu- 
facturers of Cleveland. Ohio, this position being held by 
him until 1876, when he resigned to remove to Wooster, 



Ohio, where he became interested in the operation of a 
stone quarry, under the firm name of Groff & Co. In 1878 
Mr. Groff sold out this interest, removed to Columbus and 
established a general livery and boarding stable business at 
No. 571 East Main street. This enterprise was directed by 
him for fifteen years, or up to 1893, when he sold out, and 
became traveling salesman for the Midland Oil Company. 
which responsible position he still continues to efficiently 
fill. 

Mr. Groff's father, the Hon. Daniel Groff. was one of the 
foremost members of the Republican party in Stark county, 
was Representative Senator to the Ohio Legislature from 
thai countv from 1844 to 1848. and a justice of the peace in 
Navarre for twenty years. He was an intimate friend "I 
tlic great Daniel Webster, and to this circumstance is due the 
fact of his son being named after that celebrated statesman. 

The subject of this sketch has also been an active worker 
in the Republican party, and was for thirteen years clerk 
and precinct judge, also holds membership in the Red Men 
and Order of Odd Fellows. 

In the fall of 1868 Mr. Groff was married to Miss Joseph- 
ine Weaver, whose death occurred in November, 1S7'2, and 
has one child, a daughter, named after its mother. In July. 
1876. he was united to his present estimable wife, Mrs. Mary 
Groff, nee Nold. Their family residence is at No. 571 East 
Main street. 



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WALTER MARQUIS I) \\ [S. 



Mr. Davis, who is noted as a manufacturer of artificial 
limbs, was born August '.'4. 18C4, in Columbus, Ohio, His 
father. Joseph J. Davis, was a native of South Wales, who 
came to this city in 1859, and for 13 years was a shopkeeper 
at the Panhandle Railroad workshops. Mis mother, Mary 
M. (Park) Davis, born at Mt Vernon, Kiion county, Ohio, 
came ol an old and well known family in that locality. They 
had eleven children, five of whom died in infancy, and six 
survive, including the subject of this sketch 

The latter attended the common and high schools of Co- 
lumbus, and. in additon, received instruction in the higher 
mathematics from a private tutor \i the age of 15 he be- 
came a clerk in the grocery of C. W. Toy, with whom he 
remained about three years, when he Iefl to become a time- 
keeper For the Chicago, St. Louis ,^ Pittsburg Railroad 
shops, and continued in tins capacity until his twenty-first 
birthday, when his services were engaged by the Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad, as night clerk in their freight house, and lie 
retained this position three years He was now in his 24th 
year, and his next employment was in the position of book 
keeper for the wholesale notion house of Schwartz & 
Schwenker. On resigning this position about a year later 
he entered into business independent!} as a manufacturer of 
artificial limbs, under the title of the Triumph Artificial 
Limb Company, and in this venture lie has met with flat- 



tering success, his energy and straightforward business 
methods securing lor him a reputation ol the most enviable 
character, while the superior make of his products have 
gained lor them a name that stands as a trademark for re- 
liability and general excellence. His artificial limbs, trusses 
and other surgical appliances are in use not only in all 
pari- ol i > 1 1 h i. but also in many other sections of the coun- 
try, and the) have invariably given their purchasers the ut- 
most satisfaction 

Mr Davis has for many years been prominently identified 
with a number ol fraternal organizations, including' the 
Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World, He has 
ior ovet twenty one years been a member of the Independ- 
ent Ordet ol Good femplars, and during that period has 
successively tilled all the offices ol the minor local and dis- 
iiiei lodges, and of the Grand Lodge he was tor two years 
grand assistant secretary, grand secretary two years and 
grand councillor lor four years. Hi- services to the or- 
ganization have been very widely and gratefully appre- 

I I. lie, I 

Onju'y 10, 1893, Mr Davis was married to Miss Clara 
R x .m- 1 louten. ami they have two children, boys, Joseph 
Andrew and Loren Russell Davis, to brighten their attract- 
ive, cheerful home at No. 150 Chicago avenue, and they are 
most popularly known m the neighborh 1. 



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EDDY J. DURHAM. 



Mr. Eddy Jerry Durham, president of the Model Big Four 
Laundering Company, the largest enterprise of its kind in 
this city, and one of the best in the state, was born in Scot- 
land, Brant county, Canada, December 13, 1864. His father 
was Rodolphus Durham, a pioneer settler in that part of 
the Dominion, and his mother was Elizabeth ( Reev( - I I lui 
ham, and his parents were successful agriculturists. Mr. 
Durham was the oldest of six children. He was born on a 
farm, and received his education in the public schools near 
Ins home. When he was fourteen years of age he started 
out to carve his fortune, and became a clerk in a general 
store, where he remained four years, when he came to thi 
states and located at Detroit, where lie engaged as a boot 
keeper, and remained until 1884, when he came to Colum- 
bus, Ohio, and became bookkeeper for the Troy Laundry. 
Here he remained two years, when he resigned his position 
and started in the laundry business for himself and started the 
Famous Laundry. His practical business methods and per- 
fect work soon won a high reputation, and lie took in Mr. 



Joseph Bott as a partner. After a year Mr. Durham with- 
drew and started the Model Laundry on East Town street. 
Shortly afterward Mr. Howard H. Zigler became a partner 
in the enterprise, and the firm continued until January 1. 
1900, when a stuck company was organized, which embraced 
,i consolidation of the Model and the Big Four Laundries, 
under the style of the Model Big Four Laundering Com- 
pany. Mr. Durham was made president of the enterprise, 
which is the representative and model laundering plant of 
the city, having one of the most modernly equipped plants 
in the state and employing seventy people. Mr. Durham is 
a thoroughly practiced man and a gentleman of rare ad- 
ministrative and executive ability. He was married Feb- 
ruarj !8, 1888, to Miss Carry D. Rees, a daughter of Mr. 
Jacob Rees of Rees Station, Ohio, and has one daughter, 
Bessie, twelve years of age. Mr. Durham is a Knight of 
Pythias, and highly esteemed as a business man who has 
won deserved success and as a public-spirited citizen. 



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MAI. R HYSELL 



( Ictober In. 1854, and is 

Hysell His father was 

Pomeroy, There was 

i to them, of whom five 

the 



One of the most widely Known nun in inilnn.il and labor 
circles throughout Ohio and. a large number ol other states 
is Hon. Xial R. Hysell, of Columbus, a former Spcaket ol 
the House of Representatives and Stale Senator, and now 
a prominent attorney at law in the capital city. He is a 
self-educated and a self-made man in the full and complete 
sense of the word. 

lie was I i an in I '( urn n ij . Ohio 

the son of II enrj F and I .ucretia 
a farmer. living in the vicinitj o 
seven sons and five daughters boi 
sons and two daughters survive. 

Mr. Hysell is one ol the rei ogni :ed i hampion 
workingman, and earned the righl to he 1>\ the long yeai ; 
of arduous toil, during which he tilted himself to become the 
more effective advocate i i the cause of his fellow workers, 
In his boyhood lie attended the public schools of Pomeroy, 
and in the summer worked either on the farm or in the 
neighboring coal mines, m which he became an expert miner. 
All Ins leisure hours were given to study His laborious 
life continued until he wa- pa I 39 yeai oi agi 

At the age 29 he was elected ici president ol the < duo 
Miners' Union, and served in that capacitj for three years 
He was then chosen president i t the ( >hio State Labor and 
Trade- Assembly, in winch position he served for two years 
At the same time he served as a member of the executivi 
committee of the United Mine Workers of America, and 
was looked upon as .me of the wisest counsellors in that 
bl ids- 
Ill the autumn of the year 1887 he was elected as a Rep- 
resentative from Perry comity to the General ^ssemblj of 
the state, and was re-elected to the same body in 1880. " He 



was elected speaker ol the Sixty-ninth General Assembly, 
and no man ever filled the position with greater dignity and 
fairm - During the Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth General 
Assemblies Mr Hysell devoted himself to the work of 
amending and initiating measures For the protection of the 
working classes, and these two sessions mark an era in 
wise legislation in that direction. Some of the statutes then 
en. i. oil iii that regard have since been modified fortheworse, 
but as a whole the best laws in that behalf date from Mr. 
Hysell's entrance into the State Legislature. 

After leaving the I e;jislature tit the close ,,t 1 ~ ' 1 1 he pur 
chased an interest in tin Paulding Democrat, and for a 
tune had control of its management. -He, however, dis- 
posed of his interest in the paper and removed In familj 
p. Columbus. In the meantime he had began the reading 
of law with Hon. II J Booth, but his health becoming se- 
riously impaired, he made a trip to and through thi outh, 

win re he remained foi some I \ fb i regaining his 

health he returned to Ins home in Columbus, and was ad- 
mitted to the practice of the law in 1893, sinci winch time he 
has practiced Ins profession. 

In 1895 he was elected as Senator in the <.ener.il Assem- 
bly from the Tenth Senatorial district of the counties ol 
Franklin and Pickaway, in winch capacity he served for two 
years. 

Mr Hysell was married to Miss Armelda K Vining Jan- 
uary I. 1875. They have no children. He is an ardent, con- 
servative and consistent Democrat, and stand- high with 
the leaders as well as the rank and tile of Ins party. He is 
a Knights of Pythias, a thirtj second degrei Mason, a 
Shrmer and an Elk. 1 le has n ded n G >lum 
189] and re sidi at I' 1 1 Lexington avenue. 




NATHAN VEAGER MUNSHOWER. 



Nathan Yeager Munshower was born in Chester county, 
Pennsylvania, May 6, 1844. His father was Jacob Mun- 
showei a farmer and blacksmith, who married Miss Han- 
nah Clancy, and six sons and six daughters were born to 
them Three sons and three daughters are now living. 

Mi Munshower attended the public schools in Chester 
county, Pennsylvania, during his boyhood, and alter secur- 
ing an education, he worked on his lather'- farm until 1861. 
Then at the age oi L6 he enlisted in the army, and took part 
in the Civil War. In June. 1861, in the companj with I. 
of his boyish companions he was at historic Valley Forge, 
recruiting .station was spontaneously opened with 
life and drum. Alter listening a few moments to the mar- 
tial strains young Munshower stepped forward and an- 
nounced bis enlistment. His 17 young companions followed 
him, and they all rendered splendid service in the war for 
the preservation ol the Union. The enlistment en masse ol 
these 18 young men was an event worthy the historic revo- 
lutionary spot, where they dedicated themselves to the ser- 
>i their country, 
lie was enrolled to the service in the Thirty-nrsl Regi 
ment, 1'. V. I.. and afterward transferred to Company 11. 
Eighty-second P. V. I. The regiment to which he belonged 
was originally of the Fourth Army Corps, subsequently as- 
signed to the Sixth Corps. Army of the Potomac, and took 
part in all the battles of that great army, among which may 
be named Warwick Creek-, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair 
Oaks, White I >ak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Chantilly. 
A n i let, on, William sport. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, 
Franklin Crossing, Marye's Heights, Salem. Banks' Ford. 
Gettysburg, Funkstown, Brandy Station, Culpepper, Rappa- 
hannock Station, Mine Run. Robertson's Tavern, Wilder- 
December 29 and 30, 1863), Petersburg, Pototomy 
Hawes' Shop, Hanover Court House, Cold Harbor 
(June I i" 2), Bermuda Hundred, Weldon Railroad, De- 
fense of Washington, Snicker's Gap. pursuit of Early to 
Strasbttrg, Charlestown and Halltown, Gettysburg, battle of 
p,ull Kim Mi w i mustered out ol the service with the 
rank of private, at the age of 20, having si rved his full three 
enlistment. He again sought to enlist in the service, 
l.m was prevented by physical disability arising from wounds 
received in battle. The government then engaged him for 
the secret service, in which he continued until the end of 
the war. Hi wa employed at the Phoenixville (Pa.) Roll- 
ing Mill until he « a S j age. 

Later he went to Wheeling, West Virginia, and i 
in the rolling mill there, remaining for a short time, and 
then accepted a more desirable position in the rolling mill 



m Ironton, Ohio, in the year 1868, and remained with the 
firm until Lb75, in which year he was elected marshal ol the 
city of Ironton. and ii ur times re-elected, serving in all for 
tin years, and resigned the position in 1885 to engage as 
traveling salesman with the Buckeye Cart Companj of Co- 
lumbus, and remained with that concern until its removal 
to West \ irginia in 1887. 

In 1889, under the administration of Governor Joseph B. 
Foraker, he was appointed to the position of Superintend- 
ent of Subsistence for the Ohio Penitentiary, and continued 
as such to the close of the administration. He then en- 
tered into business in several different lines on his own a< 
count, in which he continued until 1891. 

In that year under the administration of Governor Will- 
iam McKinley he was reappointed to his old position of Su- 
perintendent of Subsistence of the Penitentiary, which he 
held for two successive terms. Then owing to a change in 
the state administration he retired from the position and 
engaged with Born & Co.. of Columbus, as general agent 
in charge of their outside agencies, which he has success- 
fully conducted since, and in which position he is -till en- 
gaged. 

lie was married in 1ST 1 to Miss Jennie Hopkins, and to 
them three children were born — Harry J.. Mabel E., the 
wife of Dr. Sulzer, a prominent physician of Portsmouth, 
and leaving another dying in infancy. In his political affili- 
ations Mr. Munshower is a Republican, and since his resi- 
lience in Columbus has taken an active part in politics, hav- 
ing been chairman of the Republican Central Committee for 
two terms (luring the administration of Governor Asa S. 
Bushnell. He has been a prominent citizen of Columbus 
since 1888, and resides at 159 Cleveland avenue. He is a 
thirty-second degree Mason. A Knight Templar and a 
Shriner, belongs to the B. P. O. E., the Red Men. the G \ 
R . of which he is a past senior vice commander, the Union 
\ ii. ran Legion and the I. O. O. F. 

During the period when Mr. Munshower was marshal oi 
[ronton an epidemic of smallpox broke out and assumed a 
most virulent form. So fully did the city authorities rely on 
Ins judgment that be was given carte blanche to deal with 
the epidemic as he saw til. He established a system ol' 
quarantine under which it was stamped out. and he was pub- 
licly thanked for his energy and good judgment. In 1884, 
when the great flood swept the Ohio valley, a part of the 
city of Ironton was submerged. Marshal Munshower, 
whose courage was equal to his cool judgment, saved a 
number of lives and a vast amount of property, for which 
he was again publicly thanked by the authorities and the 
citizens. 



4:«i 




RICHARD H OSGOOD 



Richard I I ( >-•_ I. the well known agent of the White 

Bron e Monumental Company, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 
was bo n i i tl e town oi C nway, Carroll county New I lamp- 
shire, Vugust '-'I. 1830. He is the son oi Isaac Osgood, a 
New Hampshire carpenter, who married Miss Harriet 
Page, of Conway, tin daughter of a prominent farmer. 
] liree sons and five daughters were I orn to them: \1 media, 
wife of Mr. Pearl Kiml all, one ol the original i ar builders 
in the firm of Ridgwaj & Kimball fheii car shop occu- 
pied the site of the present T & O C depot, west of the 
river. Mrs, Kimball is deceased I milv, wife of I (shea 
Fellows, also deceased Phoebe, wife of Mellville Saunders, 
residing at St. Paul, Minnesota Mi Saunders was a cap- 
tain in the Twelfth Ohio v'olunter Infantrv during the Civil 
War Sarah, wife ol I fai rj Barn, tt, ol Columbu . Maria, 
wife of Eli Brooks, of Columbus, ( >hio; Reuben, who died in 
infancj . and Rii hard 1 1. 

I le attended school at I ynchburg, i Oxford i ountj . Maine, 
and also attended the academj . but the most of his educa- 
tion was secured in the common schools in that part of 
Maine. In-- parents havin ■ removed there when he was young. 
His first work was at the ''joiners' trade," as the New Eng 
land term goes Later he bi ame a car builder with Daven- 
port & Bridgi 5 .n i ambridgi port, Ma ai hu etts, which 
was his chiel occupation up to -■ >i m- ten years ago. 

He came to Ohio in 1840, and since then was engaged in 
car building and mechanical pursuits until he entered the 
emploj of the White Bronze Monumental Company a few 
Mi .i- icked the old Columbus & X. ma Kail- 
road, now a part ol the Pennsylvania Railroad system, with 
lis first cars The track ol the road was laid in the winter 
of 1840-1850, and it was the first railwaj to entei Columbus, 
in the latter part ol February, 1850, The engines were 
wood burners, and many of the engines had what is i died 

< 1 1 1 > one pair of drivers, which were small in c parison 

with those now in use. At that una there was not an en- 
gin in the State using coal, and but few people thought that 
coal could be ii -sei 1 for the purpose ol making steam on 
them with safety 

The round hi use had stalls for four engines This was 
the first round housi in Franklinton until the bridge was 
built, which was built in 1851, At that time passengers 
boarded the trains in Franklinton, and 20 and 25 miles an 
hour was considered extraordinarily good huh-. The rails 
were all iron m those da^s, and much shorter than now 
There were no steel rails in exi tenci in thosi 'la\ I he 



in number and running 
c made up of two coai hi 



the morning and 

■ Lgi car and 

engine \nd yet the railroad was a big thing in that day, 

and Mr Osg I. as an expert ear builder, was a big factor 

in its eciuipment. 

()n July 15, 1803, he volunteered for service in the Civil 
War, m the cavalry arm of the service, in Company A, Fifth 
Independent Battalion of which he was second lieutenant, 
and served eight months. In the winter of 1804-1805 he 
raised Companj C, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment, 
( ). V. I., in connection with Capt, Millis and Romes Gregg 
and served until the end of the war, leaving for the front 
in February, 1805. Alter peace n.i declared he was ordered 
to Cumberland Gap to gather up government propi i 
sisting of horses, mules, wagons and ordnance equipments 
and the like, and was mustered out in Lexington, K< ntucl y, 
in 1805, 

After leaving the military service he resumed his trade 
Fot the pa t ten years he has been engaged with the While 
Bronze Monumental Company, handling not only monu 
menial work, but One statuary and medallion work for mural 
and murmur. il ornamentation. This new style of monu 
menial work is taking the place ol both granite and marble, 
is a beautiful production, capable of the st graceful modu- 
lation, and most highly valued for its durabilit) and immu- 
nity from disintegration. If any human product, or nature's 
products can be called "everlasting" while bron/e is to be 
o cla ed. There are ni.nii ol these monuments in Green 
Lawn cemetery Mr Osgood's place of business and ware- 
house is at 1348 i '. 1 1 . ne, a. and is a flare of interest in an 
sense. 

Mr Osgood was married November 20, 1848, in Fryeburg, 
Maine, to Miss Mary E. Buswell, of New Hampshire Five 
children were born to them, of whom Ellen Maria died in 
1851 I'h,. living children are Anna M. principal ol the 
Avondale school: Mary E., in the kindergarten at Mi 
1 'helps' scln iol; Han iet B . in - hat gi ■ i garten at 

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Frank 1. . enginer on the C. \ 
8 i Rj 

In politics Mr Osgood is a Ri publii an ii n member 
and past commander of L C McCoy Post, No. I, G, A. R„ 
Columbus; and Odd Fellow Lodge, No. 0, since 1851 a Red 
Mam since 1852, being the oldest Red Man in Columbu 
He is a consistent member of the First Congregational 

church, and among the most highly esteemed and i< i I 

citizens of Columbus. He resides at 1348 Oak street 



HIT 




JULIUS II GUSTAYK ROI.KF.. 



One of the best-known citizens of Columbus and its im- 
mediate vicinity is Julius H. Gustave Rolke, who was born 
in Pransnitz Bezirk-Goldberg, Schlesien, Germany. April 
30, 1852, who has been a resident of Columbus since 1872, and 
who has a pleasant and beautiful home at 168 Mithoff street, 
where he has resided since 1896. 

He is the son of August Rolke, a miller, of Germany, and 
his mother was Miss Christina Schultz, of the same country. 
They reared a family of six children, three suns and three 
daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters are living. 

Mr. Rolke received a good education in the German 
schools, and was apprenticed to the royal cook of King 
William I. of Prussia, of whom he learned his trade as a 
baker and confectioner, and in 1870, at the age of 1!*, he emi- 
grated to the United States, landing in New York, and at 
once engaged in his trade, that of confectioner. 

In 1872 he came to Columbus and engaged at the "Ambos" 
as chief confectioner, and where he remained until the be- 
ginning of 1876, at which time he engaged in business on 
his own account, on Cleveland avenue, as baker and confec- 
tioner. In the latter part of that year he disposed of the 
business, and engaged himself as pastry conk at the Park 
hotel, which was opened to the public at that time. 

lie remained there until the autumn of 1877, and then 
opened an extensive bakery and confectionery on the corner 
of High and Goodale streets. His business grew so steadily 
that it was necessary for him to secure more commodious 
quarters, and he removed to North High street, neat th< 
corner of University street, and here he remained until 1879, 
when he disposed of it, and purchased a farm in Liberty 
township, Delaware county, where he remained until the 
year 1882, when he returned to Columbus and took char"'" of 
the baking and confectionary department of the Bus} Bee 



Candy Kitchen as foreman, and successfully filled the po- 
sition until 1891, and it is to his efficiency and devotion to 
the business that the reputation of the confectionery depart- 
ment of the house was so fully established. 

For some years subsequently to 1891 he was not actively 
engaged in business, but in 1896 he established himself again 
as baker and confectioner at Nos. 166 and 168 Mithoff street, 
and this undertaking lias proven a great and constantly pro 
gressive success, and he owns the premises on which the 
business was established. He keeps three wagons on the 
road, and does an extensive business in ice creams and gen- 
eral catering. His store is large and commodious, and his 
business is prosperous. 

lie was married May 6, 1875. to Miss Christine Ghron. 
They have no children. In politics he is an independent 
Democrat. He is a member of the Turn Verein and the 
Humboldt Verein. He became a member of the Turn Ve- 
rein in 1872, and has always been considered as one of the 
pillars of that society. 

in 1890 Mr. Rolke turned his attention in another direc- 
tion and began the manufacture of the "'Sure Drotte Rouch 
Powder," in which he has achieved a great success, his pro 
duct finding sale in all quarters of the United States, and its 
possessions, having recently been introduced into the Phil- 
ippine Islands. 

Mr. Rolke is also an artist in oil, and devotes his leisure 
hours to the production of works of art, many of the re- 
sults of his brush adorning his home and place of business. 
Me has great taste in floriculture and maintains a beautiful 
flower garden on his premises, where his customers are 
wont to enjoy the dainties of his confectionary in the midst 
of I right fli wers and under the delightful foliages. 



438 




ENOCH 

Vmong the new vocations of the lattei half of the nine- 
teenth century is that ol the professional "ad" or advertise- 
ment writer. Each important business concern now has its 
permanently employed ad. writer, an 1 very ingenious are s ime 
of the original methods which they employ in order to at- 
tract the attention of the public to the g Is winch their 

houses have to niter for sale. 

\ gentleman who lias gained a national reputation in this 
vocation, and is a recognized leader among his contempora- 
ries, is Mr. Enoch J. Salt, whose genius for the pasl -i\ 
years has lien employed in the interest of F. & K Lazarus & 
Co., oi Columbus. Ills style is entirely original anil pe- 
culiar to himself, and has hail many imitators. 

Mr. Sail was horn m Covington, Kentucky, where he 
lived until his twenty-first year, when he. with his parents, 
Enoch ami Elizabeth Salt, removed to Portsmouth, Ohio. 
The family consisted of three sons and two daughters, and oi 
these three are now living, including the subjed ol this 
sketch. The latter received a public school education, also 
took a cour e in and graduated from a business college in 
Cincinnati, Ohio, and in Portsmouth, he was associated with 
In- father in the woolen manufacturing business. Previous 
to that he had hen employed m a wholesale grocery. From 
Portsmouth he removed to the we i. remained awaj for 
some live years and then returned to i Ihio While in Ports- 
mouth he served a- pre idenl oi ili, City Council, and was 
also chairman of the fire department. He is a membet ol a 
number of fraternal orders, including the Knights of Pyth- 
ias. ( )dd Fellows and W linen of the World. 

On June 16, 1880. Air. Salt was marride to Miss Ella 
Green, daughtet ol < S < Irene, ol Portsmouth, Ohio, and 
they have had live children, one of whom Is deceased Mr 
Sali is a born writer, ami we quote the following deserved 
commendatory remarks, printed regarding him in a Co- 
lumbus publication, some time ago: 

"From boyhood he has beenagifted writer. hi- originalities 



SALT 

in all hts writings stand out in hold relief from the ordi- 
nary run of literary work. lie holds personal letters ol 
commendation In m such men a- ex Presidents Grant, Cli ve 
land, Harrison; also from Blaine, Logan, ex \ i< >■ President 
Morton, ex-Governor of Ohio; ex-Secretary ol Stale Rob- 
inson, and other prominent men of the country, high m 

official life lie is also a musician ol fine ability, the i 

poser of many beautiful ballads, has directed ome of the 
best choruses in that and other cities, and is ai present the 
organist of the Third Street M. E. Church in this city, lie 
i- the author of "Helped < >ver Rough Places." an advertis- 
ing work which has received the highest commendation from 
the best authorities, and has found its way till over this and 
foreign countries. His latest work, "Nuggets," now in the 
hands of the publishers, will shortly appear, and will be 
eagerly sought for by merchants and advertisers every- 
when \s an original ad writer he undoubtedlj stands at 
the head ol his profes ion. His mastery oi the English 
language and his splendid word painting is at times nothing 
;horl of marvelous. He has a way peculiar to himself m 
presenting to the public the absolute truthfulness of his ads 
and through all of them runs a spicy vein of humor which 
holds the reader to the end. His arguments are logical, ins 
statements clear and concisi .md put in such a manner that 
there's no getting around it. During the late war times his 

ads wen .i regulat text I k on matters pertaining to the 

cem and localities which were concerned. He is a great 
leader on all matters of importance, and no local or national 
event takes place but that some mention ol it is made in 
I a arus' ads; ,n much so that it is a common saying that 
i! there i- anything new going on you'll find it in Lazarus' 
ads Mr. Salt is comparatively a young man yet, very un- 
assuming, a splendid conversationalist and well cersed on 
all matters of the day. His style ol writing has introduced 
m Columbus a new manner of advertising whii h ' attract 
ive and enjoyed by the thousands of patrons of th< 
, i mcern w In, h he represents in this line." 



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HOWARD H. ZIGLER. 



A successful business man and well-known citizen of Co- 
lumbus is Mr. Howard H. Zigler, secretary of the Model 
Big Four Laundering Company. 

Mr Zigler is a native of this city, having been born on 
December 27, L864, his parents being James M. and Mar- 
garet (Goodman) Zigler. His father was chief bookkeeper 
for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and a gentle- 
man held high in the estimation of the community of which 
he was a useful member. There were but two in the fam- 
ily both s,,n.. Edward Wade Zigler. who is connected with 
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pittsburg, Pa., and Howard 
H. Zigler. the subject of this sketch. 

The latter was educated in the public schools oi Colum- 
bus, and while attending school in the day time, devoted the 
evenings to learning the telegraph operators' art. At the 

, o fifteen he bad become an expert operator, and he 
secured employment in the Columbus office of the Western 
1 nion Telegraph Company, and remained there for two 
years, when he was offered and accepted a position in the 
Cincinnati office of the Associated Press. At the expiration 
of six months he returned to Columbus and became night 
telegraph operator for the Ohio State Journal. After re- 
ceiving dispatches For that paper for five years, a flattering 
offer was made him by the United Press Association. He 
engaged with them and became their representative in Co- 
lumbus, which important position lie held for nim 
Mr Zigler was the first operator in Columbus I" take tele- 



graph messages direct from the wire and typewrite the 
same; in fact, reading the communications of the clicking 
as easy to Mr. Zigler as reading a newspaper. In 
1893 he resigned this position to undertake special newspa- 
per work on the road for some of the leading newspapers of 
the country, and lie continued in tbis capacity until 1895, 
when he gave up traveling work and associated himself with 
Mr. E. J. Durham, and together they conducted the Model 
Steam Laundry, under the firm name of Durham & Zigler. 

at Nos. 37-39-41 East Town street. On January 1, 1! a 

tock company was formed, the object embracing the con- 
solidation of the Model and Big Four Laundries, and the 
new company conduct operations under the name of the 
Model Big Four Laundering Company, with headquarters 
in the llartman building, corner Main and Fourth streets. 
The plant is the best euuipped in the state, over seventy 
hands are employed and the finest work is turned out. Mr. 
Zigler is the secretary of this company. 

In IN! 1 :'. Mr. Zigler was elected president of the Inter- 
State Baseball Association and served in that capacity until 
1899. \t present he is secretary of the Columbus Launder- 
ers' club, secretary of the Hub Board of Trade and mem- 
ber ol the Knights of Pythias. Politically he is a Republi- 
can. 

On December 31, 1895, Mr. Zigler was married to Miss 
Ella Alice Patton, and they had one child. Raymond Pat- 
ton Zigler. 



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WALTER HOPPOC MARTIN. 



["here is no more energetic, pushing and successful young 
business man in Columbus than Walter Hoppoc Martin, who 
was born in Keneewa, Henry county, Illinois, where his par- 
ents then resided. He is the son of Mr. Peter F Martin, 
who i- one oi the largest and most prosperous farmers of 
Athens county, Ohio, where he owns ami operates a farm of 
about 400 acres at what is known as Wolf's Plains, and who 
married Mis Mary Ann Hoppoc. To them were born six 
children, as follows; Mrs. Isabella Gaston, residing in 
Athens county, I ihio; John H., a successful grocer at Beau- 
mont, Athens county; Curtis, who lives on the home farm 
wuli his lather ;n Wolf's Plains, engaged in rai ing stock 
and fine horses; Leslie, who is in college al the Ohio Uni- 
versity at Athens; Walter IL, and George, deceased. 

Walter II. was educated in the common . hools and at the 
Ohio University, Allans He is a Democrat and belongs to 
the Masonic Order, being a Shriner. After completing his 
education he worked for his brother for a time in Athens 
county. On the 13th of September, 1891, he was married to 
Miss \llie Robinson, who was reared in Amestown, Athens 
county Two children were horn to them — a son and a 
daughter Neil R., the 'laughter, died in infancj 

In 18112 he came to Columbus to enter into business in his 
own behalf and has been pre-eminently successful in the 



management of his undertakings. He engaged in the bak- 
ing business al iil Hast Long street, and from a small be- 
ginning has built up an immense trade, which is constantly 
growing, lie produces and furnishes to both the wholi all 
and retail trade bread caki ■ pies and everything el i thai 
is produced in first-class bakeries, and has one of the most 
completely equipped establishments in his line in the city of 
Ci ilumbus. 

II. controls and operates six market stands and runs four 
wagons for market and store deliveries. The presenl capac 
it> .a In- establishment is from 125 to 130 barrels ol flout 
per week, but the demand for Ins products is so greal th.it 
lie finds it necessary to largely increase the present capacity, 
preparations for which are now- being made. 

He makes a specialty of fine cakes, and in all the lines and 
departments of the trade does as large a business .is any 
baker in the city. The secret of his success las largebj in 
the Li. i that he purchases only the finest and purest brands 
..f Hour and male- it ,i Doint that all hall be 

exactly what he represents them to be— of first quality Ml 
Martin is a firm believer in labor organi ations, and .a the 
15 or more men who are constantly in his employ, they are 
invariably member- ol thi bikers' Union. 



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J. NICHOLAS Ki »l KX1 k 



>. the prominent and promising young men l 
lumbus is Mr. .1. Nicholas Koerner, who was bi 

'. on the 14th of February, 1862. He is the son of 
Mr. Veit Koerner, a grocer who conducted busini 
many ye; orner ol Broad and Front streel 

the firm name of J. M. & V, Koerner. His mother was Miss 
Rachel Silvernagel, and to them were born one son and 
three daughtei he latter died in infancy and an- 

1891. The onlj survivors oi the family arc the 
mother, a daughter, A. Mary, and the subjeel oi this sketch. 
1 Ik- latter was educated in the schools oi Columbus and 
graduated from the High School in 1881, and . 
from the Columl us Business College. Alter leaving the lat- 
messenger oi the South 
End Hank of Columbus in which he continued until the tune 

ure in 1---. I »uring the period ol his sen 
this bank he was promoted to the position of bookkeeper. 

When the hank went oul of business he became bookkeeper 
for the well known firm ol Schwarl & Swenker, wl 
continued for a short tune until he was tendered and accept- 
ed tin- po istant superintendent of the nioiiev or 

irtment of the Columbus postoffice by Postmaster 

DeWitt C Jones, which he held until 1890. In' thai . 

member of the City Council from the twelfth 
ward. This ward was largely Republican, but he was 
as a Democrat and lias the distinction ol being i 
Democrat ever elected front the ward up to the present time. 

\iter 22 months' service in Council, where he was noted 
■i practical idi ed to LD epl 

the assistant secretaryship of the polici on of tile 

city, tendered him by Mr. < ieorgc W. Dim. thi 
the hoard at that time, lie served in that capacity foi omi 
18 in. .nih-, when he was tendered and accepted the position 

n the inns,, ,n office for the district ol Ol 
dered by General Americus V. Rice, the ent, and 

continued there until 1898. 

In the latter year he sought the nomination for County 
Treasurer on the Democratic ticket. Under a ruling of the 
pension department he was required to i - the pen- 



on i ce to -land as a candidate. He failed to secure the 
tion lot treasurer at the primaries, by a small mar- 
kin, and since that tune he has acted as an expert account 
ant. lie is recogni ed as one ol the foremost experts m that 
line m ihc citv < r Stale, in all of its branches, including in 
surance and all involved and complicated financial and busi- 
lirs, Ins training and natural abilities giving him the 
first rank. 

\i pus, nt he is engaged in the management, settlement 
and adjustmenl of a number of large estates, invob 
eal hundred thousands of dollars, as well as directing other 

matters oi more than ordinary importance 

While engaging in other important matters during the 
past In or 15 years, he has also been a director and the 
treasurer of the Mutual Savings and Loan Association since 
it- oie.ini ation m 1886, and likewise a directoi oi the i ,'i 
tral < )lno Savings Hank and liusi Company from the time 
of its organi ation until 1891, when he asked to be relieved 
nit of the pressure of other business affairs that he 
could not lav • 

\li Koerner is still unmarried and devotes himself to the 
li ■! her and sister, and has bv ed all 

his hie at the place birth "■", ' Wesl Broad street. 

Mr. Koernei is a Democrat in the fullest sense of the word 
and takes greal interest in the organization, policy and sue 
<ess oi his partj Me is grand foreman of the Grand Lodge 
\ ' ' U.. having been treasurer of the local lodge for the 
last ten veais; a thirl v - second degree Mason, a Shriuer. K 
! I' \l of Humboldt Lodge; P. T. I. M Columbus Conn 
cd. No. 8, R. \ M : a member of the Columbus Maenner 
choi pa i in. ...Lnt of the Thurman Club, and member of 
the South Side Democratic Club, ami an officer of tin' State 

1 eigne oi Democratic Clubs, having been the first seeiei.nv 
of that oi -in: .ii ion. declining to be a candidate for the iffice 

d time 

lie is one oi the most affable and genial of men and has a 
host of warm and devoted friends, not only in Columbus, 
but in all parts of the State. 



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JOSEPH A. PETERS. 



A well-known citizen of Franklin county and life-long 
resident here is Mr. Joseph A. Peters, whose home is at 
Groveport. 

Mr. Peters was born in this county on September 16 L845, 
the soin of James N. Peters and Elizabeth (Powell) Peters, 
and was one of a family of four sons and four daughters, 
of whom five are now living. His father was a successful 
farmer and a gentleman of the highest probity and reputa- 
tion. Mr. Peters' early life was passed on the old homestead, 
where he gained a lasting love for the pursuit of agriculture 
and farm life, and his education was obtained in the common 
schools of Franklin county. 

Mr. Peters engaged in farming up to 1872, when he estab- 
lished business as a butcher in Columbus, and occupied stall 
No 51 in the Central Market House, continuing in this 
line up to 1875. In this year he retired from the meat busi- 
ness, reutrned to his farm, and became a general contractor 
for the county. He entered into numerous contracts for 
the County Commissioners and County Surveyor, all of 
whom can certify to his efficiency, his upright business meth- 
ods, and the very satisfactory manner in which he carried 
to completion all undertakings entered into by him. He 
now resides at Groveport, where he is the owner of a valu- 



able farm of 220 acres, in a high state of cultivation, and 
conducted upon the most approved modern principles. 

Mr. Peters took an active part in the War of the Rebellion, 
serving for three years and three months as a member of the 
First Ohio Cavalry, and greatly distinguishing himself by 
his gallant and meritorious conduct. 

In his political belief and affiliations, Mr. Peters is a Demo- 
crat, and has ever been an active supporter of that party. 
For the past three years he has been a member of the Board 
of Education of Groveport, and was also a delegate to the 
convention of the State Institute, held in Columbus in 1899, 
again serving with credit in that capacity in 1900. 

Mr. Peters has twice entered the connubial state. His first 
wife was Miss Mary E. Baird, who bore him three children, 
and whose death occurred in September. 1881. In October, 
1883, he was married to Miss Martha Campbell, by whom 
he has also had three children, and all the members ol his 
family consisting of three sons and three daughters, are 
living. 

Mr. Peters is a member of John Watson Post. No. Ml. 
(i. \ R, of Groveport, also of Lodge No. 415. Independent 
( (rder of < >dd Fellows, and is a gentleman held in the high 
est esteem by all his numerous friends and neighbors. 



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WILLIAM F. SAUER, 



the Capita] City's repr< rid most 

ul business men, was born on September 11. 1858, at 
Westphalia, Germany. His father, Ludwig Sauer, was a 
prosperou merchant, and the family of ins mother. Eliza- 
beth Sauer, were engaged in agricultural pursuits. B 
ormer having died in 1882, the latter 
id a family o tughters: Lud- 

i Charles, William 1\. Wilhelmina and Amalia, the 
t « o latter ma n G ( i - Sauer 

lives in Louisville. Kentucky, and is proprietor of a large 
there. 
William F. Sauer was educated in the comi H 

of Westphalia and graduated from the latter, \fter 
school he en1 irld famous Krupps' Works 

trade of machinist, 
becoming thoroughlj proficient in that craft. 

Mr Sauer -• rved for four year- in the Germany army, and, 
in 1882, quitting the monarchy for a republic, he came to the 
United - ng in Louisville, Kentucky. He did not 

■ ( lolumbus, I i 
he held the po ition 
olumbus VVal 
iosition he opened a grocerj and meal market. 

the most important evi , ret r This was 

when he secured the 



pany of Milwaul las long been world- 

celebrated, botl .uality and as 

made Milwaul.' i '.! 

■ have resulted in his 
i all part- ol 
bus and the tributai y territory. Hi 
load lot- 

Starling. where he 1 
and bottling w 

handling he also 

has one of the hand 

ed by him on July 12, 1899, and i- liberally patronized. Mr. 
Saner is i ir the Standard 

Companj ' ter, N Y., brewers of high ; 

< In March 1 1. 1886, Ml 
Becker of i lady, and they 

have a family of three charming children — < . 
and Lillian. 

Mr. S 
inent in fraternal ai 
dent of the < lolutnbus Maei 
ed with much credit. 

F. & V M. Hi 
served a I. O. O 

both bus 
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11EXRY A. BRIDGE. 



( )| the Franklin county citizens who have achieved promi- 
nence, probably nunc is better known throughout the coun- 
trj it large than the gentleman whose name forms the cap- 
tion of this article. 

Mr Benrj \ Bridgt is noted as one ol the world - great- 
est experts in hi- knowledge of poultry and all ol the smaller 
,,,' domi stic i"i and useful animals. For more than a score 
| years he has 1 i en called upon, being called from Maine to 
Cain". Tina, and Toronto, Canada, to New I >rleans, to preside 
a- judge at all the hading poultry shows ol the United 
States and, on la. uarj !. 1891, he was appointed judge oi the 
tilth annual exhibition of the National F; 
whose meeting took place in the Coliseum, in Chic: 
January 21 to 26, 1901. This is the event of the year among 
iers of the United States, none but the highest grade 
specimens of stock 1" d i" be entered for exhibi- 

tion and the expectation ol the promoters that over 2000 

chickens. 1 i pigeons. 200 dogs and 300 Belgian hai 

be "ii exhibition was more than realized. The awarding ol 
the pri es was a matter of much difficulty, owing to the ex 
cellence of the exhibits shown, and it is. therefore, all the 
mon i- Hi- honor of Mr. Bridge that he acquitted himsell 
in such a creditable manner in his arduous duties. 

Henry A. Bridge was born in Columbus, Ohio, on Ma> 23. 
1850, s,in of Joseph C. and Susan Bechtold, being one of a 
i r i t 1 1 1 1 ■- ol foui .mi.. Ins brothers being: B. Frederick Bridge, 
cashier and assistant manager of the A. N. Kellogg News- 
ndicate of Chicago; John E. Bridge, who conducts 
a furniture store on Mt. Vernon avenue, and Marion V 
Bridge, the present chief clerk in the Ohio State I 1 
]■". ii .il (.'. unii . i ice. 

Mr Bridge was educated in the common and High schools 
of Columbus, and afterwards took a full course al the Bryant 
and Slratton Business College. During the Saturd 

of his school days Mr. Bridge put in all his time 



and attention lo learning the trade of carpenter and, on leav- 
ing school, became apprenticed as carpenter and cabinet- 
maker in the employ ol Japhet Hughes, with whom he com- 
pleted his mechanical education and continued with him for 
six years. After leaving Mr. Hughes' employ he remained 
in the trade with various c< ntractors up to 1880, when he se- 
cured a position with the Columbus Buggy Company, and 
was not with them more than two years before he was pro- 
moted to the responsible post of foreman of Ins department. 
In 1886 he tendered his resignation to engage as an expert 
ill poultry, in the breeding of which he has taken delight 
from childhood, and in this vocation he has made remarkable 
success. At No. 97 North Princeton avenue, he has one of 
the most valuable poultry yards in the country and has re- 
fused almost fabulous sums tor specimens of his breeding 

slock. 

Mr Bridge has also achieved distinction as the superin- 
tendent of the Columbus Municipal Potato Patch Plan, orig- 
in, i'l.\ started by Governor Pingree of Michigan. The relief 
afforded the poi r families of the city was of inestimable bene- 
fit and cannot he collated m figures simply, but it is mostly 
due to Mr. Bridge's efforts that this great philanthropic 
-Ii' in, proved so successful here. 

On October I. 1871, Mr. Bridge was married to Miss 
Elizabeth 11. Cook and thej have had six children, four of 
whom are now In nig, these being: Mrs. Almira Sheridan, 
I hum. i Joseph I. ami llenry A. Bridge. Jr. 

Mr, Bridge has ever been a front-rank working Repub- 
lican, is president of the Fourteenth Ward Republican Club, 
and ha- been judge in the ward ever since it was organized. 
II. is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Uniform Rank. 
also oi th, I II .. and commands the highest respect of all his 
fellow-citizens. lie has keen secretary-treasurer of the 
American Poultr} \ssociation for three years, was vice pres 
ident for eleven years, and a member of the executive com- 
mittee for seven years. 



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WILTJ \M \ DECKER. 



was I m nil on ill. farm 
m tlu' lHlii of July. 1841. 
on I i. . ker, one of the 
and who was an exten- 
lother was Mis, Rachel 
nr -. ms and two daugh 



William V. Decker, of I Irovi pot 
he n. m nuns in Madison township, 
He was the si in i if William Thor 
early setlers of Madison township, 
sue fanner and slock raiser. His 
Wins; there was born to the two four sons 
ters, two sons and two daughters are living 

William V. Decker was educated in tin Groveport public 
sell. i. ils, and after completing his education he returned to 
In- father's farm where hi worked until he was '.'I years old 
Then he rented a farm and entered upon the business oi live 
stock raising, principally Poland China. Berkshire and Ches 
ter White hogs, for some ten years, at which time the de 
in and foi Poland Chinas became so great that he ceased the 
propogation ol the other breeds and continued to raise . « 
clusively I'. dan. I China, which from time to time he exhibited 
ai all the principal county as well as the state fairs, taking 



a fine herd oi 
and formerly 
stock, having 
chickens, and 



county 

ck, and 



many of the higher premiums II. also has 
Jersey cows, having as many as thirty lead 
run a dairy II. is also interested in fancy 
a tine line of Plymouth Rock and other fine 
also Belgian hares u ith first-class pedigrees 

II. lias long been in demand by the director 
fairs, .ni accounl of his fine poultrj and other 
took many first premiums on his exhibits. 

He lias an annual sale regularly of his stock, comprising 
fine Jersey cows and Poland China hogs in the spring and 
autumn, affording the lovers of fine cattle an opportunity to 

lni\ .it their own figures. He lias done re than any other 

resident oi Madison township to elevate the standard of 
eattle and other fine stock. 

lie was married on the 1th of June. 1P63, to Miss Mary 

W lring, and they have been blessed with an interesting 

family of five children, two sons and three daughters, till of 



Rarey, who resides at Grovepi 

a musician, an artist in painting 



and in 



v. In nn arc living. 

Mrs tvrinnie, i 
is quite talented 
h I . an ing. 

William Delbert i -. a farmer, and Alpheus L., who was 
i tised as a farmer and horseman, hut now he is with Den- 
ton I '.i os . of Columbus, t »hio. both I nan- good mush ians 

Mrs, Ettie Aland Gillette has quite a talent as an artist, 
having done some paintings in oil winch are of high merit. 

She is a teacher in painting, drawing and w 1 carving. 

She is the wiie ol Rev. Meri.ui Gillette, a Presbyterian nun 
lster . if ( la rdi n City Kansas. 

Miss X.dlie i is 'a i 1 1 teacher at Westerville, ( Him, 

having taught for the last n\ years, being the only one un 
married, All ol the children have fine artistic inclination; 

Mr. Decker is a prominent Republican with no desire to 
hold office, lie is a charter member oi the Ohio fersey 
Cattle Chile 

Un tine -to.l. farm compi ises 130 a, res ol a- g 1 land 

as there is in the Walnui Creek valley, raising principally 
line potatoes, corn, melons and garden truck, hut for the 
last ten years he has rented his farm out on shares On his 
farm there is a commodious eight-room residence, a can 
modious barn and amide stabling facilities, aboul one- 
fourth of a mile southeast of the corporation line ol Grove- 
port. 

During the time ol the ( nil War Mr, Decker was a mem 
ber of an independent military company, serving as a drum- 
mer in the Ohio Stale I, uar. I- for five years 

Mr and liis family all have line literary tastes, keeping 
fully up to the times m literature, news ami general reading, 
and all tile pi luciplc papers, penodi. als, ill. rj.a in. and 

lati -i 1 ks and works with reference to his line of business 

are to he found on Ins pari, n table. 



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CRIAII A. WILSON. 



Franklin county is one of the richest garden spots of the 
great state of Ohio, and some of the leading experts have 
claimed that in no part of the country are richer arable 
grounds to be found. 

Galloway and vicinity is a fine farming section, and one 
of the mosl successful of our pioneer agriculturists, who is 
now deceased, was Mr. U. A. Wilson. 

Mr. Wilson was born on February 8, 1827, in Fairfield 
county, son of John and Mary Wilson. The family com- 
prised three sens and a daughter, whose respective names 
were: Caroline, Samuel, Sylvester and Uriah. Of thesi all 
are now deceased, with the exception of the daughter, a 
lady well known and commanding the respect of her host 
of friends. 

Mr. Wilson received his education in the common schools, 
and always was engaged in farm life, a vocation in which 
he took keen delight. He was an authority in all matters 
concerning crops and farm affairs in general, and his opinion 
was always considered worthy of consideration, and his ad- 
vice well worth following. In politics he was ever a strong 
supporter of the Democratic party, and an ardent ai 
of the principles exemplified by that party, and which have 
formed tin- foundation of the great American Republic of 
today. In all the dealings of life he followed an honest, 



straightforward policy, and his integrity earned the respect 
of all with whom he had dealings. When his lamentable 
death occurred it was an event that caused a decided loss 
to the community of which he had so long been a most 
useful member. 

Mr. WiKon was the owner of a splendid farm property of 
105 acres, situated in Prairie township, and about half a 
mile from Galloway, this county. 

(in ibis land are the handsome homestead and numerous 
outbuildings. In addition there is also an adjacent farm of 
11 " ... i. s. nnder cultivation, belonging to the estate. 

On December 29, 1853, Mr. Wilson was married to Miss 
Elizabeth Kile, of Ross county, and the union resulted in 
the birth of eight children, of whom six are living. The 
names of tin children were: Marv E.. Harriet C, Francis 
M . Samuel M.. Charles B., William O.. Isaac 1-'.. and Flor- 
ence F. Wilson. Naac and Florence are deceased. 

["wo sons, Samuel and Charles Wilson, have achieved 
commercial success, being now prominent furniture mer- 
chants in Butte City, Montana. 

Mr. Wilson's widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, owns and 
resides on the line old homestead near Galloway, ami is a 
lady held by all the country round in the greatest respect. 



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NE \\ II I [AM MUTH. 



When our grandfathers and our fathers built their houses 
the} calculated that they would stay in one particular spot 
until a tornado overturned, a tire destroyed, or the lapse oi 
tune and years and the elements leveled them. If the house 
did not happen to be built in the right spot on the farm or 
lot, or n was desirable to erect a more modern one on the 
same site, the original edifice was torn down, and the hulk 
of the material discarded, or used for "filling in." 

But all tin- has been changed in modern tune-. If it is 
desirable to change the location of a frame, brick or stone 
building from one side or end of the premises to the other, 
iii to the other iid< of the sired, or to the other ide of the 
square, or to some point further distant, or to revet • it 
and make it change front, it is quietly picked up by the ap- 
of modern engineering and set down at the mosl 
desirable location, and that, too, without as much aj dis 
turbing the household arrangements. 

Tin- subject of tin- sketch is om oi the young men who 
has helped to inaugurate this innovation in the economj of 
our every day life. He was horn in Richmond, Indiana, 
February, 1869, and is the son ol Mi Peter P Muth, a 
professional house mover, of Dayton. Ohio, who married 
Miss Sophia Baumstork, and to whom nine children, seven 



sons and two daughters were born, of whom six sons and 
i me daughter are living. 

lie received his education in the common schools of Rich- 
mond. Indiana, and after leaving school with a good edu- 
cation, he engaged with his father in the business of house 
moving. In 1892 his father transferred an interest ill the 
business to him and also to a brother, the firm name being 
I'elel I' Muth & Sons, Ml. leroille C. M 111 h being the 

junior member of the firm. 

This firm is extensively engaged in the business, which 
is constantly growing and spreading out, and the firm has 
met with great success in its prosecution, having all the 
work n can do 

Mr, Muth was married June 6, 1894, to "Miss Laura 
and they have two bright and intelligent children. Edna and 
Richard. With his family he has resided in Columbus since 
1894, their pretty and comfortable home being located at 907 
East Mam street. 

In politics Mr. Muth is an Independent, and quite natu 
rally does considerable scratching when he goes to the polls 
in his desire to select the man whom be deems tin > 
lilted ior the offices, lie is a member of the Catholic < Irdei 
oi Fori sters and ol the Knights oi Si George. 



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WILLIAM GARRETT STONE. 



Among the foremost medical practitioners of Columbus, 

whose names are familiarly known to the public, is William 
Garrett Stone, M. D., D. ( >. 

The birthplace of this gentleman was in Green-born. N. C, 
where he was torn June 26, 1855, the son of William T. ami 
Mary (Simpson) Stone, the latter being a descendant of one 
"i ill. voyagers in the Mayflower. Seven children comprised 
their family; of these, three were sons and four daughters, 
all of whom were living, and their names are as follow-: Na- 
poleon Beauregard Stone, merchant, of Hollywood, Ark.; 
Burgess W. Stone, horticulturist; Mrs Mary Lowee; Mrs. 
Blanche Arabella Moorhead; Mrs. Belle Talbot, and Mr-. 
Maggie Stevenson. 

William G. received a most thorough and complete liter- 
ary, medical and general education. He fir-l attended the 
common schools of Watervalley, Miss., next 
year-' literary course at Oxford University of \1 
followed by two courses at the Toulane (Medical) Univer- 
sity of Louisiana lb- next attended and graduated in turn 
from the Vaii'l.i lull Medical University. Nashville, Tenn.; 
icing school of the S. and T. Institute, Cleveland, 
iili". (October, 1899), and the Columbus Ostheopathic Insti- 
tute (June, 1900). He is now president, manager and princb 
pal professor of the Columbus Ostheopathic Institute; i- a 
general physician and surgeon, and fully conversant witli 
alopathy, suggestive therapeutics and ostheopathy. 

< hi Inn, 26, 1883, Dr. Stone was married to Miss Laura K. 
Kittrel of Alabama, who bore him five children four girls 



and a boy— and their name- are: Catherine Craig Stone. 
Helen Hunt Stun,-. Elizabeth Kittrel Stone. Blanche Stone, 
and X. iriiian Stone. The oldest of these. Miss Catherine 
Craig Stone, i- a member of the senior cla-s in the Cincinnati 
High School, over which Miss Nourse presides. 

In politics I 'v Stone leans to the Democratic faith, and in 
fraternal circles he is affiliated with the Knight- and Ladies 
of Honor, and the Knight- of the Maccabees. 

Dr. W. i. Stone is one of our most successful physicians. 
Although In has not been in Columbus very long, he has 
demonstrated the efficiency of ostheopathy in the hands of a 
regular, experienced practitioner of medicine. Dr. Stone re- 
moved to Columbus from New Cumberland, W Va . after 
having practiced medicine for over twenty years. Though 
being of the regular school of medicine, having been gradu- 
ated from the Vanderbilt University. Nashville. Tenn.. he 
Ion- ago became convinced that he did not posse- in allo- 
pathy a monopol} of means of curing human ailment-. Lib- 
eral minded, open to conviction, a hard student ami a close 
observer, lie endeavored to gather in the best fruits of the 
various schools and is not blinded by the prejudice- of any 
He find- in osteopathy a very powerful aid founded upon 
principles true ami demonstrable. In his skillful hands, back- 
ed as he i- by more than twenty years of successful practice, 
tlii— science of osteopathy becomes an efficient and eminently 
successful means i if healing. 

Dr.' Stone'- i ffic< is .it No. 12 South Third street, where he 
treats sati fai torily a great number of patients, who univer- 
sally recommend him to the public. 



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CAPTAIN THOMAS GEORGE BARON, INSPECTOR 
i IF l'< (LICE. 



that 



known, and aim* >st every- 
irted i ifficer, but yet is firm 
ir, or handling - iffen I ts 
i evil doers," the 



( ine of the most i reditable apj tments ever made in 

nection with the Columbus Police Department was 
which occurred in November, 18!W, when Captain Pli< 
George Baron was appointed [nspector of Police, .1 pos 
next in command to that of the Assistant Supi 
I 'i ilice, 

"Tom Baron," as he is popular! 
one knows him, is a genial, big-hi 
as steel itself when searching for, 
against the law, being, in fact, a "ter 
conscientious fulfillment of Ins dutj being a matter of much 
moment to him. He 1- an expert physiognomist and a close 
student of penologj and all matters connected directly or in- 
directly with criminal classes, and it is well known that unci' 
a face has been seen by him he never forgets its owner, 
though years should intervene Since assuming hi p 1 enl 
office he has achieved a record and name that have made Di- 
rector of Public Safety Evans feel ju th proud at the selei 
tion made by him, for the city's force is now thoroughly offi- 
cered and properlj safeguarded in evi i\ respect, and fully up 
to the highest standard maintained by the foremost citii ol 
the Union. 

[nspector Baron was born in Bellaire, Ohio, February 10. 

186.5, and is therefore a young man yet, with a 1 ible 

lengthy career ol further usefulness still before him. His 
mother was .Mrs Kate (McGrew) Baron, Ins father Charles 
S S. Baron, manufacturer at Bellaire of lanterns, stamped 
tinware and patented novelties, in winch line he was very 
successful, accumulating a large fortune. There was a family 



ol -r children, of whom Thomas G., Carl S. and Gertrude 
are the -hi m-ors < aptain Ban m was edui ated in the com 
mon and Hgih Schools of Bellaire, alter which he, 111 turn, 
learned the tinner's trade, and that of typesetting The latter 
imbuing 1 with a taste for the newspaper business, he se- 
cured a position as police reporter on the Toledo Bee, re 
maining there ovi 1 two years, when he took up a similar po- 
.■n hi on the Detroit Journal, having full charge ol the re- 
porting ol criminal matters, and it was during this period 
that he made a stud) ol criminal law. In 1890 he came to 
Columbus and was apoointed police reportei on the Colum 
bus Press-Post, remaining with it three year-, when he re- 
signed to accept a similar position on th< Evening Dispatch. 
This latter position occupied him three and a hall years, 
when lie became penitentiary reporter for the Ohio State 
Journal 

1 I,, .\i,,\ 1, l.s'i". Mi Baron was appointed a patrolman on 
the Columbus Police Department, but his experience and 
I nowledge quicklj gained him promotion and he was made 
secretar to the chief, his next promotion following in No- 
if thi -ana year, n In n he was appointed [nspector 
of Police, and many clever rogues have been brought to jus- 
tice through his efforts < In August 28, 1891, Captain Baron 
was married to Miss Katherine Shankland, daughter ol Wil- 
liam Pitt Shankland. one of the leading merchants of Barm 
ville. Ohio. Mrs Baron is a practical printer and expert 
.... der, a member of the Typographical Union, and en- 
joys the estimation ol .1 ho 1 ol frii nds. Captain Baron 1- a 
popular member of the Knights of Pythias. 



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RAY I). \\« )< >1>M VNSEE. 



Of the more successful of the younger physicians ol < o- 

lumbus and Franklin county, the name of Kay I) \Y Iman- 

see, D. 0., must necessarily be included among the first. 

Dr. Woodmansee was born in Highland county, Ohio, be- 
ing the son of Frank and Mary E. (Stretch) Woodmansee, 
whose immediate ancestors were among the earlj 01 pioneei 
settlers oi the Buckeye State. He was one of a family of four 
children, his brothers being Burch and Ernest Woodmansee, 
and si^u-r. now .Mrs. James Earl, a resident of Fort Worth, 
Texas. 

His education was early given attention and has been ol 
the must thorough character, such as would be mosl valu 
able in the prosecution of hi < prob ssion Vfter 

attending the common and High School oi '.■ I i Kington, 
Ohio, Ins native town, he took a course in the Ohio Wes- 



leyan University, Delaware. Ohio, following with a special 
course in the Ohio State University. 

Whde attending the Ohio State University, Dr. Woodman- 
sec became impressed with the new science of osteopathy 
and. conceiving the idea that the study of it would be con- 
genial to Ins tastes lie entered the Ohio Institute of Oste- 
opathy, where he graduated with the degree of D. O. After 
his graduation he immediately began practice by settling in 
Columbus and opening an office in the Grand Opera Block, 
where, success upon success attending his cases, he soon 
built up an active and remunerative practice. 

I>r Woodmansee is a supporter of the Republican party; 
is a member of the M. K. church; is not affiliated with any 
-i net organization, but is thoroughly devoted to his profes- 
sion, and lie has every prospect of a notable career before 
him. 



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HARDIN THOMAS. 



Hardin Thomas was born in the city of Columbus, May 9, 
1836. lie is the son of Talton Thomas, a plaster by trade, 
who married Miss Susan Thomas, and to them wen born 
three sons and four daughters; one son and one daughter 
are deceased. 

He was educated in the public schools of Columbus. Af- 
ter completing bis education he was engaged for three years 
in a cigar store. He then engaged in work in a slaughter 
house as packer, and remained in this business for two yeai 
and then went into the business of farming and slaughter- 
■ ittle for retail butchers. After prosecuting this busi- 
ness for 18 months he disposed of his farm interest to Mr. 
John Kennedy and returned to the city. 

He was engaged in the Columbus Gas Company's service 
for the next seven yeai and being an expert in his line of 
the business commanded a remunerative salary during the 
entire time of his engagemi nl Then he resumed farming 
near Shadesville, where he remained for some three years, 
and in 186] returned to Columbus, and entered the City Fire 
Department as a fireman, holding the position of engine 
fireman for a period of 12 years 

In 1ST.", he resigned Ins position in the lire department and 
engaged with the Gilblain Boiler Works as blacksmith's 



helper for one year, and then secured the contract of trim- 
ming and keeping in order and repair the lamps of the city 
lighting department, which contract he held for six years. 
In -1880 lie was selected to the position of janitor of the 
East Main street school buildings, which position he held 
for 16 yeai 

When be left this position be engaged in the trade of var- 
nisher. which he had learned thoroughly, and he is engaged 
in it at this time. Mr. Thomas was industrious, never 
afraid of labor, nearly, or quite always had employment at 
good wages, was a man of economical ideas and did not 
waste his accumulations. The resull is that he owns a 
gooly amount of valuable real estate in the southern por- 
tion of the city of Columbus. 

Mr. Thomas was twice married. His first wife was Miss 
Elizabeth Sheaf, whom be married in 1881. and who died 
in 1897 In 1899 he married Miss Ellen White. In politics 
Mr. Thomas is a Democrat, and while not an officeseeker, 
has always been an active man in bis party. He is a mem- 
ber of the Hocking Valley Insurance Association. He has 
lived in Columbus and its immediate vicinity, bis present 
place of resilience being 662 Mt. Vernon avenue No man 
is more highly respected by his friends and associates 



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I \I'T MX JACOB V. CONKLIN. 



Captain [acob V. Conklin of Groveport was horn August 
31, in Warren county, New Jersey. His father was Nathaniel 
Conklin, a farmer, who married Elsie Van Ankin, and to 
them was born a family of eleven children, six sons and five 
daughters, of whom one son, besides the subject of this 
sketch, is living. 

Captain Conklin received a good education in the public 
schools of Warren county. New Jersey, and came to Morrow 
county, Ohio, after reaching manhood's estate, where he en- 
gagi d in the livery business and served four years as deputy 
sheriff. After this he enlisted, at Kenton, ( Ihio, in Company 
B of the gallant Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infant r> .1- a 
private in August, 1862, and was at once commissioned ei 
ond lieutenant; later first lieutenant, and captain in 1864. He 
acted iii command of three different companies before being 
promoted to the captaincy. His military services com. red a 
period of three years, including the entire Atlantic campaign, 
and he was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn. 

He was in command of 400 men returning from a furlough 
to the seat of military activity, took them to Knoxville, 
Tenn., and reported them to Commander-in-Chief Burnside, 
afterward reporting for duty at Lowdon, Tennessee. He was 
granted a 30 days' leave of absence, at the end of which he 
returned to take command of his company at Bean Station, 
Tenn. On the same day he was ordered to command of an 
important outpost, with orders to hold it at all hazards. He 
succeeded in holding the post during three hours of hot 
righting and was captured, but later managed to escape from 
Ins captors, and on Christmas eve reported to the comman- 
der of the post at the mouth of the Buffalo in Kast Tennes- 
see. He was then ordered to take command of 400 men at 
Tazewell Mills, and also went to Needham Mills, holding 



Carter's rebel brigade in check so that the mills could be run 
to supply the Union army. Having fully succeeded in his 
movement and executed the design of the commanding offi- 
cer, he reported to the commanding officer near Cumberland 
Gap. The Confederate commander, Frazer, surrendered at 
Cumberland Gap to Tacosa, that being the last surrender. 

After his muster out he went to Columbus. Ohio, and for 
three years was engaged in running a hack line between that 
city and Lithopolis. He disposed of his interest in the line 
in 1869 and removed to Groveport. which has since mostly 
been his place of residence. There he entered upon the busi- 
ness of a commercial traveler, selling his own wares, con- 
sisting of Yankee notions, glassware, etc. 

In 1K71 he engaged in the lumber business, shipping logs 
and lumber and giving employment to a number of men in 
its prosecution. At the same time he had a portable saw- 
mill in Franklin county. He then removed to Lebanon. War- 
ren county. Ohio, where he sold his mill. His lumber busi- 
ness proved successful, and in the 80's he closed it out and 
engaged in the livery business at Groveport. resuming his 
residence there. He is also known as an able ami competent 
auctioneer and has met with great success along that line. 
He is one of the extensive property owners in Groveport, 
possessing several fine properties in the town. 

He was married on the 24th of October. 1854, to Miss 
Martha M. Shaw, but they have no children. In politics he- 
is a Republican, and strong and popular with his party. The 
only public office he ever held was that of constable, which 
he filled acceptably for seven years. He is a member of the 
Masonic fraternity, and filled many offices satisfactorily to 
his brother members. He was a splendid soldier and he is 
a good citizen. 



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WM. II LUCHTENBERG 



Vmong the leading contractors ol Columbus today none 
arc mi ire widely known than Win II Luchtenberg He 
was born in this city on Decembei LSI 18(35, and is the eldest 
xi. 11 cii Julius Luchtenberg, one ol the old residents 

lie- attended the public schools of ' olumbus, and later the 
Columbus Business College, from which he graduated in 
L882. For two years he wax engaged in different kinds "1" 
labor, ai the expiration ol which una he entered the office 
ol I ount} Auditor of Franklin county, film', as a clerk 
His marriage to Miss Louise Bidlingmeyer tool placi <» 
era! years later, and they have one son, Ma ter Dewey, aged 
I years After having served the county foi four years, he 
entered a new field of labor, thai of furnishing sand for 
street improvements, and this very naturally led up to the 
wider and more important work in which he is now engaged. 
In 18H0 he began his career as a general contractor, his 
work including streel paving, tin construction of under- 
ground subways with conduits for the installments of tele- 
ph : and electric wires, the construction of electric rail- 
ways, and in fact municipal work of all kinds. In this ca- 
pacity he lias accomplished some notable acini 
\ii!"ii : _: these may be mentioned the construction of five 
underground subway and the installation of the nec- 
essarj i onduits for the win s of the Columbus Citi en ' d le 
pi' me Company With a force of aboul 350 workmen, the 



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s ci impleted in tin 
and the street - left in perf 

Another one of his important contracts was the trench 
work for laying the large gas mains oi the Federal Gas and 
Fin 1 i lompany, on winch work about 800 men were . mployed 
at one time. By far the most noteworthy ol all Ins achieve- 
ments and which has become history, was the construction 
ol the' famous Columbus, London and Springfield Eiectric 
loop, comprising about a mile and a hah of tracks 
traversing Gay, Third. Rich. Scioto and Water streets Ul 
unbeknown to the citi en ol I olumbus and the propertj 
owners on the line of the loop, who threatened injunction 

pi lings, this work was begun al midnight of Saturday. 

August lli, 1900, with a well organized army oi (510 men and 
teams, and continued practically without interruption [or 12 
hours, when the streets were in readiness for the ties and 
rails \i tins point injunction proceedings were brought, 
which were subsequently dismissed and the "loop" completed 
in short order 

Mr. Luchtenberg lias justly deserved his reputation as one 
of the leading contractors of Columbus, having employed as 
high as 1200 men at one tune. His energetic manner ol pu h 
ing work rapidl) and doing it thoroughly is the keynote to 
his sue ci ss 



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BENJAMIN PRIEST. 



One of the well-known figures about the State House is 
Ben Priest, as his friends and intimates delight to address 
him. He was born in Muskingon county, July 1. 1843, and 
is the son of Jesse Priest, a carpenter, who followed his 
trade at Zanesville and in that vicinity for many years. His 
mother was Miss lane Coates. To them were born two 
sons and four daughters, of whom only Mr. Priest and a 
sister are living. 

He received his education in the public schools of Zanes- 
ville. and after leaving school was engaged as a newspaper 
courier for four years, and then engaged in a printing office, 
had charge of running the engine and the like. About 1859 
he left this employment and engaged as fireman in the 
Zanesville Gas Works, where he continued until early in 
1861, when he enlisted as a private soldier in Com- 
pany E, Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years, and 
was mustered out June 13 1864. 

Alter his muster out he engaged as a machinist in the 
well known Zanesville establishment of Griffith & 
he continued until 1885. At that time hi 



pointed as engineer of the State House by Governor J. B. 
! oraker, holding the position until 1890, when the political 
campaign of the state administration was changed, and he 
was retired on account of his politics, which of course he 
naturally expected and acquiesced philosophicallj 

He then engaged with the Hocking Valley Railroad 
shops as a machinist, where lie continued until the election 
of Hon. Asa S. Bushnell as Governor of the state, when he 
was recalled to his old position of engineer of the State 
House, in which capacity he is still engaged. In this office 
he has acquitted himself most admirably, being not only 
competent, but prompt, reliable and in every way satisfac- 
tory. 

He was married on the 1st of February. 1876, to Mi-s 
Harriet Spangler. of Zanesville. and to them was born one 
son, Jesse, Jr., who is now 18 years of age. He has been 
an anient Republican all his life. He is a member of Haz- 
litt Post, No. 81, Zanesville, Ohio, and has been a citizen of 
Columbus since 1886, and resides with his family at '24 North 
Bell street. 



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MARION F SAND^i 



Vlarion F. Sandy, of Groveport, Madison township, was 

born in that village on the 29th day of September, 1857. His 

lather, Albert Sandy, was : per when that trade was 

a leading one in all the wheat growing and salt producing 
regions, especially along the canals and other waterways 
and in the vicinity of the mills and salt works, and at the 
points where hogs were slaughtered, cured and packed 
for transportation to the markets. In its time, and before 
present methods came into vogue it was a lucrative trade 
and furnished opportunity s for securing a comfortable living 
and an eventual competence to thousands '>i independent 
proprietors in all parts of the great state of < >hio 

His mother was Miss M,ir\ Mansfield before marriage. 
There was one son and two daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Albert Sandy, one of the latter being deceased. 

He was educated in the schools of Groveport. After at- 
taining manli 1- estate and fitting himself for it, lie be- 



came a contractor and builder, which he followed success- 
fully, and in which he is still engaged. He occasionally exe- 
cutes contracts for the county. 

In all his dealings and transactions with private individ- 

1 the public he has sought to give a fair equivalent 

for what he receives believing in that principle rather than 

in the greedy maxim: "Take care of the first and also of 

the second." 

Mr. Sandy is unmarried, lie is a Democrat from the 
strongest and sincerest conviction, and a member of the 
Order of Odd Fellows, and has been for five years the 
financial scretary of Gordon Lodge, I. O. O. F. 

The Sandy family is well known and widely esteemed 
throughout the lower part of Franklin county and across 
the Fairfield border, and the subject of this sketch is no 
less bi'dilv and generally esteemed by all who know him. 



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\HARD HIRSCH. 



gentleman, oil 

:ober 1-5. 1854. at Berncastel ;m der V 
: ather being Jacob ! music. 

ler, Mina (Weil) Hirsch. There were in all in the 
family seven daughters and two sons, and 
daughters and a son are deceased. 
Leonhard Hirsch was educated in t' 

Treves. Germany, and upon completing his 

rncastel 

on toot thr 
German.*, here he 

became " the pi 

ri the entry of the 
Frankfon 

where he eng = 

.vhich paper he became the mana_ 

3 
rt time in St. Louis he t 



Miss iri Staat-Zeitung." a daily German 

In 1874 he established in 

in America for the production of 

German newspaper sterotype plate. He had a partner in 

ure who proved dishonest, and the resuit 

sed by the sheriff. Coming to Columbus he 
a - Westbote" m July. 1>T>>. working on 

len on April 8, 1878, he re- 
>er Ohio S jjsgast," the only 

German Sunday paper in Central Ohio, and about the same 
newspaper, issued every 
nducted until 1880, when he 
crated the German-American Printing 
.my. This company publishes the "Co- 
if which Mr. Hirsch is the chief 
manager. 
Mr Hirsch was married, to Mis. Charlotte 
ne him a family of eight children, six 
'• these Max, Edward and Gustav 
Minnie and Joseph are deceased. His 
the United 5 
Signal S Spanis American war. and is 

_ Sig 

_ _'iieer of the I 

Mr. 1: - twelve years State Supervisor •.-<! Fub- 

- - iffice. He is a nu i 

United Workmen, and his 
ence in this 



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BF NJ WIIX F. ELLK ITT. 



Benjamin F. Elliott was born in Madison county ( thio, 
on the Tih day oi July. 1845. I lis father was David S El 
hull, an extensive fanner and hotel keeper oi Madison 
county, Ohio, who married Miss \l Stacej O'Harra, and 

to wl were born six ions and two daughters. Three of 

tin 'in H i dei ''.i *ed. 

Mr. B. F. Elliott, while a boy attended the public 
schools al Ahull. Franklin county, Ohio, and worked on the 
farm with his brothers, when school was no! in session, 
and succeeded in obtaining a g 1 practical education. 

He c :s of a trulj patriotic family, and like his an 

cestors before him, was ready to respond to the call for 
• liii\ when Ins countrj called for Ins services, and after In 
bad i e ipondi d he was ti ue and - teadfasl to evi rj dutj im 
posed on him by his superior officers. 

In 1862, when the shadow of the greal Civil War had 
fallen athwart the country, tin Elliot! family, thorough 
breds in the principles ol self-government and human lib 
erty, running back through two centuries of struggles for 
the rights ol manhood, did its full duty. 

One day early in that year Benjamin F. and three of 



is brothers enlisted in the ranks of the 95th Ohio Volun 
■cr Infantry, and followed its gallant flag that never fell 
rlmiil iii tin' unset, through the whole of that historic 
eriod i if sacrifice on the altar ol countrj 

\iirr passing through all the dangers incident to mon 
i. in three years of active campaigning, he «as mustered 
m of the service on the 2Uth of August, 1865, returned to 
is home, resumed work on Ins farm, in which he is still 
ngaged and proved himself as worthy and as reliable a 
in,, ii in peace as he had been a soldiei in war 

He was married on the 20th of January. 1868, to Miss 

Caroline Clover, a daughter of the prominent I lover family 
vdio were among tin earlj pioneers of tins countrj I o 
hem were born nine children, of whom eight ar< living 

In his political beliefs he is an aid. m Democrat and 
mid La inn, years as a Township Trustee He i 
number ol the W. II Elliott Post, No. 120, of Alton. He 
ias lived near the place of his birth all his life, except when 

n the militarj service, and now resides in the midst ol c 

ortabli urroundings and a host of friends, near Uton 

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